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FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
Top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions
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Kirsty Muir (1) · World Cup skiing (1) · slopestyle (1) · British skiing (1) · Switzerland (1) · World Cup titles (1) · season finale (1) · freestyle skiing (1)
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The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France (Honore Bonnet) and the USA (Bob Beattie). It was soon backed by International Ski Federation president Marc Hodler during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 at Portillo, Chile, and became an official FIS event in the spring of 1967 after the FIS Congress at Beirut, Lebanon.
The inaugural World Cup race was held on 5 January 1967 in Berchtesgaden, West Germany, a slalom won by Heinrich Messner of Austria.
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🇬🇧 Britain's Muir wins historic World Cup ski titlesKirsty Muir becomes the first British woman to win both the slopestyle and overall World Cup titles by finishing second in the season finale in Switze...
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