Ice River is the Olympic technical ski course in
China, located in
Yanqing District
Yanqing District (), formerly known as Yanqing County before 2015, is a district of the municipality of Beijing located northwest of the city proper of Beijing. The district consists of 3 subdistricts, 11 towns and 4 townships, and borders the ...
, part of
National Alpine Ski Centre resort, opened in 2022.
It is approximately northwest of
Beijing
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, currently hosting the technical
alpine skiing events of the
2022 Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Bei ...
.
History
On 7 February 2022, premiere event was held on this course with women's olympic
giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...
event. Swedish skier
Sara Hector
Sara Maria Hector (born 4 September 1992) is a Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer. She has competed at six World Championships and won three medals in the team event, respectively in 2011, 2015 and 2021.
Hector gained her first World Cup victor ...
, who was leading in the discipline the season, won gold.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup alpine skier. She is a four-time Overall World Cup champion, a four-time world champion in slalom, and a six-time winner of the World Cup ...
did not finish the first run and
Petra Vlhová reached 8th place.
On 9 February 2022,
Petra Vlhová, won a gold medal at women's olympic
slalom, the only missing title in her career.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup alpine skier. She is a four-time Overall World Cup champion, a four-time world champion in slalom, and a six-time winner of the World Cup ...
again did not finish the 1st run.
Olympics
Women
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Downhill in women's Alpine combined
Combined is an event in alpine ski racing. A traditional combined competition consists of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom, each discipline runs on separate days. The winner is the skier with the fastest aggregate time. (Until the 1990s, ...
event was held on " Rock" course.
Men
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Downhill in men's Alpine combined
Combined is an event in alpine ski racing. A traditional combined competition consists of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom, each discipline runs on separate days. The winner is the skier with the fastest aggregate time. (Until the 1990s, ...
event was held on " Rock" course.
References
External links
beijing2022.cnofficial
{{Ski World Cup pistes
Sports venues completed in 2021
Venues of the 2022 Winter Olympics
2021 establishments in China
Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics
2022
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Ski areas and resorts in China