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Left turn, right swing and tuck down to the finish line - the 79th Hahnenkamm Races consisted of exciting "passages" from the European Cup Downhill, International Junior Race, Hahnenkamm Downhill, Slalom and Super-G, as well as the Kitz Charity Trophy.

The first downhill in Cortina, the rescheduled race originally set to take place in St. Anton, started lower down the course at the super G starting gate due to snow during the night.

Starting with a sunny day and blue sky the Ladies’ Downhill had perfect conditions on Sunday. The ladies competed as announced at 11:30 am.

After two successful training days, the first day of the Ladies’ races started with a switch of Downhill and Super Giant Slalom due to bad weather conditions. 

67‘600 Zuschauerinnen und Zuschauer genossen in den letzten drei Tagen wunderbare Weltcup-Rennen in Wengen. So viele waren es noch nie. Frenetisch jubelten sie den weltbesten Skifahrern zu und sahen, wie Marco Schwarz, Vincent Kriechmayr und Clément Noël gewannen.

Last weekend, Adelboden hosted the Audi FIS Ski World Cup. The OC looks back on a successful ski event with 34.000 visitors. Since winter started in December in Adelboden the preparation on and off course went well.  

“I felt the fans’ support on the course and the conditions fit me perfectly”

“These were the best course conditions in the entire season” Croatian skiers post excellent results – Istok Rodeš repeats his best result so far; Matej Vidović and Elias Kolega post their career-best results! 

For the first time in its history, Val Gardena/Gröden hosted also two ladies’ races in addition to the traditional super-G and classic downhill combo turning the “World Cup Christmas” into a “World Cup Christmas week”. The ladies’ races were originally planned for Val d’Isère but were moved early due to lack of snow. 

Austria’s Marcel Hirscher enjoyed a couple of more Italian days in Alta Badia during the past weekend winning once more the always challenging giant slalom and the parallel GS set on the treacherous ‘Gran Risa’ run.