Soelden, Austria – In front of a packed crowd on Sunday, Park City, Utah’s Ted Ligety reminded ski racing fans of his giant slalom skills at the men’s opening Audi FIS Ski World Cup race in Soelden, taking his fourth win at the Austrian resort. It was a stacked podium, with Thomas Fanara of France and Marcel … Continue reading Ligety Scores Victory in Soelden
Aspen, CO – The 2015 Audi FIS Ski World Cup at the Nature Valley Aspen Winternational Volunteer Rally will take place from 5 p.m.–7 p.m. this Tuesday at the Limelight Hotel in Aspen. The Volunteer Rally serves as a place for members of the community to gather and learn about the Women’s World Cup races, ask questions, … Continue reading Aspen World Cup Looking for Volunteers
Soelden, Austria – On an icy injected course in Soelden, Colorado’s Mikaela Shiffrin threw down two solid runs of giant slalom to walk away with second place at the first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup of the 2015-16 season. She finished behind Italian Federica Brignone, who won her first World Cup in her eight-year career. Tina … Continue reading Shiffrin Second in World Cup Opener
Soelden, Austria – Just a day before the World Cup season opening women’s giant slalom in Austria, American ski racer Lindsey Vonn has confirmed that she won’t be in the starting gate. Vonn, of Vail, Colo., is still recovering from an ankle fracture while training in New Zealand in August. She traveled to Soelden to … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn Confirms She’s a Scratch for Soelden
Steamboat Springs, CO – NASTAR announced this week that Colorado’s Steamboat Resort has been selected as the site of the 2016 Nature Valley NASTAR National Championships. The popular season-ending championships will return to Steamboat from March 24-27, 2016, the first half of a planned two-year program. Steamboat previously played host to championships from 2006 through 2009. While … Continue reading NASTAR Nationals Returns to Steamboat
Pitztal, Austria – On the same day that a severe knee injury ended Austrian racer Anna Fenninger’s season, another crash has closed the door on the World Cup winter for a second racer even before it began. Canadian Dustin Cook, 26, crashed on Wednesday in the Austrian resort of Pitztal during training for the World Cup … Continue reading Soelden Training Ends Season for Second Skier
Soelden, Austria – Just three days before the opening of the World Cup Alpine ski racing season, Austrian athlete Anna Fenninger is out for the entire winter after suffering a severe knee injury in a training crash on the Rettenbach Glacier on Wednesday. Following the injury, Fenninger was airlifted to a hospital in nearby Innsbruck, where she … Continue reading Fenninger Crashes Out of World Cup Season
