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Killington Resort Will Have World Cup Ski Racing Through 2022

A racer's eye view of the giant slalom ski race course Feb. 14 at Mt. Rose. Killington Resort, and its owner POWDR, are signing a two-year agreement with U.S. Ski & Snowboard to host the Audi FIS Ski World Cup and HomeLight Killington Cup in November 2021 and 2022. 토토사이트배당

HomeLight, a real estate technology platform, is the title sponsor for the next World Cup at Killington on Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 27-28, 2021. The race is one of the top three events on the Women's FIS World Cup tour, anticipated to bring millions of dollars in economic impact to Vermont.

"Bringing FIS Alpine World Cup racing back to Killington Resort for the 2021/2022 Olympic qualification season is an incredible opportunity for the resort and the surrounding community," Mike Solimano, president and general manager of Killington Resort and Pico Mountain, said in a news release. "More than just world-class racing and a great music line-up, spectators will enjoy a full weekend of festivities."

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United States' Mikaela Shiffrin competes during an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom in Killington, Vt., Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019. (Photo: Charles Krupa/AP)

Killington hosted the Audi FIS Ski World Cup in 2016, the first World Cup event in the eastern United States since 1991 at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, and the first in Vermont since 1978. Killington also hosted the event in 2017-2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020.

The 2018 Audi FIS World Cup at Killington set American attendance records, with an estimated 39,000 spectators across three days.

Coaches come down after a free ski on the giant slalom course before the women's 2018 Audi FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup races at Killington Resort. (Photo: Erich Schlegel/USA TODAY Sports)

The World Cup includes women's giant slalom and slalom races, attracting athletes such as the U.S. Alpine Ski Team's Mikaela Shiffrin. Shiffrin has won the slalom each of the last four years at Killington.

Killington will also host 2021 overall World Cup winner Petra Vlhova from Slovakia; slalom glob winner Katharina Liensberger of Austria; and giant slalom globe winner Marta Bassino of Italy.