In 2000 the International Committee de Course together with the International Federation of Roller Sports decided to officially launch the Inline Downhill World Championships, an amazing speciality of the speed skating discipline that is rapidly becoming a marvelous sports spectacle.

The Inline Downhill consists of a decent at maximum speed on a circuit that generally is 2000m long. The athlete that has the fastest time is declared the winner.

The Austrian city of Uebersaxen Rankweil will host the 9th consecutive edition of this event from 18th to 19th July where it is expected to have athletes from some 15 nations represented.

Previous cities that have hosted the CIC World Inline Downhill championships are: Zell am See 2000 (Austria), Lausanne 2001 (Swiss), Belluno 2002 (Italy), Rankwell Ubersaxen 2003 (Austria), Borgholzhausen 2004 (Germany), Lyon 2005 (France), Teolo 2006 (Italy) and Albstadt 2007 (Germany).