254.958kph Speed Ski World Record 2016, Fastest non-motorised humans on the planet.
Ivan Origone and
Valentina Greggio of
Italy beat the
World Record with speeds of 254.958kph and 247.038kph.
Two world records were broken today in
VARS la Forêt
Blanche (
France) at the Speedmasters in
Speed Ski, a non-FIS event.
Ivan Origone (
ITA) broke his brother’s record by 2,5km/h and set a new benchmark at 254,958km/h. His brother,
Simone Origone, had held 3 world records since
2006.
The new women’s record holder is also from Italy. Valentina Greggio, who with two
World Cup events to go is already the overall
FIS Speed Ski World Cup winner, set a new speed record with 247,038km/h and beat the 10 year old record set by
Sanna Tidstrand from
Sweden.