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2014 Sochi, Russia Olympics Women’s Alpine Skiing

2014 Sochi, Russia Olympics Women’s Alpine Skiing. Miranda Veld. What is Alpine Skiing?. Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. It is also commonly known as downhill skiing.

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2014 Sochi, Russia Olympics Women’s Alpine Skiing

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  1. 2014 Sochi, Russia OlympicsWomen’s Alpine Skiing Miranda Veld

  2. What is Alpine Skiing? Alpineskiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. It is also commonly known as downhill skiing. Bindings : is an attachment that anchors a ski boot to the ski.

  3. Countries and Competitors The are 88 different countries participating in the 2014 Sochi, Olympic games. There are more than 10 000 competitors at the Olympics this year.

  4. Women’s Alpine Skiing Favorites ViktoriaRebensbura (Germany) Marie – Michele Gagnon (Canada) Maria Hofl- Riesch ( Germany) Leanne Smith (USA) Julia Mancusa (USA)

  5. What is slalom skiing? Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles (gates) spaced much closer together than in giant slalom, Super G or downhill , thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.

  6. Top 3 competitors 1. 3. Germany Maria Hoeft- Riesch 2:34.62 USA Julia Mancuso 2:35.15 2. Austria Nicole Hosp 2:35.02

  7. What is downhill skiing? The downhill discipline involves the highest speeds and therefore the greatest risks of all the alpine events.

  8. TOP 3 COMPETITORS 1. 1. Slovenia Tina Maze 1:41.57 Switzerland Dominique GISIN 1:41.57 2. Switzerland Lara Gut 1:41.67

  9. Interesting Stories from olympics For the first time in Olympic history, an Alpine skiing race ended in a tie for the gold medal as Tine Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland both won the women's downhill.

  10. Tine Maze & Dominique Gisin

  11. What is Super – G skiing? Super giant slalom or Super - G is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom.

  12. TOP 3 COMPETITORS 2. 1. Germany Maria Hoefl- Riesch 1:26.07 Australia Anna Fenninger 1:25.52 3. Australia Nicole Hosp 1:26.18

  13. Interesting Story Braid spinning in the chilly mountain air, Maddie Bowman of the U.S.soared to the first gold medal in women's Olympic halfpipe skiing,edging Marie Martinod of France in the finals on a night the sportpaid tribute to late Canadian freestyle skiing icon Sarah Burke

  14. Watch one of these video’s of Alpine skiing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt2Z-4mHvy0&safe=active http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lG1e6WMnVA&safe=active

  15. Resources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_skiing http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/21/olympics-alpineskiing-women-slalom-resul-idUSL3N0LQ45A20140221 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1969414-olympic-alpine-skiing-2014-schedule-tv-info-team-medal-predictions-for-day-15 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-G

  16. THANKS FOR WATCHING ~ MIRANDA

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