Planai (ski course)
Planai is a World Cup ski course, located on the same name mountain and ski resort in Schladming, Styria, Austria, opened in 1973.
| Planai | |
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| Place: |  Schladming |
| Mountain: | Planai |
| Member: | Club5+ |
| Opened: | 1975 |
| Slalom | |
| Start: | 961 m (3,153 ft) (AA) |
| Finish: | 745 m (2,444 ft) |
| Vertical drop: | 216 m (709 ft) |
| Max. incline: | 28.4° degrees (54%) |
| Aver. incline: | 20.2° degrees (36.8%) |
| Most wins: |  Henrik Kristoffersen (4x) |
Since 1997 it is regular host of the night slalom, the highest attended in the circuit with 50,000 people each year.
Course hosted two World Championships in 1982 and 2013 and World Cup season final in 2012.
History
Opened in 1973 with dowhnill event and Franz Klammer as the winner. Until the end of the decade and trough eighties, all disciplines were regularly held on this course.
In 1982, they organized Alpine World Ski Championhips for the first time, with all men's events and only giant slalom event for women held on this course.
In 1988, they replaced originally scheduled Les Menuires (W) and Val Thorens (M) as season opening in the last minute due to weather conditions.[1]
In 1990, they organized last World Cup weekend with downhill, slalom and combined events, before 7 years long break and entering new era.
In 1997, they organized first slalom under floodlight. Since then this became the most visited and most spectacular slalom in the world.[2]
In 2013, they organized 2nd Alpine World Ski Championhips, completely renovated the finish area with recognizable arc of steel.
World Championships
Men's events
| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | GS | 3 February 1982 |  Steve Mahre |
 Ingemar Stenmark |
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| KB | (SL) 1 February 1982 (DH) 5 February 1982 |
 Michel Vion |
 Peter Lüscher |
Anton Steiner | |
| DH | 6 February 1982 | Harti Weirather |
Conradin Cathomen |
Erwin Resch | |
| SL | 7 February 1982 | Ingemar Stenmark |
Bojan Križaj |
Bengt Fjällberg | |
| 2013 | SG | 6 February 2013 | Ted Ligety |
Gauthier de Tessières |
Aksel Lund Svindal |
| DH | 9 February 2013 | Aksel Lund Svindal |
 Dominik Paris |
David Poisson | |
| SC | 11 February 2013 | Ted Ligety |
 Ivica Kostelić |
Romed Baumann | |
| GS | 15 February 2013 | Ted Ligety |
Marcel Hirscher |
Manfred Mölgg | |
| SL | 17 February 2013 | Marcel Hirscher |
 Felix Neureuther |
Mario Matt |
Women's events
| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | GS | 2 February 1982 | Erika Hess |
Christin Cooper |
 Ursula Konzett |
| 2013 | GS | 14 February 2013 | Tessa Worley |
 Tina Maze |
Anna Fenninger |
World Cup
Men
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Women
| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 584 | SG | 1988–89 | 26 November 1988 | Carole Merle | Ulrike Maier | Regine Mösenlechner Anita Wachter |
| 1387 | GS | 2011–12 | 18 March 2012 | Viktoria Rebensburg | Anna Fenninger | Federica Brignone |
| 1717 | SL | 2021–22 | 11 January 2022 | Mikaela Shiffrin |  Petra Vlhová | Lena Dürr |
Alpine team event
| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | TE | 2011–12 | 16 March 2012 | Austria
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Not in original calendar. It replaced women's GS from Les Menuires (1988), men's GS from Val Thorens (1988) and SL from Flachau (2022).
Club5+
In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigius classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.[3]
Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.[4]
References
- "Ženske sezono odpirajo z super G v Schladmingu (page 6)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 26 November 1988.
- "Results & History". thenightrace.at. 11 January 2022.
- "Srečko Medven predsednik elitnega združenje (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Naše novice. June 2010.
- "Club5+ workshop in Adelboden". saslong.org. 23 October 2021.
External links
- thenightrace.at official site
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup – Schladming, Austria
- Ski-db.com - Schladming men's races