FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950

Saturday, February 18, 1950 In the final race of the championships, Colò descended the 2.1-mile (3.4 km) courseat an average speed of 53 mph (85 km/h) to win his second gold medal and third podium.

[8][9] Thursday, February 16, 1950 Georges Schneider edged Colò by three-tenths of a second over two runs.The 1,000-yard (910 m) course of 40 gates had a vertical drop of 700 feet (210 m).

[10][11] Friday, February 17, 1950 Trude Jochum-Beiser, 22, won the final women's event, averaging nearly 50 mph (80 km/h).She had given birth to her first child just four months earlier.

[12] Monday, February 13, 1950 In the first race of the championships, Rom averaged 30 mph (48 km/h) in the one-run event.The course had 28 gates with an approximate vertical drop of 1,000 feet (300 m).

[13] Wednesday, February 15, 1950 Rom, 21, won her second gold medal in as many events by the slimmest of margins over two runs.The quarter-mile (400 m) course of 33 gates had a vertical drop of 495 feet (150 m).

Left-right: Zeno Colò, Fernand Grosjean and James Couttet after the giant slalom competition