Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – Colorado’s Lindsey Vonn put down a near flawless super G run on Monday to win her 63rd Audi FIS Ski World Cup and etch her name into the record books as the winningest women’s World Cup ski racer ever. Skiing at the end of the top seed in the 22nd start position, … Continue reading Vonn Breaks All-Time World Cup Win Record→
Flachau, Austria – The women raced under the lights on Wednesday night in Flachau, Austria for the last Audi FIS Ski World Cup slalom before the World Championships. Mikaela Shiffrin, of Eagle, Colo., had a speedy second run, skiing from eighth place to grab third place overall. Frida Hansdotter from Sweden took the win and Slovenian Tina … Continue reading Shiffrin Lands On Podium in Flachau→
Wengen, Switzerland – Wengen’s fabled Lauberhorn downhill is in a class by itself. Over two and a half minutes of leg burning pain down a 2.78 mile course with speeds pushing 100 mph. Two-time downhill champion Bode Miller was back on Tuesday, testing his body and gauging the viability of getting into the start house for … Continue reading Bode Miller Returns to World Cup→
Adelboden, Switzerland – Another warm and cloudy day at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup in Adelboden had the U.S. men struggling for results in slalom as Italian Stefano Gross took his first ever World Cup win. After skirting the winner’s spot many times in the last five years, an extremely excited Gross javelined his ski … Continue reading Chodounsky Leads Americans in Adelboden Slalom→
Adelboden, Switzerland – It was a warm day at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup in Adelboden on Saturday, following a night of heavy rain. And even with the race crew working around the clock, the conditions were rough for the giant slalom won by Austria’s Marcel Hirscher. “Yesterday had perfect ice and hard snow. Today … Continue reading Hirscher Wins in Warm and Rainy Adelboden→
Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria – High winds over the weekend canceled both World Cup ski races scheduled in Austria, delaying Lindsey Vonn’s run at breaking the women’s World Cup victory record. An early morning windstorm at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday shredded the race hill and finish area at Bad Kleinkirchheim, forcing FIS officials to cancel Saturday’s scheduled Audi … Continue reading Weather Delays Vonn’s Attempt at Win Record→
Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria – America’s speed queen, Lindsey Vonn, is in Bad Kleinkirchheim for a pair of FIS World Cup races this weekend, a downhill on Saturday and a super G on Sunday. She hopes to leave Austria with 63 World Cup victories, eclipsing Annemarie Moser-Proll’s all-time women’s record of 62 wins. Here’s how she got … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn: The Climb to 63→