About Slalom Skiing
Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super giant slalom and downhill, necessitating quicker and shorter turns.
Dave Ryding on skiing gold: I never dreamed I'd win one
Dave Ryding on skiing gold: I never dreamed I'd win one
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Dave " the Rocket" Ryding didn't ski on real snow until he was 12 years old, but 23 years later he's won a historic Slalom Skiing gold medal for Britain.
He told The Bbc that " everything just felt natural" as he competed on Saturday, and " it was my day".
Source of news: bbc.com