Tag: FIS Alpine World Championships
HIGHLIGHTS: Shiffrin wins fourth Alpine Worlds medal, mystery meet produces 10,000 m world leaders,...
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HIGHLIGHTS: Kriechmayr sweeps Alpine speed events; three American Records at the New Balance Grand...
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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: Shiffrin takes fourth World Championships Slalom title
Mikaela Shiffrin knew she had to be ready from the start to win the 2019 Alpine World Championships Slalom.
After her bronze medal on Thursday...
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: Vlhova fights through wind for women’s Giant Slalom gold
The women’s World Championships Giant Slalom appeared to be all set for 2010 Olympic champion Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany, who forged a solid 0.19-second...
ALPINE SKIING: Swiss win Team Event in World Champs over Austria
The World Alpine Championships are a showcase for the finest skiers in the world. The Team Event is an event which very few people...
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: Comebacks complete: Stuhec wins and Vonn third in women’s Downhill
While the American media has been consumed with Lindsey Vonn’s final race in Sunday’s women’s Downhill at the FIS World Championships in Are (SWE),...
ALPINE SKIING: Norway’s Jansrud and Svindal exchange places in men’s Downhill
At the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang (KOR), the men’s Downhill saw Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal and Kjetil Jansrud claim the gold and...
ALPINE SKIING: Consistent Holdener wins women’s Alpine Combined
The Alpine Combined is the least-appreciated and least-held event on the Alpine World Cup calendar, but it is still part of the Alpine World...
ALPINE SKIING: Italy’s Paris wins Worlds Super-G; Shiffrin to try for 3 golds, not...
Italy’s Dominik Paris was clearly one of the medal contenders in the men’s Super-G, but having drawn the third position, he had very little...
ALPINE SKIING: First race, first gold for Mikaela Shiffrin in Alpine Worlds
What will be a historic year for Mikaela Shiffrin became even more legendary as she skied to her first World Championships gold outside of...
ALPINE SKIING: 45th World Championships opens in Are Tuesday
The Alpine skiing world is gathered in Are (SWE) for the start of the 45th FIS World Championships in the famed ski town, with...