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Downhill racers pass 150 kilometres an hour

The fastest recorded speeds on the World Cup circuit exceed 160 km/h Downhill courses drop around 800 to 1,100 metres over a run of two to three minutes, and racers use long skis and a tucked position to reduce drag. The speed record for a World Cup downhill is around 164 kilometres an hour, set in France. Safety nets and airbags have become standard as speeds rose. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The fastest recorded speeds on the World Cup circuit exceed 160 km/h. The figure is taken from Fédération Internationale de Ski, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.