MERIBEL, France—Two days after Federica Brignone won the gold medal in the combined to open the skiing world championships, Italian teammate Marta Bassino added another in the super-G by edging Mikaela Shiffrin. And Sofia Goggia will be a favorite for yet another Italian victory in Saturday’s downhill, with Elena Curtoni a strong contender, too. Italy…
Shiffrin Leads Slalom in Pursuit of 85th World Cup Win
SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic—American skier Mikaela Shiffrin posted the fastest time in the opening run of a women’s World Cup slalom Saturday, positioning herself for her 85th career victory. If Shiffrin wins the race, she would move within one of the World Cup record of 86 wins set by Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark in the…
Shiffrin Wins Slalom, Moves Within 1 Win of World Cup Record
SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic—Mikaela Shiffrin celebrated with a shoulder wiggle and a bright smile Saturday after dominating a slalom and moving within one victory of the 34-year-old World Cup record of 86 wins. The American showed no signs of pressure, a day before another slalom in which she could match the best mark set by…
American Skier Shiffrin Wins Record 83rd World Cup Race
SAN VIGILIO DI MAREBBE, Italy—Exhaustion. Relief. Satisfaction. American skier Mikaela Shiffrin felt all that and more after winning a record 83rd World Cup race Tuesday. Shiffrin’s giant slalom victory broke a tie on the all-time women’s list with former American teammate Lindsey Vonn, who retired four years ago when injuries cut her career short. “I…
Ski Vacations Get Costlier as Colorado Pump Prices Surge
By Chunzi Xu From Bloomberg News Pump prices are surging in Colorado as a prolonged outage of the state’s sole oil refinery weighs on locals and ski vacationers, with costs likely to remain elevated until after the summer peak driving season. The outage at Suncor Energy’s Commerce City refinery, which is responsible for 40% of…
Olympic Skiing Champion Rosi Mittermaier Dies at 72
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany—Rosi Mittermaier, who won downhill and slalom gold medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics and narrowly missed a sweep of all three women’s Alpine skiing events at the Games, has died. She was 72. German news agency dpa cited a statement from Mittermaier’s family that she died peacefully on Wednesday “following a serious illness.”…
Shiffrin Takes Win No. 77 to Move Within 5 of Vonn’s Record
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland—Mikaela Shiffrin’s first speed race weekend of the women’s World Cup season went so well, she believes it might make her even faster in her core technical events, too. The four-time overall champion won a super-G Sunday to top off her weekend with career win No. 77. The result leaves the American skier…
Winter’s Second Wind: California’s Mammoth Mountain Resort Extends Ski Season Into June
By Nathan Solis From Los Angeles Times A series of late snowstorms has extended the ski and snowboard season at Mammoth Mountain, pushing the closure date into the month of June, but weather forecasts show that the region will be in for a major warm-up in the next few weeks. At least 3 feet of…
World Ski Body Cancels All Upcoming Events in Russia
February 25, 2022
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GENEVA—Russia will not host any more World Cup events organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS) this winter, the governing body said Friday. It announced the decision after a farcical attempt to hold ski cross races Friday in the Urals resort Sunny Valley one day after Russia started a military invasion of Ukraine. Only a…
Olympic Ski Halfpipe Qualifier Filled With Scary Crashes
ZHANGJIAKOU, China—Freestyle skier Jon Sallinen’s first run in Olympic halfpipe qualifying Thursday wasn’t picture perfect. He drifted out of the halfpipe and collided with a cameraman. Collarbone aching, the 21-year-old from Finland picked himself up and tried it again in run No. 2—only to fall once more and have to make the walk up the…
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