2026年2月18日 / 美国东部时间上午10:04 / CBS新闻
高山滑雪登山（或简称“skimo”）将于本周在米兰-科尔蒂纳冬奥会上首次亮相。该项目包含三个比赛项目：女子短跑赛、男子短跑赛和混合接力赛。
比赛开始时，运动员们将穿着配备特殊织物雪皮的滑雪板，在雪地上进行严格的登山冲刺。一旦到达山顶，他们会撕下雪皮，在复杂的回转赛道上滑行下山，整个过程平均耗时约三分钟。
卡姆·史密斯（Cam Smith）是13届美国高山滑雪登山全国冠军，也是美国最具荣誉的高山滑雪登山运动员。他将与搭档安娜·吉布森（Anna Gibson）一起，成为首位代表美国参加奥运会男子短跑赛和混合接力赛的男性选手。
“我认为这项比赛会非常有活力，因为我们要经历爬坡、下坡以及中间的转换，”史密斯说，“这会有很多来回的竞争，因为在自然场地中，每个人的体力和技术优势、劣势都会显现出来。”
登山海拔高度为70米（约230英尺）。
装备专家达维德·贾尔迪尼（Davide Giardini）表示，运动员在登山冲刺时的目标是尽量减小脚部的阻力，但这说起来容易做起来难——尤其是在前三处后，心脏几乎要跳出胸腔。
然后是下坡路段，途中会有多处高速危险转弯。
虽然这项运动的历史源远流长——可以追溯到史前欧洲时期，当时人们通过这项运动出行和狩猎——但它的奥运首秀对渴望代表国家参赛的运动员来说意义重大。
“这是这项运动首次进入奥运会，我们希望美国队能有出色表现，并为2030年、2034年乃至未来的赛事奠定成功的基础，”史密斯说，“一旦我们达到那个水平，就没有上限了。”
What is ski mountaineering? More on the sport making its debut at the Winter Olympics 2026
February 18, 2026 / 10:04 AM EST / CBS News
Ski mountaineering — or skimo — is debuting this week at the Milano Cortina Olympics. It will consist of three events: Women’s Sprint, Men’s Sprint and Mixed Relay.
The race begins with a rigorous climb up a mountain on skis fitted with a special fabric skin that grips the snow as the athletes sprint uphill. Once they reach the top, they rip off the skins and race down a tricky slalom course, taking athletes an average of three minutes overall.
Cam Smith, a 13-time U.S. Ski Mountaineering national champion and the country’s most decorated skimo athlete, is set to become the first male to represent the U.S. in the sport at the Olympics in the men’s sprint and mixed relay with his partner Anna Gibson.
“I think the racing is gonna be really dynamic because we have the climbs, the descents, the transitions in between,” Smith said. “There’s gonna be a lot of back and forth, because people will have different strengths and weaknesses as we navigate this course in nature.”
The ascent is 70 meters — or nearly 230 feet.
Equipment specialist Davide Giardini said the goal is for athletes to drag their feet as their sprint uphill, which is easier said than done without their heart bursting out of their chest after three strides.
And then there’s the descent, rife with dicey turns at high speed.
While the sport’s history runs deep — it dates back to prehistoric Europe as a way to get around and hunt for food — its Olympic debut is exciting for the athletes eager to represent their country in ski mountaineering.
“It’s the first time the sport’s gonna be in the Olympics, and so we want the U.S. to be represented well and set us up for success in 2030, 2034 and beyond,” Smith said. “And once we get there, there’s no limits.”
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