There is no Downhill section in the forum, so I post it here:
The 2011 Downhill World Championships took place on July 22-23 near Piacenza, Italy, in Bettola. The latter is the town of origin of Davide Taccini, the president of the IIDA, who is a competitor as well. The event saw French Harry Perna establishing himself in winning the FIRS World Title for the second year in a row...
http://www.online-skating.com/articl...ola-italy.html