Kuehtai in Tirol, Austria – A day after returning to the World Cup podium on Sunday with a third place in giant slalom, Mikaela Shiffrin, of Eagle, Colo., skied two nearly perfect runs today and never gave up first place as she stood atop the slalom podium in Austria. It was Shiffrin’s first slalom victory of … Continue reading Shiffrin Returns to Winning Ways
Val d’Isere, France – American ski racer Lindsey Vonn positioned herself on the doorstep to history Saturday, winning her 61st career Audi FIS Ski World Cup with a .19-second victory in the Val d’Isere downhill. It left her just one win away from matching the all-time win record held by the legendary Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proell. Germany’s Viktoria … Continue reading Val d’Isere Win Puts Lindsey Vonn on Threshold of Record
Åre, Sweden – Olympic giant slalom champion Tina Maza continued her quest for the overall Audi FIS Ski World Cup title with her third win in three different disciplines this season, taking Friday’s GS in Åre. “I am really surprised that I could put such a run together today, coming back from Canada only a few … Continue reading Maze Wins Again in Sweden
Avon, CO – Ted Ligety destroyed the field, coming back from fourth in the first run to take the Audi FIS Ski World Cup giant slalom victory at Beaver Creek on Sunday for the fifth straigth year. France’s Aleis Pinturault was second, followed by Austrian Marcel Hirscher in third. Ligety’s winning run down the Birds of … Continue reading Ligety Wins in Beaver Creek for Fifth Straight Year
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – American ski racer Lindsey Vonn confirmed that she’s fully recovered from knee surgery by winning a World Cup downhill race in Lake Louise on Saturday on her first weekend back in the starting gate. Vonn’s victory on Saturday, her 60th, capped a first-ever U.S. Ski Team podium sweep. Early-running Stacey … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn Places Exclamation Point on Comeback with Downhill Win
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – The U.S. women’s speed team is in frigid Lake Louise for Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhills on Friday and Saturday, plus super G on Sunday. But it was Tuesday’s downhill training that had the sports world abuzz, with a strong American showing and Lindsey Vonn’s long awaited return to ski … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn Returns to Ski Racing
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud, the Oympic super G champion, made it a clean sweep of Lake Louise on Sunday by winning the World Cup super G, a day after taking the downhill to clinch both season opening speed races. Veteran Manuel Osborne-Paradis of North Vancouver, B.C., was the top Canadian with a seventh-place finish 0.51 … Continue reading Jansrud Sweeps World Cup Stop in Lake Louise
