Editing Speed skiing (section)

==History==
Speed skiing dates from 1898 with a run by [[United States|American]] Tommy Todd, reported at {{convert|87|mph}}. Official records began with an {{convert|89|mph|abbr=on}} run by Leo Gasperl in 1932. While training for the [[Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956 Winter Olympics]], American downhiller [[Ralph Miller (alpine skier)|Ralph Miller]] is credited with being the first to break {{convert|100|mph|0|abbr=on}}, at nearly {{convert|109|mph|abbr=on}} in August<!--26--> 1955 at [[Portillo, Chile]], a record which held up for fifteen years.<ref name=arupwn>{{cite magazine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1955/09/05/a-roundup-of-the-weeks-news |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=A roundup of the week's news: record breakers |date=September 5, 1955 |page=4}}</ref><ref name=hfcigo>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mFgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11 |magazine=Skiing Heritage<!--Journal-->|title=How fast can I go? |last=Miller |first=Peter |date=September 1999 |page=11}}</ref><ref name=skhrj>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KK6VKM0njdwC&pg=PA12 |magazine=Skiing Heritage<!--Journal-->|title=Ralph Miller: from wax room to classroom |last=Masia |first=Seth |date=June 2009 |page=12}}</ref>

In 1978, also at Portillo, American [[Steve McKinney (skier)|Steve McKinney]]'s record-breaking run of {{convert|200.2<!--22-->|km/h|1|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20072676,00.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090924033608/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20072676,00.html| archive-date = 2009-09-24| title = Speed Champion Steve Mc Kinney's 120-Mph Runs Make Downhill Racers Seem Snowbound : People.com}} </ref> made him the first to break the {{convert|200|km/h|1|abbr=on}} barrier.<ref name=hfcigo/><ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120487/index.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102021810/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120487/index.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 2, 2012 | work=CNN | title=Video | date=February 7, 1983}}</ref> It was a [[Speed skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|demonstration sport]] at the Albertville [[1992 Winter Olympics]] on the [[Les Arcs]] speed skiing course, but was deemed too dangerous after several recorded deaths.<ref name = Curveball/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/f4c4251e-0816-11e8-9e12-af73e8db3c71 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/f4c4251e-0816-11e8-9e12-af73e8db3c71 |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Speed skiing: too fast for the Olympics|last=Usborne|first=Simon|date=2018-02-09|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-29}}</ref>