Vail to host World Alpine Ski races
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- Created on Thursday, 26 May 2011 23:53
- Written by Dena Rosenberry
Vail will host some of the races during the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships - and the skiing community is ecstatic.
The International Ski Federation OK'd Vail's Golden Peak race course for the championships' “Nations Team” event as well as the men's slalom and giant slalom qualifying races.
The Nations Team event pits the stars of each nation in a head-to-head format. It's a side-by-side giant slalom, and each nation sends a two-man, two-woman team to the event.
At the most recent championships, the United States team was Sarah Schleper, Julia Mancuso, Ted Ligety and Bode Miller.
Vail last hosted women's World Cup alpine races at the 1999 World Alpine Ski Championships.
Read more about the World Alpine Ski Championships and Vail's involvement in the Vail Daily News.
PHOTO: A skier exits the Vail start gate during the 1989 World Alpine Ski Championships. Courtesy of Sportsfile
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