FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 were held from 8–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.[1] In May 2020, the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) and the event organizing committee asked the International Ski Federation (FIS) to postpone the event until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2] however, the request was rejected by FIS, and the organizers then moved forward with plans for 2021.[3]

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021
Host cityCortina d'Ampezzo
CountryItaly
Events13
Opening  8 February 2021 (2021-02-08)
Closing21 February 2021 (2021-02-21)
Opened bySergio Mattarella
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021
Combinedmenwomen
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Super-Gmenwomen
Parallel giant slalommenwomen
Teammixed
Cortina is located in Europe
Cortina
Cortina
Location in Europe
Cortina d'Ampezzo is located in Alps
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Location in the Alps

The host city was selected at the FIS Congress in Cancún, Mexico, on 10 June 2016. Cortina d'Ampezzo was the only applicant, and had been a finalist for the previous two championships.

Cortina previously hosted the world championships in 1932 and 1956 (Winter Olympics) and has held numerous World Cup events; the Tofane is a regular stop for women's speed events in January. It is scheduled to host the alpine skiing events of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

This was the seventh edition in Italy; in addition to Cortina, other sites were Bormio (2005, 1985), Sestriere (1997), and Val Gardena (1970). Sestriere was also the alpine host for the 2006 Winter Olympics, with women's speed events at San Sicario.

Russia doping ban

On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated.

As a result of the ban, WADA plans to allow individually cleared Russian athletes to take part in the 2021–22 World Championships and 2022 Winter Olympics under a neutral banner, as instigated at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but they will not be permitted to compete in team sports. The title of the neutral banner has yet to be determined; WADA Compliance Review Committee head Jonathan Taylor stated that the IOC would not be able to use "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR) as it did in 2018, emphasizing that neutral athletes cannot be portrayed as representing a specific country.[4][5][6] Russia later filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the WADA decision.[7]

After reviewing the case on appeal, CAS ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty that WADA had placed on Russia. Instead of banning Russia from sporting events, the ruling allowed Russia to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two years, the team cannot use the Russian name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team". The ruling does allow for team uniforms to display "Russia" on the uniform as well as the use of the Russian flag colors within the uniform's design, although the name should be up to equal predominance as the "Neutral Athlete/Team" designation.[8]

Schedule and course information

Thirteen events were scheduled and completed.[9]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Events calendar
Events Event days
11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
February
Men Downhill11:00
Super-G13:00[note 1]
Alpine combined Super-G11:15[note 2]
Slalom15:20[note 2]
Parallel giant slalom 14:00
Giant slalom Run 110:00
Run 213:30
Slalom Run 110:00
Run 213:30
Women Downhill11:00
Super-G10:45[note 3]
Alpine combined Super-G09:45[note 4]
Slalom14:10[note 4]
Parallel giant slalom 14:00
Giant slalom Run 110:00
Run 213:30
Slalom Run 110:00
Run 213:30
Mixed Team parallel event12:15

Course information
Date Race Start
elevation		 Finish
elevation		 Vertical
drop		 Course
length		 Average
gradient
Sun 14 Feb Downhill – men 2,400 m (7,874 ft) 1,560 m (5,118 ft) 840 m (2,756 ft) 2.610 km (1.622 mi) 32.2%
Sat 13 Feb Downhill – women 2,320 m (7,612 ft) 1,560 m (5,118 ft) 760 m (2,493 ft) 2.660 km (1.653 mi) 28.6%
Thu 11 Feb Super-G – men 2,190 m (7,185 ft) 1,560 m (5,118 ft) 630 m (2,067 ft) 2.075 km (1.289 mi) 30.4%
Thu 11 Feb Super-G – women 2,160 m (7,087 ft) 1,560 m (5,118 ft) 600 m (1,969 ft) 2.150 km (1.336 mi) 27.9%
Mon 15 Feb Super-G – (AC) – men 2,160 m (7,087 ft) 1,560 m (5,118 ft) 600 m (1,969 ft) 2.150 km (1.336 mi) 27.9%
Mon 15 Feb Super-G – (AC) – women  2,160 m (7,087 ft)  1,560 m (5,118 ft)  600 m (1,969 ft)  2.150 km (1.336 mi) 27.9%
Fri 19 Feb Giant slalom – men 2,010 m (6,594 ft) 1,560 m (5,118 ft) 450 m (1,476 ft)
Thu 18 Feb Giant slalom – women 1,960 m (6,430 ft) 1,560 m (5,118 ft) 400 m (1,312 ft)
Sun 21 Feb Slalom – men 1,700 m (5,577 ft) 1,490 m (4,888 ft) 210 m (689 ft)   
Sat 20 Feb Slalom – women 1,700 m (5,577 ft) 1,490 m (4,888 ft) 210 m (689 ft)   
Mon 15 Feb Slalom – (AC) – men 1,740 m (5,709 ft) 1,560 m (5,118 ft) 180 m (591 ft)   
Mon 15 Feb Slalom – (AC) – women 1,740 m (5,709 ft) 1,560 m (5,118 ft) 180 m (591 ft)   
Tue 16 Feb Parallel GS – men 2,055 m (6,742 ft) 1,890 m (6,201 ft) 165 m (541 ft)   
Tue 16 Feb Parallel GS – women 2,055 m (6,742 ft) 1,890 m (6,201 ft) 165 m (541 ft)   
Wed 17 Feb Team event – mixed 1,665 m (5,463 ft) 1,555 m (5,102 ft) 110 m (361 ft)   

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria5128
2  Switzerland3159
3 France2125
4 Norway2013
5 United States1124
6 Italy*1102
7 Germany0314
8 Slovakia0202
9 Croatia0101
 Sweden0101
Totals (10 entries)14121339

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill[14]
 Vincent Kriechmayr
 Austria		1:37.79 Andreas Sander
 Germany		1:37.80 Beat Feuz
 Switzerland		1:37.97
Super-G[15]
 Vincent Kriechmayr
 Austria		1:19.41 Romed Baumann
 Germany		1:19.48 Alexis Pinturault
 France		1:19.79
Giant slalom[16]
 Mathieu Faivre
 France		2:37.25 Luca De Aliprandini
 Italy		2:37.88 Marco Schwarz
 Austria		2:38.12
Slalom[17]
 Sebastian Foss-Solevåg
 Norway		1:46.48 Adrian Pertl
 Austria		1:46.69 Henrik Kristoffersen
 Norway		1:46.94
Alpine combined[18]
 Marco Schwarz
 Austria		2:05.86 Alexis Pinturault
 France		2:05.90 Loïc Meillard
 Switzerland		2:06.98
Parallel giant slalom[19]
 Mathieu Faivre
 France		 Filip Zubčić
 Croatia		 Loïc Meillard
 Switzerland

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill[20]
 Corinne Suter
 Switzerland		1:34.27 Kira Weidle
 Germany		1:34.47 Lara Gut-Behrami
 Switzerland		1:34.64
Super-G[21]
 Lara Gut-Behrami
 Switzerland		1:25.51 Corinne Suter
 Switzerland		1:25.85 Mikaela Shiffrin
 United States		1:25.98
Giant slalom[22]
 Lara Gut-Behrami
 Switzerland		2:30.66 Mikaela Shiffrin
 United States		2:30.68 Katharina Liensberger
 Austria		2:30.75
Slalom[23]
 Katharina Liensberger
 Austria		1:39.50 Petra Vlhová
 Slovakia		1:40.50 Mikaela Shiffrin
 United States		1:41.48
Alpine combined[24]
 Mikaela Shiffrin
 United States		2:07.22 Petra Vlhová
 Slovakia		2:08.08 Michelle Gisin
 Switzerland		2:08.11
Parallel giant slalom[25]
 Marta Bassino
 Italy
Katharina Liensberger
 Austria		 None awarded Tessa Worley
 France

Mixed
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team parallel event[26]
  Norway
Sebastian Foss-Solevåg
Kristin Lysdahl
Kristina Riis-Johannessen
Fabian Wilkens Solheim
Thea Louise Stjernesund

  Sweden
Estelle Alphand
William Hansson
Sara Hector
Kristoffer Jakobsen
Jonna Luthman
Mattias Rönngren		  Germany
Emma Aicher
Lena Dürr
Andrea Filser
Stefan Luitz
Alexander Schmid
Linus Straßer

Participating countries

A total of 68 countries competed

References
  1. Etchells, Daniel (4 May 2015). "Italian resort sole bidder to host 2021 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. Iveson, Ali (25 May 2020). "Cortina 2021 organisers request FIS Alpine World Ski Championships move to 2022". Inside the Games.
  3. "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 in Cortina confirmed". Ski Racing. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. MacInnes, Paul (9 December 2019). "Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. "Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup". BBC Sport. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. "WADA lawyer defends lack of blanket ban on Russia". The Japan Times. AP. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  7. "Russia Confirms It Will Appeal 4-Year Olympic Ban". Time. AP. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.
  8. Dunbar, Graham (December 17, 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  9. Schedule
  10. "Marta Bassino to open the first World Championship race in Cortina". cortina2021.com. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  11. "FIS updated programme for Cortina 2021 World Ski Championships". cortina2021.com. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  12. "Women's team info WSC Cortina – SuperG". cortina2021.com. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  13. "Today February 8th Women's AC and Men's SG Freeski cancelled". cortina2021.com. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  14. Men's downhill results
  15. Men's super-G results
  16. Men's giant slalom results
  17. Men's slalom results
  18. Men's alpine combined results
  19. Men's parallel giant slalom results
  20. Women's downhill results
  21. Women's super-G results
  22. Women's giant slalom results
  23. Women's slalom results
  24. Women's alpine combined results
  25. Women's parallel giant slalom results
  26. Nations team event results

Notes
  1. The event was scheduled for 9 February, but was postponed.[10]
  2. The event was scheduled for 10 February, but was postponed.[11]
  3. The event was scheduled for 9 February, but was postponed due to fog.[12][11]
  4. The event was scheduled for 8 February, but was postponed due to heavy snow.[13]
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