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The Sites of the World Cup
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Information.
Tourism-Office:
Saangyong Bld 9th
24-1, 2-Ka
Cho-dong Chung-ku
Seoul (Korea)
Tel: +82 (2) 22 70 59 33
fax: + 82 (2) 22 70 51 22 |
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In February 1998, Korea became the
20th country
in the world to host a World Cup race
when
a men's GS and a slalom took place
in Yong
Pyong a week after the Winter Olympics
at
Nagano. The Chairman of that event,
Mr. Lee,
a top manager in the powerful Sanyyong
business
group (one of the world's largest producer
of cement ), tried to host this event
for
years after organizing numerous Continental
Cup races. Situated 250 km north east
from
Seoul near the border with North-Korea,
Yong
Pyong is the largest of the ten major
ski
areas of the country. It's a beautiful
and
large all-season resort which attracts
many
visitors from the Far-East including
Australia
and New Zealand to enjoy the warm hospitality
of the Korean people. The area can
host 8,000
people in several nice hotels and condominiums
- yet often there are over 20,000 skiers
on the hills during the day and under
the
lights.
Golfing and hiking are popular activities there in the summertime, and skiing is excellent through early March. A variety of runs spread over three mountains are served by a dozen ski-lifts and gondolas that are rated from easy to more difficult. The newly created World Cup slopes designed by the 1972 Downhill Olympic Champion Bernhard Russi have some challenging terrain which favored good technicians like Switzerland's Michael von Grunigen and Norway's Ole Kristian Furuseth in 1998.
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Yongpyong Men's Result
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| 1998 |
GS |
Von Gruenigen |
2'22.35 |
Mayer C. |
-0.40 |
Maier H. |
-0.67 |
| SL |
Furuseth |
1'39.15 |
Jagge |
-0.67 |
Stiansen |
-1.06 |
| 2000 |
GS |
Raich |
2:27.56 |
Von Gruenigen |
-0.25 |
Chenal |
-0.79 |
| SL |
Kunc |
1:31.97 |
Furuseth |
-0.73 |
Matt |
-1.00 |
| 2003 |
GS |
Von Geuenigen |
2:26.68 |
Covili |
2:26.85 |
Miller |
2:27.00 |
| SL |
Palander |
1:42.12 |
Rocca |
1:42.65 |
Raich |
1:43.56 |
| 2006 |
GS |
Simoncelli |
2:13.63 |
Blardone |
2:13.71 |
Svindal |
2:13.83 |
| GS |
Ligety |
2:18.54 |
Nyberg/Palander |
2:18.57 |
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