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Alpine skiing
Racing down snowy slopes through gates — the ski resorts of the Turkic world, from Shahdag to Palandöken and Shymbulak.
In alpine skiing athletes race down a snowy slope through gates as fast as possible. There are five main events: downhill (the fastest, over 130 km/h), super-G, giant slalom, slalom (the most turns) and the combined.
History
Alpine skiing arose in the Alps in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) was founded in 1924. Alpine skiing has been on the Olympic programme since 1936, and the World Cup has been held since 1967.
Major competitions
The Olympic Games, the FIS World Championships and the World Cup, with legendary courses such as Kitzbühel and Wengen.
Alpine skiing in the Turkic world
Modern ski resorts are growing fast across the Turkic world: Shahdag and Tufandag in Azerbaijan; Palandöken in Erzurum, Erciyes in Kayseri and Uludağ in Bursa in Türkiye; Shymbulak near Almaty in Kazakhstan; Chimgan and Amirsoy in Uzbekistan; and Karakol in Kyrgyzstan. Erzurum hosted the 2011 Winter Universiade, and Almaty and Astana the 2011 Asian Winter Games.
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Updated: October 11, 2026