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- Speed_skiing abstract "Speed skiing is the sport of skiing downhill in a straight line as quickly as possible. It is one of the fastest non-motorized sports on land. The current world record for skiing is 252.45 km/h (nearly 157 mph), held by Simone Origone. Speed skiers regularly exceed 200 km/h (125 mph), which is even faster than the terminal velocity of a free-falling skydiver in the belly-to-earth position (about 190 km/h; 120 mph). Speed skiers wear dense foam fairings on their lower legs and aerodynamic helmets to increase streamlining. Their ski suits are made from air-tight latex or have a polyurethane coating to reduce wind resistance, with only a mandatory back protector to give some protection in the case of a crash.The special skis used must be 240 centimetres (94 in) long and at most 10 cm wide with a maximum weight of 15 kg for the pair. Ski boots are attached to the skis by bindings. The ski poles are bent to shape around the body, and must be a minimum of 1 m long.Speed skiing is practised on steep, specially designed courses one kilometer long. There are approximately thirty of these courses worldwide, many of them at high altitudes to minimize air resistance. The first 300 or 400 meters of the course (the launching area) is used to gain speed, the top speed is measured in the next 100 m (the timing zone) and the last 500 m (the run-out area) is used for slowing down and coming to a stop. The start point in FIS races is chosen so that, in theory, skiers should not exceed 200 km/h, hence competition is aimed at winning a particular event, not breaking world speed records. At Pro races, there is no maximum speed and the speed attained is determined by conditions and safety.Speed skiing was a demonstration sport at the Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics in the Les Arcs 2 kilometer course.".
- Speed_skiing thumbnail Piste_KL_Arcs2000.jpg?width=300.
- Speed_skiing wikiPageID "322186".
- Speed_skiing wikiPageRevisionID "606269658".
- Speed_skiing hasPhotoCollection Speed_skiing.
- Speed_skiing subject Category:Types_of_skiing.
- Speed_skiing subject Category:Winter_sports.
- Speed_skiing type Abstraction100002137.
- Speed_skiing type Act100030358.
- Speed_skiing type Activity100407535.
- Speed_skiing type Diversion100426928.
- Speed_skiing type Event100029378.
- Speed_skiing type PsychologicalFeature100023100.
- Speed_skiing type Sport100523513.
- Speed_skiing type WinterSports.
- Speed_skiing type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Speed_skiing comment "Speed skiing is the sport of skiing downhill in a straight line as quickly as possible. It is one of the fastest non-motorized sports on land. The current world record for skiing is 252.45 km/h (nearly 157 mph), held by Simone Origone. Speed skiers regularly exceed 200 km/h (125 mph), which is even faster than the terminal velocity of a free-falling skydiver in the belly-to-earth position (about 190 km/h; 120 mph).".
- Speed_skiing label "Chilometro lanciato".
- Speed_skiing label "Esqui de velocidade".
- Speed_skiing label "Esquí de velocidad".
- Speed_skiing label "Geschwindigkeitsskifahren".
- Speed_skiing label "Narciarstwo szybkie".
- Speed_skiing label "Ski de vitesse".
- Speed_skiing label "Speed skiing".
- Speed_skiing label "Speedskiën".
- Speed_skiing label "Соревнования на скорость (горные лыжи)".
- Speed_skiing label "スピードスキー".
- Speed_skiing sameAs Geschwindigkeitsskifahren.
- Speed_skiing sameAs Esquí_de_velocidad.
- Speed_skiing sameAs Ski_de_vitesse.
- Speed_skiing sameAs Chilometro_lanciato.
- Speed_skiing sameAs スピードスキー.
- Speed_skiing sameAs 스피드_스키.
- Speed_skiing sameAs Speedskiën.
- Speed_skiing sameAs Narciarstwo_szybkie.
- Speed_skiing sameAs Esqui_de_velocidade.
- Speed_skiing sameAs m.01vnj3.
- Speed_skiing sameAs Q1358925.
- Speed_skiing sameAs Q1358925.
- Speed_skiing sameAs Speed_skiing.
- Speed_skiing wasDerivedFrom Speed_skiing?oldid=606269658.
- Speed_skiing depiction Piste_KL_Arcs2000.jpg.
- Speed_skiing isPrimaryTopicOf Speed_skiing.
