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, and the first official world championships not concurrent with the

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made its world championships debut and displaced the combined event, which returned to the program in

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as a "paper race," using the results of the three races (downhill, giant slalom, and slalom) through

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. At Aspen's Ajax Mountain, Zeno Colò of

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won the downhill and giant slalom, and just missed a sweep of the gold medals; he finished 0.3 seconds behind in the

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, taking the silver.

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dominated the women's races: Dagmar Rom won the giant slalom and slalom, Trude Jochum-Beiser won gold in the downhill and silver in the GS, and Erika Mahringer took two silver medals, in the downhill and slalom.

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. The Nordic world championships were also held in the U.S. in 1950, at

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. Due to a lack of snow at Lake Placid, the cross-country events were moved to Rumford, Maine.

Men's competitions

Downhill

''Saturday, February 18, 1950'' In the final race of the championships, Colò descended the course
at an average speed of to win his second gold medal and third podium.

Giant Slalom

Zeno Colo, Fernand Grosjean, James Couttet 1950

''Tuesday, February 14, 1950'' In the first men's race, Colò averaged in the one-run event.
The course had 35 gates with a vertical drop of .

Slalom

''Thursday, February 16, 1950''

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edged Colò by three-tenths of a second over two runs.
The course of 40 gates had a vertical drop of .

Women's competitions

Downhill

''Friday, February 17, 1950'' Trude Jochum-Beiser, 22, won the final women's event, averaging nearly .
She had given birth to her first child just four months earlier.

Giant Slalom

''Monday, February 13, 1950'' In the first race of the championships, Rom averaged in the one-run event.
The course had 28 gates with an approximate vertical drop of .

Slalom

''Wednesday, February 15, 1950'' Rom, 21, won her second gold medal in as many events by the slimmest of margins over two runs.
The quarter-mile (400 m) course of 33 gates had a vertical drop of .

Medal Standings

Video

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– 1950 World Championships
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– (1950) Aspen FIS race coverage

References

External links

- results - 1950 World Championships - Aspen, CO, USA

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