The Slovakians in particular excel at slalom, a canoeing event that involves river rapids.
Fellow Scots Tim Baillie won gold, and David Florence silver, in the canoe slalom C2 event.
He skied in the slalom and made quite an impression with his eccentric outfits.
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In fact, it is one of the highest honours for downhill or slalom specialists to win.
Worley is 13th in the World Cup standings and fifth in the giant slalom rankings.
The giant slalom features fewer gates, making it a faster race over a longer course.
The Viking Kayak Club athlete won gold in the C2 canoe slalom at the 2012 Olympic Games.
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Then again, Vanessa-Mae may be able to apply her slalom skills to negotiating her way around that.
Maze now leads Shriffin by seven points in the slalom standings with one race left next Saturday.
It left him top of the giant slalom standings ahead of overall World Cup leader Marcel Hirscher.
Tiago Das, a managing director for Slalom Consulting, says the opportunities in the SAP ecosystem outweigh the risks.
It was Fenninger's second win of the season having won the giant slalom in Semmering, Austria, in December.
The 25-year-old suffered concussion and could be a doubt for next week's giant slalom and slalom in Adelboden, Switzerland.
The new rafting centre, near Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire, will host the canoe slalom events during the 2012 Olympics.
Stott, along with his partner Tim Bailey, won gold in the C2 canoe slalom at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Sunday also sees the last race of the women's season, a giant slalom.
With just the slalom to come, he is 42 points ahead of Stephan Eberharter, who is not competing on Sunday.
Maze has already secured the overall and giant slalom titles and now leads in the slalom and the super-G disciplines.
He became the first man to secure eight consecutive slalom podiums since Italian legend Alberta Tomba in the 1991-92 season.
Both the Russian slalom team and the Chinese rowing team used the centre for a six-week training camp in 2010.
The women's giant slalom title had already been decided before the final race, Italy's Denise Karbon claiming the crystal globe.
In the combined event, competitors must complete one run on a downhill course and one run on a slalom course.
It was a good day for American skiers, with Ted Ligety triumphing in the men's giant slalom in Adelboden, Switzerland.
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It left his 42-point lead at the top of the standings unattainable by the slalom specialists with only Sunday's race remaining.
I'm very happy with the bronze medal, you have to be happy when you see how tight the field is in slalom.
Sweden's Amy Paerson will be delighted with her silver, which leaves her with two medals, having picked up bronze in the slalom.
"I'll need for some time to be able to take this in, " Shiffrin, who did not finish Wednesday's giant slalom, told reporters.
At 17 years, 340 days, Shiffrin is the youngest winner of the women's slalom world title since Liechtenstein's Hanni Wenzel in 1974.
Maze still clinched her third giant slalom discipline title by placing second.
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