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Planai | |
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Place: | Schladming |
Mountain: | Planai |
Member: | Club5+ |
Opened: | 1975 |
Slalom | |
Start: | 961 m (3,153 ft) (AA) |
Finish: | 745 m (2,444 ft) |
Vertical drop: | 216 m (709 ft) |
Max. incline: | 28.4° degrees (54%) |
Aver. incline: | 20.2° degrees (36.8%) |
Most wins: | Henrik Kristoffersen (4x) |
Planai is a World Cup ski course, located on the same name mountain and ski resort in Schladming, Styria, Austria, opened in 1973.
Since 1997 it is regular host of the night slalom, the highest attended in the circuit with 50,000 people each year.
Course hosted two World Championships in 1982 and 2013 and World Cup season final in 2012.
History
Opened in 1973 with dowhnill event and Franz Klammer as the winner. Until the end of the decade and through the eighties, all disciplines were regularly held on this course.
In 1982, they organized Alpine World Ski Championships for the first time, with all men's events and only giant slalom event for women held on this course.
In 1988, they replaced originally scheduled Les Menuires (W) and Val Thorens (M) as season opening in the last minute due to weather conditions.[1]
In 1990, they organized last World Cup weekend with downhill, slalom and combined events, before 7 years long break and entering new era.
In 1997, they organized first slalom under floodlight. Since then this became the most visited and most spectacular slalom in the world.[2]
In 2013, they organized 2nd Alpine World Ski Championships, completely renovated the finish area with recognizable arc of steel.
World Championships
Men's events
Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1982 | GS | 3 February 1982 | Steve Mahre | Ingemar Stenmark | Boris Strel |
KB | (SL) 1 February 1982 (DH) 5 February 1982 |
Michel Vion | Peter Lüscher | Anton Steiner | |
DH | 6 February 1982 | Harti Weirather | Conradin Cathomen | Erwin Resch | |
SL | 7 February 1982 | Ingemar Stenmark | Bojan Križaj | Bengt Fjällberg | |
2013 | SG | 6 February 2013 | Ted Ligety | Gauthier de Tessières | Aksel Lund Svindal |
DH | 9 February 2013 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Dominik Paris | David Poisson | |
SC | 11 February 2013 | Ted Ligety | Ivica Kostelić | Romed Baumann | |
GS | 15 February 2013 | Ted Ligety | Marcel Hirscher | Manfred Mölgg | |
SL | 17 February 2013 | Marcel Hirscher | Felix Neureuther | Mario Matt |
Women's events
Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1982 | GS | 2 February 1982 | Erika Hess | Christin Cooper | Ursula Konzett |
2013 | GS | 14 February 2013 | Tessa Worley | Tina Maze | Anna Fenninger |
Team event
Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2013 | TE | 12 February 2013 | Austria | Sweden | Germany |