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JAN 21 Watch AUDI FIS SKI WORLD CUP on 21.01.2012 TO 22.01.2012 live online on Pc


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AUDI FIS SKI WORLD CUP (21.01.2012 TO 22.01.2012)
21.01.2012 | 10:00 GS (Giant Slalom) Ladies
22.01.2012 | 09:15 SL (Slalom) Ladies

Kitzbuehel, AUT
21/01/2012-Downhill, Men
22/01/2012- Slalom, Men
22/01/2012- Combined, Men

Kranjska Gora, SLO
21/01/2012- Giant Slalom, Ladies
22/01/2012- Slalom, Ladies

Location: Maribor, Slovenia
Start: JAN 21, 2012 at 12:00 AM
End : JAN 22, 2012 at 11:59 PM


The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is one of the top international ski competitions in the world. Second only to the quadrennial Winter Olympics, it was launched back in 1966 and soon backed by International Ski Federation (FIS) president Marc Hodler. It became an official FIS event in the spring of 1967 and the first World Cup ski race was held in Berchtesgaden, West Germany, on January 5 that same year. Races are held primarily on Alpine ski resorts in Europe, with regular additional stops in Scandinavia, North America and east Asia. Competitors attempt to achieve the best time in four disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, Super G, and downhill. The fifth event, the combined, employs the downhill and slalom. The racer with the most points at the end of the season is declared the World Cup champion, and inherits the coveted 9kg crystal globe trophy. Many consider the World Cup to be a more valuable title than the Olympics or the biennial World Championships, since it requires a competitor to ski at an extremely high level in several disciplines throughout the season, and not just in one race.

The historical city of Maribor, is home to Slovenia's largest ski resort - Mariborsko Pohorje, noted as being one of the first areas for Alpine Skiing in Slovenia, it has been hosting the Alpine World Cup event for almost forty years with fifty five races to date, and was named as an Alpine city in 2000. Maribor is renowned for it's exquisite scenery and fantastic slopes, boasting 60kms of sparkling pistes, with the longest night skiing trail in Europe. Accommodation at the resort comprises of 1,300 beds, most of which are in hotels. The resort features an array of non-ski activities including an ice skating rink, indoor swimming, horseback riding and curling. Along with a range of entertainment facilities which consist of a cinema, theatre, casino and various bars and nightclubs.
Maribor races moved to Kranjska Gora

Due to lack of snow and cold temperatures required to make snow, the women’s World Cup giant slalom and slalom races scheduled for 21-22 January in Maribor, Slovenia will be moved to Kranjska Gora.
Last year, temperatures in Maribor soared to 13 degrees during the race weekend and after nearly the first half of the field managed to make its way down the course for the GS, slushy conditions forced officials to cancel the races.
Kranjska Gora has been a regular annual host for the men’s races, but the last time the women’s World Cup stopped in the Slovenian resort was January 2007, when Nicole Hosp won the GS race and Marlies Schild the slalom.

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