Tag: Alexis Pinturault
HIGHLIGHTS: Jessie Diggins makes history with Tour de Ski win; Friedrich and Loch slide...
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HIGHLIGHTS: Superb marathons by Hehir (2:08:59) & Hall (2:20:32); first medals for U.S. skiers...
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HIGHLIGHTS: Winter season starts in earnest, first World Cup medal for U.S.’s Moltzan; U.S....
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● Alpine Skiing ● The re-scheduled parallel races at Lech in Austria saw Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova extend...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo 2020’s Mori reports apology from Board member suggesting delay; new...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The head of the...
THE TICKER: Coronavirus kills FIS Alpine finals; Russian athletics finally contrite; more Nassar abuse...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Alpine Skiing ● The coronavirus danger in Italy has cancelled the FIS Alpine...
HIGHLIGHTS: Big wins for Germany in Bobsled, Luge and Cycling; world record for Chloe...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
It’s been a busy weekend in international sport; click here for our coverage of track & field,...
HIGHLIGHTS: Bobsled star Humphries close to making debut American season a World Cup winner
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
There was no doubt that once two-time Olympic champ and three-time World Cup winner Kaillie Humphries received...
HIGHLIGHTS: World Indoor Series win for Brady Ellison; U.S. women’s 69-game water polo win...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● An especially busy week for the women’s World Cup circuit, with a mid-week...
HIGHLIGHTS: Two races, two wins and more history for Mikaela Shiffin!
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● The amazing Mikaela Shiffrin moved to no. 4 on the all-time World Cup...
LANE ONE: The top stories of 2019, from no. 10 to no. 6, and...
As 2019 comes to a close, there were people, places and events that made a bid impression in this pre-Olympic year. We’ll bring you...
HIGHLIGHTS: Shiffrin scores again with Super-G bronze; Bowe wins third straight 1,000 m
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
Anyone who pays attention to alpine skiing is running out of superlatives to shower on American superstar...
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...