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WINTER SPORTS IN SLOVENIA . Tjaž Toškan, 3.a EG. SEPŠ KOPER. SKIING. It’s either sportive or recreational activity using skis for sliding over snow. Skis are used with special boots connected to them with a binding .
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WINTER SPORTS IN SLOVENIA Tjaž Toškan, 3.a EG SEPŠ KOPER
SKIING It’s either sportive or recreational activity using skis for sliding over snow. Skis are used with special boots connected to them with a binding. There are two different types of skiing: downhill skiing and cross country skiing.
DOWNHILL SKIING • There are twelve ski centres stretched out across the corner of the Alps that extends into Slovenia. • Even if there is not enough of snow, they make it with special machines.
AllofSlovenia’s skicentres are smallsize, buttheyhavediverseterrain.
MARIBORSKO POHORJE is the biggest ski center in Slovenia. They have the longest night trial.
The other ski centers are also Rogla, Krvavec, Pokljuka, Cerkno, Vogel, …
Everyyearwomencompete on this run fortheZLATA LISICA. It's takenplaceeveryyear in Pohorje since 1964. A fewtimes, thecompetitionwasalso in Kranjska Gora andonce in Sarajevo.
TINA MAZE, May 2, 1983 • She is a Slovenianalpineskiracer. • Maze firstcompeted in the 2001 WorldChampionshipsat theage of 17 and in theWinterOlympicsthefollowingyear. • She is competing in alldisciplines. • In 2005 and 2010, shewasawardedwiththetitleofthebestSlovenianfemaleathleteoftheyear.
SKI JUMPING It’s a winter sport performed on snow where skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump forward and land as far as possible down the hill below. Judges give points both for length of the jump and for the jump style.
PLANICA Planica is an alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia Planica is famous for ski jumping. The first ski jumping hill was constructed before 1930 Planica was the biggest jumping hill in the world, sometimes called the mother of all jumping hills.
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING • Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which competitors run on the snow using skis and poles. • It is popular in many places with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe, Canada and Alaska.
PETRA MAJDIČ • is a Slovenian former cross-country skier • She won 24 world cup races, 20 in sprint races, but she also won a marathon in 2009 • Majdič is the second-most successful sprinter in FIS Cross-Country World Cup history • On 11 January 2011, she was proclaimed the Slovenian Woman of the Year for 2010.