Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria – Too much new snowfall on the course forced the cancellation of Thursday’s downhill training run for the World Cup ladies at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, and a similar fate befell the plan on Friday. Despite workers clearing the course in time for Friday’s training run, heavy snowfall picked up just before the racers’ inspection and continued throughout … Continue reading Snow Scraps Second Zauchensee Training
Wengen, Switzerland – Friday the 13th proved to be more about luck than position at the men’s World Cup Combined in Wengen, as Switzerland’s Niels Hintermann came out of the 51st start position to win his career-first World Cup event in only his 12th start on the World Cup circuit. And the surprises didn’t stop with … Continue reading Surprise Combined Podium in Wengen
Val di Fiemme, Italy – Norwegian cross-country skier Heidi Weng stood atop Alpe Cermis screaming. Below, her teammate Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg was challenging Swede Stina Nilsson for third in the seventh and final stage of the Tour de Ski. The screams came with passion deep from within her burned out lungs. Two minutes earlier, she had … Continue reading Behind the Gold: Pain That Never Felt So Good
Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria – Lindsey Vonn plans to return to the Audi FIS Ski World Cup circuit this weekend, racing in the Altenmarkt-Zauchensee downhill. Vonn has been recovering from a fracture in her upper right arm, which she suffered after a training crash at Copper Mountain, Colo. in November. She has been out of the World Cup … Continue reading Vonn Returns to World Cup This Weekend
Flachau, Austria – Colorado’s Mikaela Shiffrin rebounded from a disappointing first run to land on the podium in a tie for third Tuesday night under the lights at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup slalom in Flachau. Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter, the defending World Cup slalom champion, won her first slalom of the season and claimed the … Continue reading Shiffrin Ties For Third in Flachau
Adelboden, Switzerland – Inconsistent fog resulted in tough conditions for Sunday’s men’s World Cup slalom in Adelboden, a race won by Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen. The conditions didn’t seem to intimidate Kristoffersen, who built a huge lead second run to take the win by a commanding 1.83 seconds. Manfred Moelgg of Italy was second, while Marcel Hirscher of … Continue reading Fog Masks Adelboden Slalom
Adelboden, Switzerland – Alexis Pinturault battled a tough course and flat light in Adelboden on Saturday to take his 19th Audi FIS Ski World Cup win, making him the most successful French skier of all time—over the famed Jean-Claude Killy. Marcel Hirscher of Italy put down a blazing second run of giant slalom, but finished second overall, … Continue reading Pinturault Breaks Killy’s Record
