ALPINE SKIING: Shiffrin earns second gold in Maribor for 13th win of the season!
If momentum means anything in sports, Mikaela Shiffrin is riding a tsunami.
As the Alpine world turns its attention to the World Alpine Championships next...
ALPINE SKIING: Shiffrin and Vlhova tie in Maribor; Vonn will retire after World Champs
Ties aren’t common, but they show up occasionally in the FIS Alpine World Cup and they did again on Friday in Maribor (SLO) in...
ALPINE SKIING Preview: Shiffrin expected back on the slopes in Slovenia
Just about two-thirds of the women’s Alpine World Cup racing has been completed, and the final races prior to the 2019 World Alpine Skiing...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Monday, 28 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 72 hours in Olympic sport...
ALPINE SKIING: What’s this? France’s Noel beats Hirscher again in Slalom!
Who is Clement Noel?
That’s the question followers of the Alpine World Cup are asking, after the 21-year-old from Val d’Isere (FRA) won his second...
ALPINE SKIING: Hirscher looks for 10th win of the season in Kitzbuehel; will Shiffrin...
It’s a sign of how dominant Austria’s Marcel Hirscher is in the Slalom – where he is the five-time seasonal champion – that when...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Monday, 21 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 72 hours in Olympic sport:
LANE...
ALPINE SKIING: Is Schwarz’s Austria’s coming star after a Combined win in Wengen?
The Alpine Combined is one of the orphans of the World Cup tour: rarely run and often canceled for various reasons. But it continued...
ALPINE SKIING: She did it again! Shiffrin wins Super-G at Cortina!
What may turn out to be a historic season for American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin turned golden again on the slopes of Cortina d’Ampezzo...
ALPINE SKIING: Vonn 15th and ninth in return to the World Cup in Cortina
The FIS Alpine World Cup is the highest level of skiing in the world. American star Lindsey Vonn knows this and returned to the...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Friday, 18 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of the week (so far) in the turbulent world of international...
ALPINE SKIING Preview: Lindsey Vonn readies for season debut in Italy
A busy week for both men and women on the slopes, with the men in Switzerland and the women in Italy:
● Women’s World Cup...
ALPINE SKIING: Shiffrin scores again with win in Kronplatz Giant Slalom
The amazing Mikaela Shiffrin dominated the FIS Giant Slalom race in Kronplatz (ITA) and cruised to an impressive 1.21 seconds over a world-class field.
“This...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Monday, 14 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 72 hours in Olympic sport...
ALPINE SKIING: Hirscher sweeps Adelboden, beats Kristoffersen again
You have to have some sympathy for Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen. Just 24, he’s already won a World Cup seasonal Slalom title and been runner-up...
ALPINE SKIING Preview: Slalom season continues in Adelboden; more Hirscher wins on the way?
Austria’s Marcel Hirscher is already well on the way to a stunning eighth straight overall World Cup title, winning seven of 18 races held...
ALPINE SKIING Preview: St. Anton World Cup re-scheduled, so Lindsey Vonn will have to...
Heavy snow in St. Anton (AUT) has canceled this weekend’s women’s Downhill and Super-G World Cup races, postponing the return of American star Lindsey...
ALPINE SKIING: Vlhova conquers Shiffrin again, this time in Flachau
Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova is proving to be a worthy foil to American Mikaela Shiffrin on the FIS World Cup circuit this season, scoring her...
ALPINE SKIING: Amazing Shiffrin wins in Zagreb for fourth “Snow Queen” Trophy
American skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin may be the finest Slalom skier in history and won again on one of her favorite tracks, in Zagreb...
ALPINE SKIING: Shiffrin sets Slalom record in Semmering
More history for the relentless Mikaela Shiffrin, who won Saturday’s Slalom race in Semmering (AUT) for a career total of 36 World Cup Slalom...
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