FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 are between 8 and 21 February 2021 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 ceremony  7 February 2021 (2021-02-07)
Closing ceremony21 February 2021 (2021-02-21)
Officially opened bySergio Mattarella (expected)
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021
Combinedmenwomen
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Super-Gmenwomen
Parallel giant slalommenwomen
Team mixed
Cortina
Location in Europe
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 is 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

Thirteen events are scheduled.[9]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Events calendar
Events Event days
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
February
Men Downhill 11:00
Super-G 11:30
Alpine combined Super-G 10:00
Slalom 13:30
Parallel giant slalom 14:00
Giant slalom Run 1 10:00
Run 2 13:30
Slalom Run 1 10:00
Run 2 13:30
Women Downhill 11:00
Super-G 13:00
Alpine combined Super-G postponed[note 1]rescheduled
Slalom postponed[note 1] rescheduled
Parallel giant slalom 14:00
Giant slalom Run 1 10:00
Run 2 13:30
Slalom Run 1 10:00
Run 2 13:30
Mixed Team parallel event 12:15

Medal summary

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
Super-G
Giant slalom
Slalom
Alpine combined
Parallel giant slalom

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
Super-G
Giant slalom
Slalom
Alpine combined
Parallel giant slalom

Mixed
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team parallel event

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. "Today February 8th Women's AC and Men's SG Freeski cancelled". cortina2021.com. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

Notes
  1. The event was postponed due to heavy snow.[10]
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