Who is the Strongest Swiss Alpine Skier? Gstaad Summer Camp - Behind the Scenes - Mens

The most efficient way of getting stronger is working hard, but last week the Swiss Team proved that hard work can be fun as well. During the last day of their traditional weeklong dry land camp in Gstaad, the conditioning coach came up with something special. A "Strongest Man" type of competition for the skiers, where they had seven dysciplines to prove they are the strongest guy in the team. They had to pull the Swiss Ski van (which is over two tons) with their arms and repeat the task with the legs, move logs, roll a round concrete element, throw truck tires, sprint while carrying weights and toss a medicine ball -- all tasks requiring a lot of power. The one who completed the seven tasks the fastest was named "Strongest Man". It came as no surprise that "two-meter man" Marc Gisin crushed his competition and won the title. The closes ones to Gini's time were Reto Schmidiger and Nils Mani who took second and third. Apart from the bragging rights that come with beating your teammates, the guys walked home with some seriously sore muscles... But that's part of the game! The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of Alpine Skiing competitions staged annually. It is considered the premier competition in alpine ski racing together with the quadrennial Olympic Winter Games and the biennial FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Some experts event consider winning the World Cup to be athletically a more valuable title than winning gold at the Olympic Winter Games or the World Championships, since it requires a competitor to ski at an extremely high level in several events throughout the season, and not just in one race. Today, the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races are held primarily at famous ski resorts in the European Alps, along with regular stops in Scandinavia, North America, and Far East Asia. Competitors attempt to score a maximum of points during the season in five events: slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill and super combined. The fifth event, super-combined, was introduced in 2005 and generally consists of a shorter downhill race and a one-run slalom. Sometimes the downhill is replaced by a super-G. For further information about the event as well as the FIS Alpine World Cup visit: https://www.fisalpine.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fisalpine Twitter: https://twitter.com/fisalpine FIS explanation: As the governing body of international skiing and snowboarding, FIS manages the Olympic disciplines of Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding, including setting the international competition rules. Through its 116 member nations, more than 6'500 FIS ski and snowboard competitions are staged annually.