Lake Louise (AB), Canada – Vail, Colo.’s Lindsey Vonn completed a historic clean sweep as the World Cup stop in Lake Louise wrapped up on Sunday, topping the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G podium with teammate Julia Mancuso finishing third. The only other women’s sweep at Lake Louise was completed by German ski … Continue reading Vonn Makes a Clean Sweep of Gold in Lake Louise
Avon, CO – First run leader Ted Ligety couldn’t quite hold on, finishing second in the Audi Birds of Prey giant slalom Sunday at Beaver Creek Resort in Colorado. With a 0.21-second lead over Austrian Marcel Hirscher, Ligety, of Park City, Utah, went back and forth in and out of the lead on his second … Continue reading Ligety Narrowly Misses Giant Slalom Win in Beaver Creek
Dusseldorf, Germany – The U.S. Ski Team’s Kikkan Randall and Sadie Bjornsen combined for an historic FIS World Cup cross country skiing podium Sunday in a sprint relay in Duesseldorf. The U.S. team turned in a strong performance, finishing just 1.6 seconds behind Norway in the freestyle sprint. The podium came just a day after
Avon, CO – On a snowy, blustery day at Beaver Creek Resort in Colorado on Saturday, Sandro Viletta of Switzerland came out of start 30 to take the win at the the Audi FIS Birds of Prey super G ahead of Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal. Switzerland’s Beat Feuz was third. Olympic bronze medalist Andrew Weibrecht, … Continue reading Switzerland’s Viletta Wins Birds of Prey Super G
Dusseldorf, Germany – The U.S. Ski Team’s Kikkan Randall skied a brilliant final in the freestyle sprint in downtown Dusseldorf on Saturday, making a critical pass in the homestretch to win her fourth career FIS World Cup sprint. Qualifying 10th, Randall, of Anchorage, Alaska, was second in her quarter-final heat and dominated her semi-final. She … Continue reading Brilliant Win for Randall in Duesseldorf
Lake Louise (AB), Canada -American ski racer Lindsey Vonn rocketed to her second Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill win in as many days Saturday to notch the 44th victory of her career and 10th in Lake Louise. French racer Marie Marchand-Arvier was second with 2011 downhill World Champion Elisabeth Goergl of Austria in third. … Continue reading Vonn Wins Back-to-Back Downhills
Lillehammer, Norway – Sarah Hendrickson made a flying leap into the history books Saturday. And she’s only 17. The Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team member from Park City, Utah, bested a talented field of women ski jumpers to win the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup opener in Lillehammer, Norway. She now holds the title … Continue reading American Teen Wins Inaugural Women’s World Cup Ski Jump
