Park City, UT – U.S. Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety returns tomorrow to the mountain where he learned to ski and race, when Park City Mountain Resort hosts a welcome celebration for the Sochi Games and World Cup champion. Ligety will sign autographs and take pictures with the public from 10 to 11 a.m. in … Continue reading Park City Welcomes Home Ted Ligety
Munich, Germany – Germany’s Maria Hoefl-Riesch, a four-time Olympic medalist and one of the most decorated alpine skiers on the World Cup circuit, is calling it quits after a 13-year career. The 29-year-old told reporters in Munich that she had considered skiing for one more season after netting an Olympic gold and silver in Sochi … Continue reading Hoefl-Riesch Retires
Rosa Khutor, Russia – Following a broad range of complaints by athletes that the Olympic Slopestyle course in Sochi is too dangerous, U.S. snowboarding star Shaun White announced today that he’s withdrawing from the competition. White said that the decision will allow him to focus on winning an unprecedented third straight gold for Team USA … Continue reading Shaun White Backs Out of Olympic Slopestyle
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia – Sochi Olympic officials are changing the Games’ slopestyle course after Norwegian medal hope Torstein Horgmo fractured his collarbone on Monday and is now out of medal contention. Athletes had already expressed concerns about the safety of steep jumps at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, where the Olympic slopestyle will take place. … Continue reading Sochi Olympic Officials to Modify Slopestyle Course Following Horgmo Crash
Warren, VT – A 19-year-old University of Vermont student crashed into a trail sign and died at Vermont’s Sugarbush Resort on Saturday. Kendra Bowers, a UVM sophomore from Newport, R.I., was skiing with family and friends on the Lower Rim Run Trail at Mount Ellen on Saturday morning, according to Vermont State Police, when she … Continue reading University of Vermont Student Dies in Crash at Sugarbush
Craftsbury, VT – A member of Dartmouth’s cross-country ski team collapsed and died on Saturday while competing in Vermont. Dartmouth president Philip Hanlon has confirmed that Torin Tucker, a native of Sun Valley, Idaho, collapsed and died while racing at the annual Winter Carnival in Craftsbury in northeastern Vermont. An exact cause of death has … Continue reading Dartmouth Ski Racer Collapses and Dies in Competition
Aspen, CO – At age 32, snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler announced that this week’s Winter X Games being held in her hometown of Aspen will be her last. “It definitely makes me sad,” Bleiler said on Thursday, announcing that she’ll leave her 17-year professional snowboarding career behind. “I’ve grown up through the X Games, and it’s … Continue reading Snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler Announces Retirement
