Tag: Alexis Pinturault
TSX REPORT: UCLA names Drake Stadium track after Rafer Johnson; Kiwi teen Robinson surprises...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 28 October 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● UCLA dedicates famed Drake Stadium track to Betsy & Rafer Johnson
Anyone connected with UCLA sports since...
ALPINE SKIING: Robinson stuns Shiffrin, Pinturault wins in Soelden Giant Slalom
The FIS Alpine World Cup season opened – for the 20th straight year – in Soelden, Austria, with surprises from the start.
The women’s Giant...
TSX REPORT: The World Beach Games came and went; did you notice? + Paris...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 24 October 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● What was all the fuss about the World Beach Games, anyway?
Although a major topic of discussion...
ALPINE SKIING Preview: Shiffrin starts run for fourth World Cup title in Soelden
It’s hardly winter in many parts of the world, but with a thick bed of snow on the Rettenbach Glacier at the Soelden Ski...
ALPINE SKIING Panorama: Brilliant Hirscher declares retirement after 8 straight World Cup titles
“You know me. I either go all in, putting 150% effort or nothing. I can be very satisfied with my career, I was very...
ALPINE SKIING: Amazing Shiffrin takes Slalom, Giant Slalom and two more Crystal Globes
Even for someone who is a two-time World Cup Champion and two-time Olympic Champion, this was a career year for Mikaela Shiffrin.
Still just 24,...
ALPINE SKIING: Pinturault and Kristoffersen repeat Worlds wins in Bansko
The men’s World Cup in Bansko (BUL) had a familiar look from the recent World Championships as both of the winners had earned gold...
ALPINE SKIING: Worlds conclude with Hirscher’s third gold in men’s Slalom
Austria’s Marcel Hirscher had won two golds in each of the prior three Alpine World Championships, but that was not going to happen in...
ALPINE SKIING: Norway’s Kristoffersen earns sweet Worlds golds in men’s Giant Slalom
If it were not for the great Marcel Hirscher (AUT), Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen would be one of the most decorated skiers on the planet.
But...
ALPINE SKIING: Pinturault takes Combined for first individual World title
The Alpine Combined – the Downhill and Slalom – is an almost-extinct event, rarely contested on the World Cup circuit and in danger of...
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...
ALPINE SKIING: Home crowd happy with Hirscher’s 10th win of the season in Schladming
It’s only been 16 days since Austria’s Marcel Hirscher won a FIS Alpine World Cup race, but it seemed like so much longer after...
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 Preview: Hirscher vs. Kristoffersen once again in Val d’Isere
This week’s stop on the men’s Alpine World Cup tour at Val d’Isere (FRA) features a Giant Slalom on Saturday and a Slalom on...
ALPINE SKIING Preview: The World Cup season starts – really – in Soelden!
It’s not even Halloween yet, but the FIS Alpine World Cup starts – as usual – with racing on the Rettenbach Glacier in Soelden...
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