Are, Sweden – Four-time overall World Cup alpine ski racing champion Lindsey Vonn was in the hunt to add to her 1,808 point total in Saturday’s World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, but skied out a few gates from the finish as friend Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany took the win. Solvakia’s Veronika Zuzulova finished in … Continue reading Vonn Skis Out as Hoefl-Riesch Wins Slalom in Are
La Molina, Spain – Patrizia Kummer of Switzerland, and Austria’s Andreas Prommegger have won Saturday’s parallel Snowboard World Cup races in La Molina, giving each a comfortable lead in the Parallel World Cup ranking before entering the season’s final parallel giant slalom in Valmalenco, Italy this Saturday. Kummer, the 2009 PGS World Championships Bronze medalist, … Continue reading Kummer and Prommegger Win PGS in La Molina
Grindelwald, Switzerland – Fans and the World Cup community are mourning the loss of Nic Zoricic, who died in a finish line crash during a World Cup ski cross competition on Saturday in Grindelwald. Zoricic, 29, of Toronto, Ontario, began his career in alpine ski racing but transferred to ski cross. He crashed in the … Continue reading Canadian Ski Cross Athlete Nic Zoricic Dies in World Cup Crash in Switzerland
Oslo, Norway -Steamboat Springs, Colo.’s Bryan Fletcher continued to pace the U.S. Ski Team on Friday, finishing 14th in the first event of the season finale at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in Oslo won by Japan’s Akito Watabe. “I was a little disappointed in my jump results today,” Fletcher admitted. “I wasn’t totally out, though, … Continue reading Fletcher Leads U.S. Nordic Combined Skiers in Oslo
Oslo, Norway – The FIS World Cup ski jumping season ended as it started for young Sarah Hendrickson of Park City, Utah, who soared to victory in the finale at the annual Holmenkollen Ski Festival in Oslo on Friday. Hendrickson opened the inaugural World Cup season for women’s ski jumpers with a win three months … Continue reading Hendrickson Ends World Cup Season With Ninth Ski Jumping Win
Are, Sweden – Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn produced an inspired wire-to-wire giant slalom victory in Are on Friday to mathematically secure an American record fourth Audi FIS Alpine World Cup overall alpine ski racing title. “I don’t know what to say, I just wanted to have two really aggressive runs today. I had nothing … Continue reading Vonn Locks 4th Overall World Cup Ski Racing Title with GS Win
Drammen, Norway – Anchorage, Alaska’s Kikkan Randall put the exclamation mark on a day of historic benchmarks for the U.S. Ski Team on Wednesday, clinching the FIS Cross Country World Cup sprint title while finishing 11th in a classic sprint in Drammen. It’s the first U.S. World Cup cross country skiing title since Bill Koch … Continue reading Randall Takes World Cup Sprint Title
