Security of running of competetive course in alpine skiing according to its geometry of setting

In alpine ski disciplines there are plenty of incidents. Sometimes up to 40 % of competitors do not finish the run. The reasons are wrong preparation of skiers and wrong tactics of running. But there are also some errors in setting of gates of a course. The aim of this paper is to present some examples of those errors. One of them is a long intergate distances with small angles of deviation where skier achieves high velocity and just after that a big angle of deviation of a course with small intergate distance. The other is positioning of one gate above a downcast and the other just below a downcast. In Kvitfjel 2007 up to 10 skiers ran off the track in such a configuration.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:training science technical and natural sciences strength and speed sports
Published in:ISBS - Conference Proceedings Archive (Konstanz)
Language:English
Published: Limerick International Society of Biomechanics in Sports 2009
Online Access:https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/article/view/3304/3105
Volume:27
Issue:1
Pages:660-663
Document types:electronical journal
Level:advanced