Val Gardena, Italy – Coming off a career-best super G result at Beaver Creek, Lake Placid, N.Y.’s Andrew Weibrecht was once again the top American, finishing fifth, at the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G on Friday in Val Gardena. The winning ways of Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal continued as the Attacking Viking captured the … Continue reading Weibrecht Top American at Val Gardena Super G
Val d’Isere, France – Colorado’s Lindsey Vonn just missed the top step of the podium by the smallest of margins on Friday, finishing second to Switzerland’s Lara Gut in the Audi FIS Ski World Cup alpine combined staged in Val d’Isere. “I skied as hard as I could in the downhill knowing Lindsey would be faster,” … Continue reading Gut Edges Vonn in Val d’Isere Combined
Val d’Isere, France – Park City’s Ted Ligety has said that Val d’Isere’s La Face de Bellvarde is “miserable to ski,” and Saturday’s race confirmed that for him, as Ligety made a big mistake in the giant slalom and did not qualify for second run in a race won once again by Austria’s Marcel Hirscher. The … Continue reading Mistake Takes Ligety Out of Val d’Isere GS
Åre, Sweden – Lindsey Vonn scored her 71st World Cup victory, her fourth straight and her first giant slalom victory since 2013, Saturday on a wind-shortened course in Åre. High winds forced race officials to push the start down to the reserve location – eliminating several gates from the course – as well as causing a … Continue reading Vonn Wins Again
Åre, Sweden – Colorado’s Mikaela Shiffrin was transported to a local hospital in Sweden on Saturday after crashing into the safety netting while on a warm-up run for the World Cup giant slalom in Åre. Doctors are expected to take an MRI of Shiffrin’s left knee to determine the extent of the damage. The U.S. … Continue reading Shiffrin Taken to Swedish Hospital Following Crash
Lillehammer, Norway – Rosie Brennan paced nervously alongside the Olympic ski tracks in Lillehammer as start time approached, staying close to the technicians working to prepare the best classic skis they could for her from their tiny wax cabin. It was a long way from the trails of White Pine Touring in Park City, Utah, where … Continue reading Behind the Gold: Making History as a Team
Avon, CO – Longtime ski racing journalist, broadcaster and Bend, Ore. resident Steve Porino was honored during the annual Audi Birds of Prey World Cup stop at Beaver Creek in Colorado with the FIS Journalist Award for his service in bringing ski racing to the public. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) and the International Ski … Continue reading NBC Ski Commentator Honored By FIS and USSA
