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Name:
Val d'Isere
Location:
France
Summit:
3590 m
FIS World Cup Debut:
1968
Events:
Downhill, super-G, giant slalom
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The Lowdown
- Val d'Isere has hosted more than 100 World Cup races since the series began in 1967
- The resort is rich in skiing history, producing some of the great champions of the past 40 years, including Jean-Claude Killy and the Goiitschel sisters, all Olympic gold medal winners
- Past winners of the event include Franz Klammer, Ingemar Stenmark, Pirmin Zurbriggen or Marc Giardelli
- The course, one of the classics of the downhill season, is renowned for being fast and difficult, with often as many as a third of competitors crashing out
- The resort is famous for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics
Link to official site:
www.valsport.org
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