The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 were held at Åre

Åre (ski area)

Åre is an alpine ski area in Sweden, founded in 1909. It is located in Åre Municipality, Jämtland, just outside and above the village of Åre, approximately 80 km from the city of Östersund. The ski lift system is on the Åreskutan mountain, at an elevation of 1420 meters ; its absolute summit...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, from February 2-18, 2007

2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 41st World Cup season was scheduled to begin on October 28, 2006, but cancellation of the opening races in Sölden delayed the season's start by two weeks. A very poor snowpack in the Alps, along with stormy weather in January, caused numerous races to be moved and rescheduled throughout the...

. Åre previously hosted the world championships in 1954

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1954

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1954 were held in Åre, Sweden, from March 1–7, 1954.Olympic champion Stein Erickson of Norway won three gold medalsÅre would host the event again in 2007.-Medals table:...

, and often hosts late season World Cup events.

The FIS

International Ski Federation

The International Ski Federation, known by its name in French, Fédération Internationale de Ski is the main international organisation for ski sports...

 awarded the 2007 event in 2002; other finalists were Lillehammer

Lillehammer

is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, and Val d'Isère, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, which was later selected to host the world championships in 2009.



These were the first world championships to use the "super-combined" format (one run each of downhill & slalom

Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

) for the combined

Alpine skiing combined

Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...

 event. First run on the World Cup

Alpine skiing World Cup

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France and the USA...

 circuit in 2005

2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 39th World Cup season began in October 2004 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2005 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall winners were Bode Miller of the U.S. and Anja Pärson of Sweden....

 at Wengen

Lauberhorn

The Lauberhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, located between Wengen and Grindelwald. Its summit is at an elevation of 8110 feet above sea level....

, the "super-combi" format (SC) made its debut at the Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948–80, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years...

 in 2010

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The ten events were scheduled for February 13–27, 2010; weather delayed the first event, the men's downhill, two days until Monday, February 15....

. The traditional combined format (K) consists of one downhill run and two slalom

Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

 runs.

Venues

• The World Championships Arena was accessed via the "VM-8an," an 8-passenger hybrid lift
  Hybrid lift
  A hybrid lift is a new type of ski lift that combines the elements of a chairlift and a gondola. First introduced by Poma, who refers to them as Telemix, they have since been copied by most lift manufacturers who refer to them by a variety of names; Doppelmayr refers to them as combined...
  
   installed in 2006.
  The races were held on the Gästrappet, Lundsrappet, Störtloppet and VM-Störtloppet slopes.
• The medal ceremonies were held at the Medal Plaza at Åre Torg.
• The Opening Ceremony was held at the Festival Arena, situated outside the Holiday Club Hotel by Lake Åre.
  
  
  

  Course Information

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  Course Information - (metric)

  Race	Start Elevation	Finish Elevation	Vertical Drop	Course Length	Minimum Gradient	Maximum Gradient	Average Gradient
  Downhill - men	1240 m	396 m	844 m	2.922 km	7%	69%	33%
  Downhill - women	1055	396	659	2.236	14%	69%	31%
  Super G - men	1033	396	637	2.127	10%	69%	34%
  Super G - women	971	396	575	1.903	14%	69%	32%
  Giant Slalom - men	812	396	416	1.308	13%	69%	35%
  Giant Slalom - women	796	396	400	1.257	17%	48%	36%
  Slalom - men	615	396	219	0.740	19%	48%	32%
  Slalom - women	582	396	186	0.62	14%	48%	32%

  
  
  
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  Course Information - (imperial)

  Race	Start Elevation	Finish Elevation	Vertical Drop	Course Length	Minimum Gradient	Maximum Gradient	Average Gradient
  Downhill - men	4068 ft	1299 ft	2769 ft	1.816 mi.	7%	69%	33%
  Downhill - women	3461	1299	2162	1.389	14%	69%	31%
  Super G - men	3389	1299	2090	1.322	10%	69%	34%
  Super G - women	3186	1299	1887	1.182	14%	69%	32%
  Giant Slalom - men	2664	1299	1365	0.813	13%	69%	35%
  Giant Slalom - women	2612	1299	1313	0.781	17%	48%	36%
  Slalom - men	2018	1299	719	0.460	19%	48%	32%
  Slalom - women	1909	1299	610	0.388	14%	48%	32%

  
  
  
  

  Opening ceremony

  2 February, 19:00
  
  • The King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, officially opened the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
  
  

  Super G

  Originally planned for 3 February, 12:30; postponed to 5 February due to wind conditions.
  Race postponed for the second time; new start: 6 February, 10:00 CET
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  Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
  	Patrick Staudacher Patrick Staudacher Patrick Staudacher is an Italian alpine skier.He won the Super-G gold medal at the 2007 Alpine Skiing World Championships in Åre.- External links :* * *...	Italy	1:14.30
  	Fritz Strobl Fritz Strobl Fritz Strobl is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.Strobl was the gold medalist in the downhill at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....	Austria	1:14.62	+0.32
  	Bruno Kernen Bruno Kernen Bruno Kernen is a Swiss alpine skier. In 1997, he was world champion in downhill, as well as a silver medalist in Alpine combined. In 2003, he won bronze in downhill at the world championships in St. Moritz. He is the 2003 winner of the Lauberhorn race.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Kernen...	Switzerland	1:14.92	+0.62

  
  

  Super Combined

  8 February, 12:30/16:00

  Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
  	Daniel Albrecht Daniel Albrecht Daniel Albrecht is a champion alpine ski racer. He has four World Cup race victories and a world championship.Albrecht made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2003 in a slalom at Schladming, Austria....	Switzerland	2:28.99
  	Benjamin Raich Benjamin Raich Benjamin Raich is a champion alpine ski racer who won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin, Italy...	Austria	2:29.07	+0.08
  	Marc Berthod Marc Berthod Marc Berthod is a Swiss alpine skier.In 2005, he was Swiss champion in Giant Slalom. He finished 7th in the combined event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...	Switzerland	2:29.23	+0.24

  
  

  Downhill

  Downhill

  Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

  
  

  10 February, 12:30. Race postponed to 11 February, 10:00 CET
  Central European Time
  Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...
  
   due to foggy weather conditions.
  

  Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
  	Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Kjeller. He is a two-time winner of the overall , an Olympic gold medalist in Super G at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and a four-time World Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and super combined .-Career:As of...	Norway	1:44.68
  	Jan Hudec Jan Hudec Jan Hudec is a Canadian alpine skier. On February 11, 2007, he won the silver medal in downhill at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. In the November of the same year he won his first World cup victory, a downhill in Lake Louise...	Canada	1:45.40	+0.72
  	Patrik Järbyn Patrik Järbyn Patrik Järbyn is a World Cup alpine ski racer.Despite never having won a World Cup race, Järbyn has two individual World Championship medals. At the 1996 World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain, he won the silver medal in super G...	Sweden	1:45.65	+0.97

  
  

  Giant slalom

  Qualification: 12 February, 10:00/13:30
  
  Final: 14 February, 10:00/13:00
  

  Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
  	Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Kjeller. He is a two-time winner of the overall , an Olympic gold medalist in Super G at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and a four-time World Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and super combined .-Career:As of...	Norway	2:19.64
  	Daniel Albrecht Daniel Albrecht Daniel Albrecht is a champion alpine ski racer. He has four World Cup race victories and a world championship.Albrecht made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2003 in a slalom at Schladming, Austria....	Switzerland	2:20.12	+0.48
  	Didier Cuche Didier Cuche Didier Cuche is a Swiss alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in the speed disciplines of downhill and Super-G, along with the technical discipline of giant slalom...	Switzerland	2:20.56	+0.92

  
  

  Slalom

  Slalom skiing

  Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

  
  

  Qualification: 15 February, 10:00/13:30
  
  Final: 17 February, 10:00/13:00
  

  Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
  	Mario Matt Mario Matt Mario Matt is an Austrian alpine skier. He is the brother of skicross competitor, Andreas Matt.Matt was born in Flirsch. He is a slalom specialist, as of February 2011 he won 13 slalom races and one super-combination in World Cup...	Austria	1:57.33
  	Manfred Mölgg	Italy	1:59.14	+1.81
  	Jean-Baptiste Grange Jean-Baptiste Grange Jean-Baptiste Grange is a French alpine ski racer.Born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Grange grew up in Valloire, Galibier, and made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2004. On February 17, 2007, he won the bronze medal in the slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden...	France	1:59.54	+2.21

  
  

  Super G

  Originally planned for 4 February, 12:30; postponed to 6 February due to wind conditions.http://www.are2007.com/parser.php?did=2007:4629
  

  Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
  	Anja Pärson Anja Pärson Anja Sofia Tess Pärson is a Swedish-Sámi alpine skier, the winner of seven World Championships gold medals and two Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup titles. She has won a total of 42 World cup races.-Biography:...	Sweden	1:18.85
  	Lindsey C. Kildow	United States	1:19.17	+0.32
  	Renate Götschl Renate Götschl Renate Götschl is a former champion alpine ski racer. She is a two-time individual World Champion in the combined and downhill , and has won a total of 9 World Championships medals...	Austria	1:19.38	+0.53

  
  

  Super combined

  9 February, 12:30/16:00

  Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
  	Anja Pärson Anja Pärson Anja Sofia Tess Pärson is a Swedish-Sámi alpine skier, the winner of seven World Championships gold medals and two Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup titles. She has won a total of 42 World cup races.-Biography:...	Sweden	1:57.69
  	Julia Mancuso Julia Mancuso Julia Mancuso is an alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. She was the gold medalist in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the silver medalist in both downhill and combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She has also won four medals at the World Championships and five races in...	United States	1:58.50	+0.81
  	Marlies Schild Marlies Schild Marlies Schild is a World Cup alpine ski racer. She is a specialist in the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom and has won multiple medals in Olympic and World Championship competitions, as well as three World Cup season titles.-Skiing career:At the beginning of her career, her...	Austria	1:58.54	+0.85

  
  

  Downhill

  Downhill

  Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

  
  

  11 February, 12:30
  

  Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
  	Anja Pärson Anja Pärson Anja Sofia Tess Pärson is a Swedish-Sámi alpine skier, the winner of seven World Championships gold medals and two Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup titles. She has won a total of 42 World cup races.-Biography:...	Sweden	1:26.89
  	Lindsey C. Kildow	United States	1:27.29	+0.40
  	Nicole Hosp Nicole Hosp Nicole Hosp is a professional alpine skier from Austria, and the winner of the overall 2006–7 World Cup along with the giant slalom World Cup...	Austria	1:27.37	+0.48

  
  

  Giant slalom

  13 February, 17:00/20:00
  

  Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
  	Nicole Hosp Nicole Hosp Nicole Hosp is a professional alpine skier from Austria, and the winner of the overall 2006–7 World Cup along with the giant slalom World Cup...	Austria	2:31.72
  	Maria Pietilä-Holmner	Sweden	2:32.57	+ 0.85
  	Denise Karbon Denise Karbon Denise Karbon is an Italian Alpine skier.-Biography:Denise Karbon debuted in Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1998, while the following year she was Junior World Champion. She won a total of six World Cup giant slalom: in 2003 at Alta Badia and, in late 2007, the five out of the first six races in the...	Italy	2:32.69	+ 0.97

  
  

  Slalom

  Slalom skiing

  Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

  
  

  16 February, 17:00/20:00
  

  Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
  	Šárka Záhrobská Šárka Záhrobská Šárka Záhrobská is a Czech Alpine ski racer, specializing in the slalom event. She is the first Alpine skier representing the Czech Republic to medal at the Winter Olympics and at the World Championships and just the second Czech Alpine skier ever to medal in the Olympics.-Skiing career:She won...	Czech Republic	1:43.91
  	Marlies Schild Marlies Schild Marlies Schild is a World Cup alpine ski racer. She is a specialist in the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom and has won multiple medals in Olympic and World Championship competitions, as well as three World Cup season titles.-Skiing career:At the beginning of her career, her...	Austria	1:44.02	+0.11
  	Anja Pärson Anja Pärson Anja Sofia Tess Pärson is a Swedish-Sámi alpine skier, the winner of seven World Championships gold medals and two Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup titles. She has won a total of 42 World cup races.-Biography:...	Sweden	1:44.07	+0.16

  
  

  Nations team event

  18 February, 10:00/13:00
  
  This competition was part of the World Championships for the second time. Six athletes from each country, including at least two men and two women, compete in a total of four super G
  Super Giant Slalom skiing
  The Super Giant Slalom is an Alpine skiing discipline. It is usually referred to as Super G and is a "speed" event, along with the faster Downhill event; the Giant Slalom and Slalom events are known as the "technical" disciplines.-History:...
  
   and four slalom
  Slalom skiing
  Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...
  
   runs. Each country sends one athlete into each run, alternating between men and women. The placings of all eight competitions are added, and the country with the lowest number wins. If an athlete doesn't finish the run, gets disqualified or scores a time worse than 108% of the winning time, an extra penalty is incurred. If an athlete doesn't start, an even greater penalty is incurred.
  

  Medal	Name	Nation	SG1	SG2	SG3	SG4	SL1	SL2	SL3	SL4	Total
  	Renate Götschl Renate Götschl Renate Götschl is a former champion alpine ski racer. She is a two-time individual World Champion in the combined and downhill , and has won a total of 9 World Championships medals... Michaela Kirchgasser Michaela Kirchgasser Michaela Kirchgasser is an Austrian alpine skier specializing in Slalom and Giant Slalom.- Career :... Marlies Schild Marlies Schild Marlies Schild is a World Cup alpine ski racer. She is a specialist in the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom and has won multiple medals in Olympic and World Championship competitions, as well as three World Cup season titles.-Skiing career:At the beginning of her career, her... Mario Matt Mario Matt Mario Matt is an Austrian alpine skier. He is the brother of skicross competitor, Andreas Matt.Matt was born in Flirsch. He is a slalom specialist, as of February 2011 he won 13 slalom races and one super-combination in World Cup... Fritz Strobl Fritz Strobl Fritz Strobl is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.Strobl was the gold medalist in the downhill at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.... Benjamin Raich Benjamin Raich Benjamin Raich is a champion alpine ski racer who won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin, Italy...	Austria	1	1	1	2	4	4	1	4	18
  	Anna Ottosson Anna Ottosson Anna Ottosson is a Swedish alpine skier who won an Olympic bronze medal in the Giant Slalom race at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She stands 1.66 meters tall and weighs 64 kg .-References:... Anja Pärson Anja Pärson Anja Sofia Tess Pärson is a Swedish-Sámi alpine skier, the winner of seven World Championships gold medals and two Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup titles. She has won a total of 42 World cup races.-Biography:... Jens Byggmark Jens Byggmark Jens Byggmark is a Swedish alpine skier, who specialises in slalom and giant slalom.Byggmark was born in Örebro but was raised in Tärnaby. He races for Tärna IK Fjällvinden, the world's most successful ski club... Patrik Järbyn Patrik Järbyn Patrik Järbyn is a World Cup alpine ski racer.Despite never having won a World Cup race, Järbyn has two individual World Championship medals. At the 1996 World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain, he won the silver medal in super G... Markus Larsson Markus Larsson Markus Larsson is a Swedish alpine skier who took part in the Winter Olympics in 2010 in Vancouver.-World Cup victories:- External links :*... Hans Olsson Hans Olsson (alpine skier) Hans Olsson is a Swedish alpine skier. He represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Hans came 12th in downhill at the Olympic Games. Olsson specialises in the speed disciplines of Super G and particularly downhill...	Sweden	4	8	4	7	1	2	2	5	33
  	Sandra Gini Rabea Grand Nadia Styger Nadia Styger Nadia Styger is a Swiss alpine skier.Styger won a total of 4 Alpine Skiing World Cup races. She was several times Swiss champion in Downhill and Super-G.-World Cup victories:-External links:* * on NamePedia... Fabienne Suter Fabienne Suter Fabienne Suter is a Swiss Alpine skier. She was born in Sattel, Switzerland. She specializes in the Super G, giant slalom, and the downhill.-Career:... Daniel Albrecht Daniel Albrecht Daniel Albrecht is a champion alpine ski racer. He has four World Cup race victories and a world championship.Albrecht made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2003 in a slalom at Schladming, Austria.... Marc Berthod Marc Berthod Marc Berthod is a Swiss alpine skier.In 2005, he was Swiss champion in Giant Slalom. He finished 7th in the combined event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...	Switzerland	11	3	2	1	2	5	4	11	39

  
  

  Medals table

  Place	Nation				Total
  1	Austria	3	3	3	9
  2	Sweden	3	2	2	7
  3	Norway	2	0	0	2
  4	Switzerland	1	1	4	6
  5	Italy	1	1	1	3
  6	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
  7	United States	0	3	0	3
  8	Canada	0	1	0	1
  9	France	0	0	1	1

  
  

  Participating nations

  60 nations participated: (number of athletes in parentheses)

  (2) (2) (7) (5) (26) (5) (9) (3) (4) (20) (4) (10) (10) (3) (14)

  (6) (2) (12) (23) (3) (18) (1) (4) (2) (8) (10) (9) (4) (1) (24)

  (6) (7) (7) (8) (4) (5) (3) (2) (6) (3) (1) (1) (4) (8) (8)

  (6) (3) (6) (2) (1) (6) (4) (16) (6) (19) (14) (4) (2) (18) (4)

  
  

  External links

  • Are 2007.com - official site
  • FIS-ski.com - results - 2007 World Championships - Åre, Sweden
  • FIS-ski.com - results - World Championships
  • Ski-db.com - results - 2007 Aare
  • wm07.blogspot.com - a list of links related to the championships
  
  
  
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