How can sports like downhill skiing have world records for time when they can take place on different mtns, courses, etc that can’t be controlled for?
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I can’t speak to downhill skiing, but in sports like Triathlon and Running, there are limitations to “records” that stipulate the course conditions must be within certain wind speeds, temperature ranges, limitations on uphill/downhill inclines, etc. So any course that, say for example, is just a straight downhill slope for 26.2 miles would be excluded from “world record” keeping stats. Similarly if an approved course has 20 mile per hour tail winds that day or something. So there are some standards that apply that try and “balance” different courses if they are aiming for world record type titles.
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