Tag: IBU World Cup
HIGHLIGHTS: Chen storms to fifth U.S. men’s figure skating title; world TJ record for...
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HIGHLIGHTS: Jessie Diggins makes history with Tour de Ski win; Friedrich and Loch slide...
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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...
HIGHLIGHTS: Maroulis returns to the mat as U.S. secures 11 spots for Tokyo; final...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
Many of the international federations shut down their sports this past week, with most events canceled or...
HIGHLIGHTS: Ledecky leads U.S. swimmers as 12 new world-leading marks set in Des Moines;...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● Bad weather canceled the Super-G racing on Sunday in Kvitfjell (NOR) after Austria’s...
HIGHLIGHTS: Shiffrin dominates in Bulgaria; Chen storms to fourth straight U.S. figure skating title
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● If you somehow thought American superstar Mikaela Shiffrin was off-stride, with a slow...
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: Nick Itkin wins first career Foil Grand Prix with win over Olympic champ...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
Although most of the action this weekend was on snow and ice, the U.S. men’s Foil fencers...
HIGHLIGHTS: Corning wins second Snowboard Big Air World Cup title in Atlanta
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
On the last major weekend of Olympic sports action around the world for 2019, American Chris Corning...
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...
HIGHLIGHTS: Amazing Shiffrin scores gold and bronze in World Cup in Vermont
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● The Alpine World Cup is in North America, with women’s racing at Killington,...
BIATHLON: Norway’s Boe sweeps Oslo to finish historic season; U.S.’s Egan wins first World...
Plenty of drama in the final weekend of the IBU World Cup season in front of a cheering crowd in Oslo (NOR), especially for...
BIATHLON Preview: Women’s season title on the line in final World Cup in Oslo
Although Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe has wrapped up his first World Cup title and ended French star Martin Fourcade’s seven-year run at the top,...
BIATHLON: First World Cup individual win for Christiansen as Boe is off the podium...
There was some history made once again at Soldier Hollow in Utah, site of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, and perhaps again in the...
BIATHLON Preview: Better weather in Salt Lake City for this week’s World Cup
It was so cold last weekend in Canmore (CAN), that the final races of the World Cup program were cancelled. There should be no...
BIATHLON: Boe and Eckhoff win their races in windy and cold Canmore
Sometimes it’s too cold for even winter-sport athletes to compete. The Polar Vortex hammered Canmore (CAN) all during the week, allowing only the shortened...
BIATHLON Preview: IBU World Cup returns to Canmore, site of the 1988 Winter Games...
The Canmore Nordic Center outside of Calgary (CAN) was the site for biathlon at the 1988 Olympic Winter Games and the World Cup returns...
BIATHLON: Boe goes gold-gold-silver in three races in Antholz-Anterselva
All good things must come to an end, and the seven-year streak of World Cup titles for France’s Martin Fourcade is – barring a...
BIATHLON Preview: Can anyone stop Boe?
The sixth of nine stops on the 2018-19 is in Antholz-Anterselva (ITA), with a full schedule:
● 24 January: Women’s 7.5 km Sprint
● 25 January:...