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The Sites of the World Cup
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In December 1973, a dramatic World Cup race
was held for the first time on the icy and
treacherous Planai downhill course in front
of 25,000 spectators - there were many spectacular
crashes and a young skier celebrated his
first success on the tour. A star was born
that day as Franz Klammer, wearing bib number
16, beat the Swiss favorites to win the first
of his 25 competitions. The 1976 Olympic
champion took impressive risks to achieve
this performance on his way to become Austria's
greatest ski hero of the 1970's and a new
era began for downhill racing that day. Many
other competitions were held on this slope
including some of the 1982 FIS World Championships'
races, but none was as remarkable as that
1973 downhill. After a long break, Schladming
is back on the calendar with another exceptional
event - a night slalom set on the final steep
part of the downhill. It got an excellent
start in 1997 as Alberto Tomba himself won
it a few weeks before clinching bronze at
the FIS World Championships at Sestriere.
He won it again in 1998 but he had no luck
at the Nagano Olympics that year. In 1999,
a young skier, Benjamin Raich, who turned
21 in February, won his first World Cup race
after clocking the 26th time in the first
run. The crowd went crazy and celebrated
as a their new star. So a tradition goes
on at Schladming, one of the nicest ski resorts
on the eastern part of Austria, only one
hour drive south from Salzburg. The entire
region has great ski facilities and good
accommodations. Hans Knauss, the winner from
Kitzbuhel, lives in Schladming as did Sepp
Walcher, the 1978 Downhill World Champion
who died in a ski accident in 1984.
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 |  | | Hans Hiterseer (AUT) 1975 SL / 1st | Dave Irwin (CAN) 1975 DH / 1st |
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Schladming Men's Result
| . | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1973 | DH: | Klammer | 1:41,77 | Collombin | -0.35 | Russi | -0.36 | | 1975 | DH: | Irwin | 2:00,84 | Eberhard | -1.61 | Plank | -1.67 | | SL: | Hinterseer | 1:05,32 | Stenmark | -0.12 | Gros | -0.17 | | 1978 | DH: | Read | 1:32,11 | Murray | -0.06 | Makeev | -0.13 | | GS: | Stenmark | 3:02,24 | Luescher | -1.86 | David | -2.13 | | 1981 | GS: | Stenmark | 2:34,80 | Enn | -0.91 | Fournier | -1.02 | | 1983 | DH: | Resch | 1:58,50 | Weirather | -0.39 | Podboeski | -0.40 | | 1985 | GS: | Ruergler T. | 2:36,65 | Girardelli | -0.11 | Hangl | -1.68 | | DH: | wirnsberger | 1:56,87 | Mueller | -0.97 | Resch | -1.05 | | 1988 | DH: | Zurbriggen | 1:59,28 | Heinzer | -0.73 | Duerr | -0.74 | | GS: | Nierlich | 2:45,54 | Strolz | -0.09 | Mayer H. | -0.49 | | SG: | Zurbriggen | 1:31,65 | Piccard F. | -0.12 | Stock | -0.50 | | 1990 | DH: | Piccard F. | 2:01,31 | Ghedina | -0.31 | Mahrer | -0.42 | | SL: | Bittner | 1:56,26 | Tritscher | -0.06 | Okabe / Ladstaetter | -0.39 | | 1997 | SL: | Tomba | 1:35,87 | Stangassinger | -0.16 | Amiez | -0.32 | | 1998 | SG: | Maier H. | 1:14,95 | Eberharter | -1.15 | Cattaneo | -1.41 | | SG: | Maier H. | 1:14,84 | Schifferer | -1.19 | Eberharter | -1.30 | | SL: | Tomba | 94,12 | Sykora | -0.89 | Buraas | -1.17 | | 1999 | SG: | Maier H. | 1:16,54 | Salzgeber | -0.58 | Knauss | -0.87 | | SL: | Raich | 1:33,32 | Bourgeat | -0.12 | Aamodt | -0.19 | | 2000 | SL: | Matt | 1:44.72 | Furuseth | -0.81 | Stangassinger | -0.90 | | 2001 | SL: | Raich | 1:50.54 | Beraas | 1:51.13 | Kunc | 1:51.41 | | 2002 | SL: | Miller | 1:44.60 | Vidal | 1:45.26 | Kostelic | 1:47.05 | | 2003 | SL: | Palander | 1:45.41 | Raich | 1:46.72 | Buraas | 1:46.74 | | 2004 | SL: | Raich | 1:41.72 | Moelgg | 1:42.24 | Palander | 1:42.25 | | 2005 | SL: | Pranger | 1:47.13 | Raich | 1:47.17 | Myhrer | 1:47.37 | | 2006 | SL: | Parander | 1:42.34 | Sasaki | 1:43.13 | Raich | 1:43.15 |
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SL: |
Raich |
1:42.55 |
Byggmark |
1:42.93 |
Matt |
1:43.15 |
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World Alpine Ski Championships Schladming 1982 | . | Downhill | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined | | Men | 1. | Weirather(AUT) | Mahre S.(USA) | Stenmark(SWE) | Vion(FRA) | | 2. | Cathomen(SUI) | Stenmark(SWE) | Krizaj(JUG) | Luescher4(SUI) | | 3. | Resch(AUT) | Strel(JUG) | Fjallberg(SWE) | Steiner(AUT) | | 4. | Heinzer(SUI) | Gaspoz(SUI) | De Chiesa(ITA) | Ortner(AUT) | | 5. | Mueller(SUI) | Noeckler(ITA) | Gaspoz(SUI) | Canac(FRA) | | 6. | makeev(SOV) | Enn(AUT) | Dros(ITA) | Soerli(NOR) | | Women | 1. | Soerensen(CAN) | Hess E.(SUI) | Hess E.(SUI) | Hess E.(SUI) | | 2. | Nelson(USA) | Cooper(USA) | Cooper(USA) | Pelen(FRA) | | 3. | Graham(CAN) | Konzet(LIE) | Zini(ITA) | Cooper(USA) | | 4. | Fjeldstad(NOR) | Wenzel P.(LIE) | Tlalka(POL) | Nelson(USA) | | 5. | lehodey(CAN) | Serrat(FRA) | Quario(ITA) | Charvatova(TCH) | | 6. | Kirchler(AUT) | McKinney(USA) | Epple M.(BRD) | Kronbichler(AUT) |
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