Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – Switzerland’s Lara Gut won her seventh World Cup downhill race on Saturday in Cortina. Italy’s Sofia Goggia was second, followed by World Cup downhill leader Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia in third. Lindsey Vonn, of Vail, Colo., was shooting for her 78th World Cup victory, and was leading at the first interval until she … Continue reading Gut Win Cortina Downhill; Vonn Crashes Off Course
Seiser Alm, Italy – Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi, and Seppe Smits of Belguim, who had each earned the first-ever slopestyle world championships title back in 2011, have claimed victory in today’s third slopestyle competition of the 2016-17 World Cup staged under a bluebird sky at Seiser Alm. It was the first time that the Italian resort hosted a snowboard World … Continue reading Rukajarvi and Smits Win at Seiser Alm
Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – American ski racer Lindsey Vonn, back on the World Cup ski racing circuit from a severe arm fracture for only two races, skied off course and crashed into the safety netting during today’s second downhill training in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Vonn skied down to the bottom of the course on her own … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn Crashes in Downhill Training
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany – Travis Ganong, of Squaw Valley, Calif., brushed aside a 15-minute course hold to win his second Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill in Germany on Friday, leading five Americans into the top 30, while teammate Steven Nyman needed to be helped off the course after crashing. Ganong nailed the bottom portion of the … Continue reading American Travis Ganong Wins Kandahar Downhill, Nyman Injured
Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – The Dolomites stage is set for “Speed Queen” Lindsey Vonn to prevail. She has already notched a record 11 Audi FIS Ski World Cup victories in Cortina d’Ampezzo in all disciplines, including the last four World Cup races held here. The immediate future in Cortina certainly looks bright for Vonn, and it’s not … Continue reading Will the Speed Queen Prevail in Cortina?
Calgary (AB), Canada – The FIS Freestyle moguls World Cup makes its fourth stop of the tour this weekend in the western Canadian metropolis of Calgary, Alberta. Athletes will compete in a single moguls competition at the Canada Olympic Park on Saturday. Similar to the World Cup stops at Lake Placid, N.Y. and Deer Valley Resort, … Continue reading Moguls World Cup Continues in Calgary
Lake Placid, NY – The Olympic village of Lake Placid, nestled in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York, holds a special charm. The site of the 1932 and 1980 Olympics, it’s a town where the legacy of the Games lives on – a place where memories have been made for athletes over decades. Freestyle aerials … Continue reading Behind the Gold: Joy of Coming Home
