Mont Lachaux

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Mont Lachaux
Place: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Crans-Montana
Downhill
Start:2,210 m (7,251 ft) (AA)
Finish:1,545 m (5,069 ft)
Vertical drop:   665 m (2,182 ft)
Length:2,451 m (1.52 mi)
Max. incline:28 degrees (53%)
Min. incline:5.7 degrees (10%)
Super-G
Start:2,130 m (6,988 ft) (AA)
Finish:1,560 m (5,118 ft)
Vertical drop:   570 m (1,870 ft)
Length:1,918 m (1.19 mi)

Mont Lachaux is a World Cup women's speed ski course in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, opened in 1987. [1] [2]

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They hosted the World Championships in 1987, with Swiss racers Pirmin Zurbriggen, Maria Walliser, Erika Hess, and Peter Müller winning eight of the ten gold medals, dominating in front of the home crowd.

Mont Lachaux is one of three courses of the 1987 World Championships; nearby is "Piste Nationale" men's downhill course and "Chetzeron" is located in Crans village. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Course

Sections

World Championships

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Switzerland

Women's events

EventTypeDateGoldSilverBronze
1987 KB(SL) 29 January 1987  
30 January 1987  		  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Erika Hess Flag of Austria.svg Sylvia Eder Flag of the United States.svg Tamara McKinney
DH(DH) 1 February 1987    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Maria Walliser   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Michela Figini Flag of Germany.svg Regine Mösenlechner

World Cup

Women

No.TypeSeasonDateWinnerSecondThird
DH 2013/14 1 March 2014  fog; replaced in Crans-Montana on 2 March
1447DH2 March 2014   Flag of Austria.svg Andrea Fischbacher Flag of Austria.svg Anna Fenninger Flag of Slovenia.svg Tina Maze
SC2 March 2014  cancelled; rescheduled with downhill
DH 2015/16 13 February 2016  excessive snow: replaced in La Thuile on 19 February 2016
AC14 February 2016  excessive snow forced delay in previous days event
1512SL15 February 2016   Flag of the United States.svg Mikaela Shiffrin Flag of France.svg Nastasia Noens Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marie-Michèle Gagnon
1553AC 2016/17 24 February 2017   Flag of Italy.svg Federica Brignone Flag of Slovenia.svg Ilka Štuhec Flag of Austria.svg Michaela Kirchgasser
1554SG25 February 2017   Flag of Slovenia.svg Ilka Štuhec Flag of Italy.svg Elena Curtoni Flag of Austria.svg Stephanie Venier
1555AC26 February 2017   Flag of the United States.svg Mikaela Shiffrin Flag of Italy.svg Federica Brignone Flag of Slovenia.svg Ilka Štuhec
1595DH 2017/18 3 March 2018   Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Tina Weirather Flag of Austria.svg Anna Veith   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wendy Holdener
1596AC4 March 2018   Flag of Italy.svg Federica Brignone   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Michelle Gisin Flag of Slovakia.svg Petra Vlhová
1629DH 2018/19 23 February 2019   Flag of Italy.svg Sofia Goggia Flag of Austria.svg Nicole Schmidhofer   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Corinne Suter
1630AC24 February 2019   Flag of Italy.svg Federica Brignone   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Roni Remme   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wendy Holdener
1663DH 2019/20 21 February 2020    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lara Gut-Behrami   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Corinne Suter Flag of Austria.svg Stephanie Venier
1664DH22 February 2020    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lara Gut-Behrami   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Corinne Suter Flag of Austria.svg Nina Ortlieb
1665AC23 February 2020   Flag of Italy.svg Federica Brignone Flag of Austria.svg Franziska Gritsch Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ester Ledecká
1683DH 2020/21 22 January 2021   Flag of Italy.svg Sofia Goggia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ester Ledecká Flag of the United States.svg Breezy Johnson
1684DH23 January 2021   Flag of Italy.svg Sofia Goggia   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lara Gut-Behrami Flag of Italy.svg Elena Curtoni
1685SG24 January 2021    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lara Gut-Behrami Flag of Austria.svg Tamara Tippler Flag of Italy.svg Federica Brignone
1725DH 2021/22 26 February 2022   Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ester Ledecká Flag of Norway.svg   Ragnhild Mowinckel Flag of Austria.svg Cornelia Hütter
1726DH27 February 2022    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Priska Nufer Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ester Ledecká Flag of Italy.svg Sofia Goggia
DH 2022/23 25 February 2023  bad weather; moved to 26 February 2023
1763DH26 February 2023   Flag of Italy.svg Sofia Goggia Flag of Italy.svg Federica Brignone Flag of France.svg Laura Gauché
SG26 February 2023  program changes; no replacement
1801DH 2023/24 16 February 2024    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lara Gut-Behrami   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Jasmine Flury
Flag of Austria.svg Cornelia Hütter
1802DH17 February 2024   Flag of Italy.svg Marta Bassino Flag of Italy.svg Federica Brignone   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lara Gut-Behrami
1803SG18 February 2024   Flag of Austria.svg Stephanie Venier Flag of Italy.svg Federica Brignone Flag of Italy.svg Marta Bassino
DH 2025/26 30 January 2026  cancelled after 6 racers due to three severe crashes and bad visibility
1870SG31 January 2026    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Malorie Blanc Flag of Italy.svg Sofia Goggia Flag of the United States.svg Breezy Johnson

References

  1. ↑ "List of World Cup events". International Ski Federation. 16 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "The legendary Nationale piste gets a green light from the FIS". cransmontana2027.ch. 26 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Piste Nationale". myswitzerland.com. 2 February 1987.
  4. ↑ "Super G neznanka? Tudi naša dvojica" (in Slovenian). Delo. 2 February 1987. p. 9.
  5. ↑ "Do naslova z velikim tveganjem..." (in Slovenian). Delo. 3 February 1987. p. 11.
  6. ↑ "Že šesto zlato Švicarjem, še drugo Pirminu Zurbriggnu" (in Slovenian). Delo. 5 February 1987. p. 6.
  7. ↑ "Samo Mateja Svet enakovredna švicarskim šampionkam" (in Slovenian). Delo. 6 February 1987. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Erika prva, Mateja druga" (in Slovenian). Delo. 9 February 1987. p. 9.

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