Ice River (ski course)

Ice River
Place:	Yanqing District
Mountain:	Xiaohaituo Mountain
Resort:	National Alpine Ski Centre
Opened:	7 February 2022
Giant slalom
Start:	1,925 m (6,316 ft) (AA)
Finish:	1,501 m (4,925 ft)
Vertical drop:	424 m (1,391 ft)
Slalom
Start:	1,712 m (5,617 ft) (AA)
Finish:	1,501 m (4,925 ft)
Vertical drop:	211 m (692 ft)

Ice River is the Olympic technical ski course in China, located in Yanqing District, part of National Alpine Ski Centre resort, opened in 2022. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

It is approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) northwest of Beijing. It has hosted the technical alpine skiing events of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

History

On 7 February 2022, premiere event was held on this course with women's olympic giant slalom event. Swedish skier Sara Hector, who was leading in the discipline the season, won gold. Mikaela Shiffrin did not finish the first run and Petra Vlhová reached 8th place. ^{[4] [5]}

On 9 February 2022, Petra Vlhová, won a gold medal at women's olympic slalom, the only missing title in her career. Mikaela Shiffrin again did not finish the 1st run. ^[6]

Olympics

Women

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Location in China

Date	Type	Gold	Silver	Bronze
7 February 2022	GS	Sara Hector	Federica Brignone	Lara Gut-Behrami
9 February 2022	SL	Petra Vlhová	Katharina Liensberger	Wendy Holdener
17 February 2022	AC	Michelle Gisin	Wendy Holdener	Federica Brignone

• Downhill in women's Alpine combined event was held on "Rock" course.

Men

Date	Type	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 February 2022	AC	Johannes Strolz	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	James Crawford
13 February 2022	GS	Marco Odermatt	Žan Kranjec	Mathieu Faivre
16 February 2022	SL	Clément Noël	Johannes Strolz	Sebastian Foss-Solevåg

• Downhill in men's Alpine combined event was held on "Rock" course.

References

1. "Into the great unknown — and fast: The never-before-seen Olympic downhill course". The Washington Post. 4 February 2022.
2. "Women's olympic giant slalom competition; Beijing 2022" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 6 February 2022.
3. "Olympics Live: Shiffrin will start 7th in giant slalom race". lasvegassun.com. 6 February 2022.
4. "Sara Hector's Olympic gold medal is a lesson in perseverance". nbcsports.com. 7 February 2022.
5. "Sara Hector takes giant slalom gold after Nina O'Brien crash causes delay". nbcsports.com. 7 February 2022.
6. "Petra Vlhova wins first-ever Olympic medal in Alpine skiing for Slovakia – and it's gold". olympics.com. 9 February 2022.

External links

• beijing2022.cn Archived 2021-04-21 at the Wayback Machine official

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