Steamboat Springs, CO - Sixteen-year-old Zoe Taylor of the USA skied to first place in the World Cup Parallel Sprint race in Steamboat Springs on Friday, the first U.S. victory on the telemark skiing World Cup since Cody Thompson of Whitefish, Mont., won a Classic race in 2000. Taylor, of Atlanta, Ga., has moved...
Klingenthal, Germany - Challenging weather conditions in Klingenthal, Germany on Sunday did not claim Billy Demong as the Olympic nordic combined skiing champion from Vermontville, N.Y. finished 10th in an individual Gundersen, making up 10 spots from the jump. High winds and heavy snowfall forced the cancellation of the ski jumping portion of the...
Bansko, Bulgaria - Warren, Vt.'s Nolan Kasper and Ted Ligety, of Park City, Utah, produced strong second runs on Sunday to finish sixth and seventh at an Audi FIS Alpine World Cup slalom in Bansko that saw Austrian Marcel Hirscher win. Kasper, standing 23rd after the first run, laid down the second fastest final...
Sochi, Russia - The Sochi organizing committee made every effort to prepare the 2014 Olympic speed track, but overnight snow and warm temperatures made the surface too unstable to host the third Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super combined on Sunday as scheduled. "After the success we've had this week, we are really excited...
Naeba, Japan - Patrick Deneen, of Cle Elum, Wash., defeated Canada's Mikael Kingsbury by a score of 19-16 to win the men’s FIS Freestyle World Cup dual moguls in Naeba on Sunday as Vermonter Hannah Kearney’s historic win streak ended at 16. Kearney had a wobble through a couple turns in her semi final...
Bansko, Bulgaria - Park City, Utah's Ted Ligety survived a near crash in his second run in a World Cup giant slalom in Bansko on Saturday, dropping him from first to 27th on the day and out of the lead of the giant slalom standings for the first time this season. Austrian Marcel Hirscher...
Szklarska Poreba, Poland -Anchorage, Alaska's Kikkan Randall skied to a career best classical technique distance event, finishing eighth in a 10k FIS Cross Country World Cup on Saturday in Szklarska Poreba. Thousands of Polish fans turned out to see national hero Justyna Kowalcyk win a day after Randall knocked her out in the quarterfinals of...
Klingenthal, Germany - Bryan Fletcher, of Steamboat Springs, Colo., led the USA in a World Cup nordic combined skiing competition held on Saturday in Klingenthal, Germany, posting 17th after jumping to 14th and skiing to make up a minute and 50 second deficit. Also breaking the top-20 was Olympic gold medalist Billy Demong, of...
Sochi, Russia - With a month still remaining in the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup calendar, Vail, Colo.'s Lindsey Vonn clinched a record fifth straight downhill title with a third place finish on Saturday in Rosa Khutor on the 2014 Sochi Olympic course behind the season's second place finisher, Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany, who...
Naeba, Japan - Olympic champion Hannah Kearney of Vermont exhibited her dominance Saturday in Naeba, besting the field by 1.25 points to earn her 16th consecutive World Cup moguls victory as Jeremy Cota, of Carrabassett Valley, Maine led the U.S. men finishing second behind Mikael Kingsbury of Canada. Canada's Audrey Robichaud and Justine Dufour-Lapointe ...
