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From tomorrow sar & agrave; the third time that the two ski resorts of Vail and Beaver Creek, distant about twenty miles l & rsquo; an dall & rsquo; other in Eagle County Colorado, will host the Alpine World Ski Championships after the editions of 1989 and 1999.
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Actually & agrave; races quest & rsquo; year will be all in Beaver Creek, resort & agrave; which began to develop as plants and receptivity & agrave; in the early eighties, although the organizing committee of Denver would have liked that the area would host the alpine skiing events of the Winter Olympics of 1976, but it all bloc & ograve; because & eacute; in November 1972, the capital of Colorado waives & ograve; all & rsquo; organization of the Games for the costs too high. Vail instead began as a ski resort in 1962 and March 19, 1967 hosp & ograve; even two giants, one male and one female, the first edition of the World Cup. The ski resort of Vail hosp & ograve; the World Cup of 1989, while in 1999 were held on the new track Birds of Prey in Beaver Creek downhill and super-G and combined male, all other races were held on the old tracks of Vail. Quest & rsquo; year also races female and male technical races will be held in Beaver Creek, for women it & egrave; was prepared the new Raptor proven in the World Cup last season with the double victory of the Swiss Lara Gut downhill and super-G. The nation that has won more & ugrave; championship golds in Vail / Beaver Creek & egrave; l & rsquo; Austria, eight, even in the downhill and super-G in the women's 1999 female Wunderteam he scored two hat-tricks. Also in 1999 extraordinary l & rsquo; Company of Norwegian Lasse Kjus and that & ograve; a medal in all five races, winning two golds and three silvers. Finally l & rsquo; Italy: 1982 to present only on three occasions & egrave; left-handed in a world exhibition of alpine skiing, a wretched edition in 1993 in Morioka, the other two just in Vail / Beaver Creek & egrave; it's time to debunk the tab & ugrave ;. The best results for our shipments arrived in 1999: among men, Giorgio Rocca was fourth in slalom only 8 cents from bronze, while among women Isolde Kostner was sixth in the super-G. Below all the podiums of the global editions of 1989 and 1999.
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02/02/1989, combined female: 1. Tamara McKinney (US) 2. Vreni Schneider (Switzer) 3. Brigitte & Öland; rtli (Switzer)
03/02/1989, combined male: 1. Marc Girardelli (Lus) 2. Paul Accola (Switzer) 3. G & uuml; nther Mader (Aut)
05/02/1989, women's downhill: 1. Maria Walliser (Switzer) 2. Karen Percy (Can) 3. Karin Dedler (Ger)
06/02/1989, men's downhill: 1. Hansj & ouml; rg Tauscher (Ger) 2. Peter M & uuml; ller (Switzer) 3. Karl Alpiger (Switzer)
02/07/1989, women's slalom: 1. Mateja Svet (Jug) 2. Vreni Schneider (Switzer) 3. Tamara McKinney (US)
02/08/1989, super-G women: 1. Ulrike Maier (Aut) 2. Sigrid Wolf (Aut) 3. Michaela Gerg (Ger)
02/08/1989, super-G men: 1. Martin Hangl (Switzer) 2. Pirmin Zurbriggen (Switzer) 3. Toma & # 268; iman (Jug)
09/02/1989, giant male: 1. Rudolf Nierlich (Aut) 2. Helmut Mayer (Aut) 3. Pirmin Zurbriggen (Switzer)
11/02/1989, female giant: 1. Vreni Schneider (Switzer) 2. Carole Merle (Fra) 3. Mateja Svet (Jug)
12/02/1989, men's slalom: 1. Rudolf Nierlich (Aut) 2. Armin Bittner (Ger) 3. Marc Girardelli (Lus)
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02/02/1999, men's super-G: 1. Lasse Kjus (Nor) and Hermann Maier (Aut) 3. Hans Knau & szlig; (Aut)
03/02/1999, women's super-G: 1. Alexandra Meissnitzer (Aut) 2. Renate G & ouml; tschl (Aut) 3. Michaela Dorfmeister (Aut)
02/06/1999, men's downhill: 1. Hermann Maier (Aut) 2. Lasse Kjus (Nor) 3. Kjetil Andre Aamodt (Nor)
07/02/1999, women's downhill: 1. Renate G & ouml; tschl (Aut) 2. Michaela Dorfmeister (Aut) 3. Stefanie Schuster (Aut)
08/02/1999, combined female: 1. Pernilla Wiberg (Swe) 2. Renate G & ouml; tschl (Aut) 3. Florence Masnada (Fra)
09/02/1999, combined male: 1. Kjetil Andre Aamodt (Nor) 2. Lasse Kjus (Nor) 3. Paul Accola (Switzer)
11/02/1999, female giant: 1. Alexandra Meissnitzer (Aut) 2. Andrine Flemmen (Nor) 3. Anita Wachter (Aut)
12/02/1999, giant male: 1. Lasse Kjus (Nor) 2. Marco B & uuml; chel (Lie) 3. Steve Locher (Switzer)
13/02/1999, women's slalom: 1. Zali Steggall (Aus) 2. Pernilla Wiberg (Swe) 3. Trine Bakke (Nor)
02/14/1999, men's slalom: 1. Kalle Palander (Fin) 2. Lasse Kjus (Nor) 3. Christian Mayer (Aut)
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