FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's downhill
The Men's downhill competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 was held on Saturday, 9 February.[1][2]
Men's downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 | ||||||||||
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Venue | Åre ski resort | |||||||||
Location | Åre, Sweden | |||||||||
Dates | 9 February | |||||||||
Competitors | 58 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:19.98 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Men's Downhill | |
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Location | Olympia Åre, Sweden |
Vertical | 637 m (2,090 ft) |
Top elevation | 1,033 m (3,389 ft) |
Base elevation | 396 m (1,299 ft) |
Longest run | 2.172 km (1.35 mi) |
In the final event of his international career, Aksel Lund Svindal won the silver medal, two-hundredths of a second behind compatriot and training partner Kjetil Jansrud.[3][4]
The race course was 2.172 km (1.35 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 637 m (2,090 ft) from a starting elevation of 1,033 m (3,389 ft) above sea level. Jansrud's winning time of 79.98 seconds yielded an average speed of 97.764 km/h (60.7 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.9645 m/s (26.1 ft/s).[5]
Results
editDelayed an hour due to weather, the race started at 13:30 CET (UTC+1) under mostly cloudy skies.[5] Snowing during the race, its start was lowered 234 m (768 ft) to the super-G start, shortening the length by 0.95 km (0.59 mi) to 2.172 km (1.35 mi).[2][5] The air temperature was −6 °C (21 °F) at the starting gate and −4 °C (25 °F) at the finish.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ a b Start list
- ^ "'Like a fairytale': Svindal wins world silver in final ski". ESPN. Associated Press. 9 February 2019.
- ^ "The downhill World Champion title goes to Kjetil Jansrud". FIS-Ski.com. 9 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d Final results