The men's downhill competition at the 2013 World Championships was held on Saturday, February 9, with 58 athletes from 27 nations.[1]
| Men's downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Planai Schladming, Austria | |||||||||
| Date | 9 February 2013 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 58 from 27 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:01.32 | |||||||||
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| Men's Downhill | |
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| Location | Planai Schladming, Austria |
| Vertical | 976 m (3,202 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,753 m (5,751 ft) |
| Base elevation | 777 m (2,549 ft) |
| Longest run | 3.334 km (2.07 mi) |
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won his second world title in downhill and fifth overall, joined on the podium by Dominik Paris of Italy and David Poisson of France.[2][3]
The Planai race course was 3.334 km (2.07 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 976 m (3,202 ft) from a starting elevation of 1,753 m (5,751 ft) above sea level.[4] Svindall's winning time of 121.32 seconds yielded an average speed of 98.932 km/h (61.5 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.045 m/s (26.4 ft/s).
Results edit
The race was started at 11:00 CET (UTC+1)[4]
References edit
- ^ "FIS World Ski Championships Downhill M Official Starter List" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 8 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Svindal spectacular in winning World DH title". Ski Racing.com. February 9, 2013.
- ^ "Downhill Gold for Aksel Lund Svindal". FIS Alpine.com. February 9, 2013.
- ^ a b > "FIS World Ski Championships Downhill M Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-28. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
External links edit
- Official website (in English and German)
- FIS-Ski.com - AWSC 2013 - calendar & results