Planai (ski course)
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| Planai | |
|---|---|
| Place: | Austria Schladming |
| Mountain: | Planai |
| Member: | Club5+ |
| Opened: | 1975; 51 years ago(1975) |
| Giant slalom | |
| Start: | 1,148 m (3,766 ft) (AA) |
| Finish: | 759 m (2,490 ft) |
| Vertical drop: | 389 m (1,276 ft) |
| Max. incline: | 31.4 degrees (61%) |
| Avg. incline: | 22.3 degrees (41%) |
| Min. incline: | 6.8 degrees (12%) |
| Slalom | |
| Start: | 967 m (3,173 ft) (AA) |
| Finish: | 749 m (2,457 ft) |
| Vertical drop: | 218 m (715 ft) |
| Max. incline: | 28.4 degrees (54%) |
| Avg. incline: | 20.2 degrees (36.8%) |
| Most wins: | Norway Henrik Kristoffersen (5x) |
Planai is a World Cup ski course, located on the same name mountain and ski resort in Schladming, Styria, Austria. It opened in 1973, hosting a World Cup downhill in December.
Since 1997, it has regularly hosted night slalom, the highest attended (50,000) on the World Cup circuit.
The giant slalom course has as an average incline of 41% (61% maximum, 12% minimum) and is among the most demanding on the circuit.
The course hosted two World Championships (1982, 2013) and the World Cup finals in March 2012.
History
Planai opened in late 1973 with a downhill event, won by Franz Klammer with Roland Collombin and Bernhard Russi on the podium. Until the end of the decade and through the 1980s, all disciplines were regularly held on this course.
In 1982, they organized the World Championships for the first time, with all men's events and only a giant slalom event for women held on the course.
In 1988, they replaced the originally scheduled resorts of Les Menuires (women) and Val Thorens (men) as the season opening venue at the last minute, due to weather conditions.
In 1990, Schladming hosted the last World Cup weekend with a downhill, slalom, and combined events, before a 7-year break and entering a new era.
In 1997, Planai organized their first slalom under floodlight. Since then this has become the most visited and most spectacular slalom in the world.
In 2013, Schladming hosted its second World Championships, having completely renovated the finish area with a notable arc of steel.
World Championships
Men's events
| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | GS | 3 February 1982 | United States Steve Mahre | Sweden Ingemar Stenmark | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boris Strel |
| KB | (SL) 1 February 1982 (DH) 5 February 1982 | France Michel Vion | Switzerland Peter Lüscher | Austria Anton Steiner | |
| DH | 6 February 1982 | Austria Harti Weirather | Switzerland Conradin Cathomen | Austria Erwin Resch | |
| SL | 7 February 1982 | Sweden Ingemar Stenmark | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Križaj | Sweden Bengt Fjällberg | |
| 2013 | SG | 6 February 2013 | United States Ted Ligety | France Gauthier de Tessières | Norway Aksel Lund Svindal |
| DH | 9 February 2013 | Norway Aksel Lund Svindal | Italy Dominik Paris | France David Poisson | |
| SC | 11 February 2013 | United States Ted Ligety | Croatia Ivica Kostelić | Austria Romed Baumann | |
| GS | 15 February 2013 | United States Ted Ligety | Austria Marcel Hirscher | Italy Manfred Mölgg | |
| SL | 17 February 2013 | Austria Marcel Hirscher | Germany Felix Neureuther | Austria Mario Matt |
Women's events
| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | GS | 2 February 1982 | Switzerland Erika Hess | United States Christin Cooper | Liechtenstein Ursula Konzett |
| 2013 | GS | 14 February 2013 | France Tessa Worley | Slovenia Tina Maze | Austria Anna Fenninger |
Team event
| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | TE | 12 February 2013 | AustriaNicole Hosp Michaela Kirchgasser Carmen Thalmann Marcel Hirscher Marcel Mathis Philipp Schörghofer | SwedenNathalie Eklund Frida Hansdotter Maria Pietilä Holmner Jens Byggmark Mattias Hargin André Myhrer | GermanyLena Dürr Maria Höfl-Riesch Veronique Hronek Fritz Dopfer Stefan Luitz Felix Neureuther |
World Cup
Men
Women
| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 584 | SG | 1988–89 | 26 November 1988 | France Carole Merle | Austria Ulrike Maier | West Germany Regine Mösenlechner Austria Anita Wachter |
| 1387 | GS | 2011–12 | 18 March 2012 | Germany Viktoria Rebensburg | Austria Anna Fenninger | Italy Federica Brignone |
| 1717 | SL | 2021–22 | 11 January 2022 | United States Mikaela Shiffrin | Slovakia Petra Vlhová | Germany Lena Dürr |
Alpine team event
| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | TE | 2011–12 | 16 March 2012 | AustriaEva-Maria Brem Michaela Kirchgasser Stephanie Köhle Max Franz Marcel Mathis Philipp Schörghofer | SwitzerlandLara Gut Wendy Holdener Markus Vogel Ralph Weber Silvan Zurbriggen | SwedenTherese Borssén Frida Hansdotter Anna Swenn-Larsson Axel Bäck Mattias Hargin André Myhrer |
Not in original calendar. It replaced women's GS from Les Menuires (1988), men's GS from Val Thorens (1988) and SL from Flachau (2022).
Club5+
In 1986, the elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with the goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.
Later, other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St. Moritz and Åre.
External links
- – Official website
- – Schladming, Austria
- – Schladming men's races
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