Santa Caterina, Italy – The Audi FIS Ski World Cup circuit resumed Tuesday with a make-up super G on a steep, dark and challenging course in Santa Caterina. Originally scheduled for rolling slopes of Lake Louise, Canada, Santa Caterina picked up the event ahead of Wednesday’s downhill and Thursday’s alpine combined, challenging the field with the most … Continue reading Norway’s Jansrud Wins in Italy→
Semmering, Austria – Maybe it wasn’t perfect, but it was fast and capped off with a double fist pump and celebratory “Yeah!” Mikaela Shiffrin, of Eagle, Colo., won her second career Audi FIS Ski World Cup giant slalom race on Tuesday in Semmering, a make up event from last week’s race that was canceled due to wind in Courchevel, … Continue reading Shiffrin Earns Emotional Win in Semmering→
Val d’Isere, France – Gold comes in many forms. Last weekend on the icy pitch of the fabled O.K. course in Val d’Isere, a 15th-place World Cup super G result gleamed brighter than an Olympic medal for Vermont’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle. It had been nearly four years since his last major international speed event in February, 2013. … Continue reading Behind the Gold: Ryan Cochran-Siegle→
PyeongChang, South Korea – Austrian snowboarder Anna Gasser and Canada’s Mark McMorris celebrated impressive wins on Saturday at this season’s second big air World Cup competition, staged at Alpensia Ski Stadium as an Olympic Test Event for PyeongChang 2018. On a huge scaffolding ramp constructed right across from the Olympic ski jumping hills, Gasser was able to maintain her momentum from her triumph at Milan, Italy … Continue reading Gasser and McMorris Win Olympic Big Air Test Event→
Killington, VT – America’s slalom sensation, Mikaela Shiffrin of Eagle, Colo., did it again on Sunday in Killington, holding off Veronika Velez Zuzulova of Slovakia and Swiss racer Wendy Holdener to win yet another Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup slalom. Shiffrin earned her 22nd career World Cup victory — and her 13th straight in slalom — … Continue reading Shiffrin Wins at Home in Killington→
Killington, VT – As Vermont’s winter weather closed in on the World Cup women on Saturday, France’s Tessa Worley braved a rough, bumpy track on Killington’s Superstar trail to take the giant slalom win as the Audi FIS Ski World Cup returned to the U.S. East Coast for the first time in 25 years. It was Worley’s first World … Continue reading France’s Tessa Worley Wins Killington GS→
Park City, UT – The 2017 U.S. Alpine Ski Team has officially been announced and is headlined by Olympic medalists Bode Miller (Franconia, N.H.), Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah), Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colo.), Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.), Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, Calif.) and Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, N.Y.). The season commenced with the U.S. Ski Team’s annual … Continue reading 2017 U.S. Alpine Ski Team Named→