How fast can you ski?

The faster skiing is alpine skiing and speed skiing.

Alpine skiing usually reaches a speed of 30 km/h.

Speed skiing originated in America. 1870, Tommy Todd from the United States galloped down the steep slope of La Taibo Mountain in California in his skis. Later, some alpine skiers began to follow suit and spread to Europe. 193 1 becomes an event. At that time, men's best performance was 136.600 km/h. 1992 The men's world record reached 229.299 km/h, and the women's world record also reached 2 19.245 km/h. Speed skiing must be carried out on a special snow trail, which is straight and smooth and consists of four areas: starting, accelerating, counting speed and slowing down. Slope length1740m, and the height difference between the starting point and the ending point is 565m. Accelerate the area by 25 meters. The speed measuring area is 50m wide and100m long. There is a photoelectric induction system at the front end and an electronic speed measuring system at the back end to measure the maximum speed of athletes in the speed measuring area. The deceleration zone is a gradual upward slope, which is convenient for athletes to slow down and stop. The length of skis shall not exceed 2.50 meters and the width shall not exceed 20 centimeters. During the competition, athletes are located behind the starting sign in the starting area, so they can start alone and support the ground with their hands on the ski poles to maximize their initial speed. The ranking is determined by the best results of each athlete's three trial runs, and the fastest one ranks first. 1992 is listed as a performance item of the Winter Olympics.