Skiers must make more turns in super-G than downhill but are skiing at much higher speeds than in a giant slalom race. Skiers use long (200-205cm length), thinner, more rigid skis with large turn ...

Skiers must make more turns in super-G than downhill but are skiing at much higher speeds than in a giant slalom race. Skiers use long (200-205cm length), thinner, ...

In the simplest terms, Super-G is one of the disciplines of competitive downhill alpine ski racing. With more turns than downhill and less gates than giant slalom gates, super-G hits a sweet spot ...

The disciplines include Downhill, Giant Slalom, Super-G, Slalom, and Combined. Alpine ski racing is broken into several different events with some skiers participating in multiple disciplines and ...

The downhill event features the fastest speeds and longest course, creating an exciting race from start to finish. Racers often will hit speeds upwards of 80 miles per hour or higher, depending on the ...

Super-G: Super-G combines downhill and slalom/giant slalom. Super-G slopes are similar to downhill slopes (400m–650m for men and 400m–600m for women), but they have gates like slalom and giant ...

Odermatt, the 2022 Olympic GS champ, won last season’s World Cup season titles in the downhill, super-G and GS and leads this season’s standings in all three disciplines. The men’s downhill at worlds ...

On the brink of a potential Olympic return, skier Lindsey Vonn recalls her very first Olympics at the 2002 Salt Lake City ...

She finished 14th in the Super-G in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Dec. 21 in her first World Cup race in nearly six years, then took sixth in the downhill and fourth in the Super-G in St. Anton ...

Every race of the 2025 World Alpine Skiing Championships airs live on Peacock from Saalbach, Austria. The World Championships, which conclude Sunday, feature men’s and women’s downhill, super-G, giant ...

United States' Lindsey Vonn goes through the course in her mind ahead of a women's Super-G, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.

Super-G: Super-G combines downhill and slalom/giant slalom. Super-G slopes are similar to downhill slopes (400m–650m for men and 400m–600m for women), but they have gates like slalom and giant slalom ...