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Italian Speed Skier Breaks Her Own World Record to Become the Fastest Woman Ever on Skis at 154MPH

Valentina Greggio has once again rewritten the record books, setting a new women’s speed skiing world record of 248.270 km/h (154.29 mph), according to FIS Speed Skiing. The Italian speed specialist surpassed her own long-standing mark of 247.083 km/h, which she set back in 2016, further cementing her dominance in one of skiing’s most extreme disciplines. Speed skiing, often described […]
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Julia Schneemann |
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Faster Than the Boys: Italian Speed Skier Valentina Greggio Makes History as First Woman to Outpace Men

Italian speed skier Valentina Greggio etched her name in the record books on Saturday, February 1, becoming the first woman to post a faster time than her male counterparts in a World Cup speed skiing event. Racing down the iconic slope in Vars, France, Greggio clocked an astonishing 202.140 kilometers per hour—edging out men’s winner Simone Origone, who topped out […]
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Julia Schneemann |
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What’s Better on Skis? Speed or Air?

Julian Carr going big in Las Lenas, Argentina

My thoughts wandering afar, I glanced down. Yikes! I’m speeding again. I try to be as law abiding as possible. Sure, I don’t obey the speed limit very often, but I try to refrain from truly speeding. That is until this time every year. About the second week of October or so. Every year. It doesn’t happen on purpose. I can’t really explain it. Like salmon returning from the sea to spawn, it just happens. I start driving too fast. Given that it happens quite subconsciously, I can’t even chalk it up to trying to achieve some kind of cheap thrill. Something […]
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