Thirty - three - year - old Vonn is the most decorated
female skier in the history of the sport.
Kronberger, 22, the overall World Cup winner for the past two years and the leader this year, is regarded as the finest and most versatile
female skier alive.
Oxford's top placed
female skier, Helena Pickford, came 2nd in the women's competition to Benedetta Pacella of Cambridge by 4.01 s.
One thing to know: Already a gold - medal winner in 2010 and the most decorated
female skier in World Cup wins, Vonn is on a hot streak as she heads to Pyeongchang.
She missed Sochi with an injury, so she'll be looking to make a comeback as one of the oldest
female skiers in the games.
Sandbakk sees that the difference between the sexes is mainly due to the fact that women use less power per stroke, indicating that
female skiers may be too weak in their upper bodies.
Hegge wanted to find out why differences in upper body strength and endurance are so pronounced between male and
female skiers.
One of the most successful
female skiers in history, the gold medalist says her mental practice gives her a competitive advantage on the course.
Not exact matches
Retired At age 25, Croatia's Janica Kostelic, the most successful
female Alpine
skier in Olympic history.
The Sør - Trøndelag county woman is known to have a strong upper body with bigger and more visible muscles than most other
female cross-country
skiers.
Her PhD project was inspired by a study led by her supervisor, Øyvind Sandbakk, in which he investigated stamina differences between male and
female cross-country
skiers.
In May 1999, a
female Norwegian
skier was submerged in icy water for over an hour and deemed clinically dead — no heartbeat, no respiration, and a core temperature of 57ºF — only to snap back to life in the hospital.
The strong
female character in Sorkin's first feature behind the camera is Molly Bloom, a remarkably determined woman who goes from being an Olympic
skier to making millions running an exclusive high - stakes poker game, first in Los Angeles then in New York.
To align with the IFSA qualification standards, the event is open to
skier's ages 7 to 18 featuring 6 categories: 7-11/12 -14 / 15 - 18 male and
female.