The 47th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships took place from 6 to 19 February 2023 in two neighboring locations in the French Alps, Courchevel and Méribel.
The location was decided in May 2018 during the 51st FIS Congress in Costa Navarino (Greece), where Courchevel-Méribel won against Austrian Saalbach-Hinterglemm with 9 to 6 votes.
The same two towns already hosted parts of the 1992 Winter Olympic Games. In Courchevel, ski jumping and the Nordic combination took place, and Méribel was the location for the women's alpine skiing.
Bidding In 2015, upon a request by the Fédération Française de Ski (FFS), Courchevel, Méribel and Val d'Isère drew up proposals to organize a ski world championship in France. In January 2016, the FFS then chose the joint bid of Courchevel and Méribel. On 24 January 2017, the bid of the two alpine resorts was submitted to the FIS. Finally, in May 2018, the FIS selected the French bid, after competing against the Austrian bid. The then-time president of the Austrian Ski Association, Peter Schröcksnadel, commented that the decision was understandable, as the French had been waiting for a World Championships in their own country for four years longer than the Austrians, and that Austria had already hosted several large sport events during the last few years.
In March 2022, Courchevel and Méribel hosted the finals of the 2021–22 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup.
Qualification Per discipline and gender, each national ski federation could nominate four skiers. The current world champion in the respective discipline was allowed as a fifth competitor. In addition, every participant must had less than 80 FIS points. Skiers who perform better in recent official competitions have less points; the top 30 skiers on the current World Cup starting list have, by definition, between 0 and 5.99 FIS Points.See rule 4.3; In some events, competitors passed a further qualification at the Championships themselves (see below).
Schedule and course information The competitive program was as follows (all times CET):
Date Time Discipline Site Course Remarks 6 February 2023 11:00 Women's alpine combination Méribel Roc de Fer 7 February 2023 11:00 Men's alpine combination Courchevel L'Éclipse 8 February 2023 11:30 Women's Super G Méribel Roc de Fer 9 February 2023 11:30 Men's Super G Courchevel L'Éclipse 11 February 2023 11:00 Women's downhill Méribel Roc de Fer 12 February 2023 11:00 Men's downhill Courchevel L'Éclipse 14 February 2023 12:15 Alpine team parallel slalom Méribel Roc de Fer 15 February 2023 12:00 Men & Women parallel giant slalom Méribel Roc de Fer 16 February 2023 09:45 (1st run) Women's giant slalom Méribel Roc de Fer 17 February 2023 10:00 (1st run) Men's giant slalom Courchevel L'Éclipse 18 February 2023 10:00 (1st run) Women's slalom Méribel Roc de Fer 19 February 2023 10:00 (1st run) Men's slalom Courchevel L'Éclipse
Qualifying races Date Time Discipline Site Remarks 14 Feb 17:30 (1st run) Parallel slalom, men & women Courchevel 16 Feb 10:00 (1st run) Men's giant slalom Courchevel 18 Feb 10:00 (1st run) Men's slalom Courchevel
Course information DateRaceStartelevationFinishelevationVerticaldropCourselengthAveragegradientSun 12 FebDownhill – menSat 11 FebDownhill – womenThu 9 FebSuper-G – menWed 8 FebSuper-G – womenTue 7 FebSuper-G – (AC) – menMon 6 FebSuper-G – (AC) – women Fri 17 FebGiant slalom – menThu 16 FebGiant slalom – womenSun 19 FebSlalom – men Sat 18 FebSlalom – women Tue 7 FebSlalom – (AC) – men Mon 6 Feb Slalom – (AC) – women Wed 15 FebParallel GS – men Wed 15 Feb Parallel GS – women Tue 14 Feb Team event – mixed
Medal summary Medal table
Events Men's events Downhill 1:47.05 1:47.53 1:47.94 Super-G 1:07.22 1:07.23 1:07.48 Giant slalom 2:34.08 2:34.40 2:34.48 Slalom 1:39.50 1:39.70 1:39.88 Alpine combined 1:53.31 1:53.41 1:53.75 Parallel giant slalom
Women's events
Downhill 1:28.03 1:28.07 1:28.15 Super-G 1:28.06 1:28.17 1:28.39 Giant slalom 2:07.13 2:07.25 2:07.35 Slalom 1:43.15 1:43.72 1:43.84 Alpine combined 1:57.47 1:59.09 1:59.73 Parallel giant slalom
Mixed Team parallel event Tommy FordKatie HensienPaula MoltzanNina O'BrienRiver RadamusLuke Winters Timon HauganKristin LysdahlLeif Kristian Nestvold-HaugenAlexander Steen OlsenThea Louise StjernesundMaria Therese Tviberg Valérie GrenierErik ReadJeffrey ReadBritt Richardson
References
External links
FIS-ski.com