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CAPE TOWN, South Africa—The Austrian resort of Schladming won an election Thursday to host the 2013 World Ski Championships, beating out the twin resorts of Vail-Beaver Creek in the United States.
Schladming, which hosted the event in 1982, was chosen by FIS, the sport’s governing body, at its annual congress.
The Austrian bid received 10 of the 16 votes. Vail-Beaver Creek got four, and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy and St. Moritz, Switzerland, received one vote each.
Schladming will be the seventh consecutive world championships venue in Europe since Vail-Beaver Creek last hosted in 1999.
