Super-G: A speed event that requires more technical skills than downhill. It is an abbreviation for super giant slalom. Technical event: Events with rapid turns: slalom and giant slalom. Tuck: A ...

Super-G (short for super giant slalom): Although the Super-G is primarily a speed event, competitors are required to maneuver through a series of gates (at least 35 men; 30 for women). Contestants ...

Shiffrin will miss this weekend's speed races (two downhills and a super-G) in Crans-Montana ... Sweden, for a giant slalom and a slalom on March 9-10. "We knew Åre was *likely* going to be ...

What makes the accomplishment even more remarkable is that she did it in the super giant slalom (Super G), an event in which she had never won a World Cup race -- even if it was by the slimmest of ...

giant slalom, super-G (yes, that stands for super giant slalom and no, we have no idea why it’s not called super-S instead) and a combination of downhill and slalom. These differ in terms of the ...

Odermatt claimed the overall, super-G, giant slalom and downhill globes this season Switzerland's Marco Odermatt won the downhill title to secure his fourth men's Alpine skiing World Cup crystal ...

"He really was skiing super well at that time," says NBC analyst and two-time Olympic gold medalist Ligety. "He was using his technical (slalom and giant slalom) skiing backgrounds and applying it to ...

Veronika Aigner makes it two golds in as many days. The Austrian, guided by her sister Elisabeth Aigner, triumphed in the women's giant slalom ...

Lockwood specializes in alpine skiing and will compete in super slalom, giant slalom and super giant slalom. She prefers the latter two events as they’re more speed-based. Being selected for the ...

Para alpine skiing is practiced worldwide and features six disciplines: downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-G, super combined, and team events. Athletes combine speed and agility while racing down ...

Rosenshine, a T&G Super Team selection in soccer ... placing 76th in the slalom and 96th in the giant slalom at Wachusett Mountain. Rubley also played field hockey for the Colonials and was ...

Venue: With the majestic Northern Japanese Alps serving as the backdrop, the downhill and Super G events will be held at the ski area, an existing course in Hakuba Village that is about 3 km long ...