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Alpine skiing: Quick Facts

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Mikaela Shiffrin, wearing a blue helmet and ski suit, races downhill through slalom gates, kicking up snow during the Women's Slalom at the FIS World Ski Championships in Italy.
An educational diagram of Alpine skiing shows four types of ski courses - downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and slalom - with colored flags and gates marking boundaries and paths. The lower section illustrates ski equipment, including a labeled Alpine boot, step-in binding, and the recommended sizes for skis and poles, alongside a skier for scale.
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Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Vonn
American skier
Mikaela Shiffrin smiles and holds up her gold and silver Olympic medals at a press conference during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Mikaela Shiffrin
American skier
Bode Miller
Bode Miller
American skier
Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety
American skier
Benjamin Raich
Benjamin Raich
Austrian skier
Maze, Tina
Tina Maze
Slovenian skier
Olympic champion
Hermann Maier
Austrian skier
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Aksel Lund Svindal
Norwegian skier
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Janica Kostelić
Croatian skier
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Carlo Janka
Swiss skier
Pärson, Anja
Anja Pärson
Swedish skier
Picabo Street
Picabo Street
American skier
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Lasse Kjus
Norwegian skier
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Marcel Hirscher
Austrian skier
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Marc Girardelli
Luxembourgian skier
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Kjetil Andre Aamodt
Norwegian skier
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Stein Eriksen
Norwegian-born skier, instructor, and ski-resort developer
Alberto Tomba
Alberto Tomba
Italian skier
Andrea Mead Lawrence
Andrea Mead Lawrence
American skier
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Rosi Mittermaier
German skier

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