Crveni spust
Place: Croatia Zagreb
Mountain: Medvednica (Sljeme)
Opened: 1946 (for tourism)
2005 (WC women)
2008 (WC men)
Competition: Snow Queen Trophy
Slalom
Start: 978 m (3,209 ft) (AA)
Finish: 768 m (2,520 ft)
Vertical drop: 210 m (689 ft)
Max. incline: 27° degrees (51%)
Min. incline: 5.1° degrees (10%)
Most wins (M): Austria Marcel Hirscher (5x)
Most wins (W): United States Mikaela Shiffrin (5x)

Crveni spust (lit.'red slope') is a World Cup slalom ski course at Medvednica mountain near Zagreb, Croatia, first opened in 1946 by the city.

This course is hosting World Cup slalom events since 2005 (women) and 2008 (men) for the Snow Queen Trophy competition.[1]

It is located just north of the peak Sljeme, whose sports facility maintenance organization manages the venue.[2][3]

World Cup edit

It hosted total of 15 World Cup events for women (37th of all-time) and 12 World Cup events for men (34th of all-time).

 
Mikaela Shiffrin (record five wins)
 
Marcel Hirscher (record five wins)

Women's slalom edit

No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
1134 SL 2004/05 20 January 2005     Tanja Poutiainen   Kristina Koznick   Marlies Schild
1159 SL 2005/06 5 January 2006     Marlies Schild   Kathrin Zettel   Janica Kostelić
1195 SL 2006/07 4 January 2007     Marlies Schild   Ana Jelušić   Šárka Záhrobská
1244 SL 2007/08 15 February 2008     Tanja Poutiainen   Marlies Schild   Veronika Zuzulová
1264 SL 2008/09 4 January 2009     Maria Riesch   Nicole Gius   Šárka Záhrobská
1299 SL 2009/10 3 January 2010     Sandrine Aubert   Kathrin Zettel   Susanne Riesch
1332 SL 2010/11 4 January 2011     Marlies Schild   Maria Riesch   Manuela Mölgg
1362 SL 2011/12 3 January 2012     Marlies Schild   Tina Maze   Michaela Kirchgasser
1405 SL 2012/13 4 January 2013     Mikaela Shiffrin   Frida Hansdotter   Erin Mielzynski
SL 2013/14 4 January 2014   lack of snow
1468 SL 2014/15 4 January 2015     Mikaela Shiffrin   Kathrin Zettel  Nina Løseth
SL 2015/16 5 January 2016   lack of snow
1542 SL 2016/17 3 January 2017     Veronika Velez-Zuzulová   Petra Vlhová   Šárka Strachová
1579 SL 2017/18 3 January 2018     Mikaela Shiffrin     Wendy Holdener   Frida Hansdotter
1618 SL 2018/19 5 January 2019     Mikaela Shiffrin   Petra Vlhová     Wendy Holdener
1649 SL 2019/20 4 January 2020     Petra Vlhová   Mikaela Shiffrin   Katharina Liensberger
1677 SL 2020/21 3 January 2021     Petra Vlhová   Katharina Liensberger     Michelle Gisin
1714 SL 2021/22 4 January 2022     Petra Vlhová   Mikaela Shiffrin   Katharina Liensberger
1750 SL 2022/23 4 January 2023     Mikaela Shiffrin   Petra Vlhová   Anna Swenn-Larsson
SL 5 January 2021   high temperatures and wind; no replacement

Men's slalom edit

No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
1327 SL 2007/08 17 February 2008     Mario Matt   Ivica Kostelić   Reinfried Herbst
1352 SL 2008/09 6 January 2009     Jean-Baptiste Grange   Ivica Kostelić   Giuliano Razzoli
1389 SL 2009/10 6 January 2010     Giuliano Razzoli   Manfred Mölgg   Julien Lizeroux
1420 SL 2010/11 6 January 2011     André Myhrer   Ivica Kostelić   Mattias Hargin
1457 SL 2011/12 5 January 2012     Marcel Hirscher   Felix Neureuther   Ivica Kostelić
1503 SL 2012/13 6 January 2013     Marcel Hirscher   André Myhrer   Mario Matt
SL 2013/14 6 January 2014   lack of snow
1570 SL 2014/15 6 January 2015     Marcel Hirscher   Felix Neureuther   Sebastian Foss Solevåg
SL 2015/16 6 January 2016   lack of snow
1651 SL 2016/17 5 January 2017     Manfred Mölgg   Felix Neureuther  Henrik Kristoffersen
1689 SL 2017/18 4 January 2018     Marcel Hirscher   Michael Matt  Henrik Kristoffersen
1726 SL 2018/19 6 January 2019     Marcel Hirscher   Alexis Pinturault   Manuel Feller
1761 SL 2019/20 5 January 2020     Clément Noël     Ramon Zenhäusern   Alex Vinatzer
1796 SL 2020/21 6 January 2021     Linus Straßer   Manuel Feller   Marco Schwarz
SL 2021/22 5 January 2022   high temperatures and strong wind; rescheduled on 6 January 2022
SL 6 January 2022   cancelled in 1st run after 19 skiers; poor snow conditions

Course sections edit

  • Filter, Flat, Finish Steep

References edit

  1. ^ "Results Archive". snowqueentrophy.com. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ "History if skiing in Zagreb (Sljeme)" (in Croatian). zss.hr. 15 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Sljeme Ski Resort". infozagreb.hr. 15 December 2021.

External links edit

45°54′18″N 15°56′31″E / 45.905°N 15.942°E / 45.905; 15.942