Steamboat Springs, CO – Forty-five of the top Telemark racers from eight nations, including seven from Steamboat Springs, are competing in the U.S. series of Telemark World Cup races currently underway in this Colorado ski resort town, hosted by Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. After stops in Slovenia and Norway, the competition moved to Steamboat … Continue reading Telemark Skiing World Cup Underway in Steamboat Springs
Big Sky, MT – Montana’s Moonlight Basin ski resort has announced the addition of Heather McPhie to the resort team as official ambassador of the resort for the 2012 season. McPhie, a Montana native from nearby Bozeman, is an Olympian and U.S. Ski Team freestyle mogul skier who competed for the US Olympic Freestyle Team … Continue reading Moguls Skier Heather McPhie Signs On as Moonlight Basin Ski Ambassador
Nove Mesto, Czech Republic – A strong team effort, combined with a stunning anchor leg by Minnesota’s World Cup rookie Jessie Diggins, sent the U.S. women into fifth place in a 4x5k classic technique relay at the FIS Cross Country World Cup on Sunday in Nove Mesto. It is the best U.S. women’s World Cup … Continue reading Record Relay for U.S. Women
Ljubno, Slovenia – Sarah Hendrickson’s double fist-pump in the outrun is a modest show of celebration for the Utah teen who’s been adamantly punching through the ceiling of women’s ski jumping this season. With another World Cup win in Ljubno on Sunday to match her win on Saturday, Hendrickson is sitting soundly in first place … Continue reading Hendrickson Sweeps Women’s Ski Jumping Weekend in Slovenia
Sochi, Russia – Sunday was bittersweet for Croatian ski racer Ivica Kostelic, as he won Sunday’s final World Cup super combined race of the season in Sochi but is now out for at least several weeks following knee surgery in Basel, Switzerland today. Doctors indicate that Kostelic first damaged his knee while landing big jumps … Continue reading Kostelic Wins Super Combined Title But is Now Out Following Knee Surgery
Soldeu-Grandvalira, Andorra – Three-time Audi FIS Alpine World Cup overall champion Lindsey Vonn, of Vail, Colo., was hit by gusts of swirling wind on Sunday, yet powered to eighth in the Soldeu World Cup giant slalom. Tessa Worely of France won to overtake the giant slalom points lead as Slovenia’s Tina Maze was second to … Continue reading Vonn 8th as World Cup Women Move to Sochi
Beida Lake, China – Olympic champion Hannah Kearney won her 15th consecutive FIS Freestyle World Cup Sunday in China on Sunday to eclipse Swedish alpine legend Ingemar Stenmark as the record holder for the longest FIS World Cup win streak in all disciplines. Mikael Kingsbury of Canada was Sunday’s men’s champion. Kearney’s win streak began … Continue reading Kearney Claims Record 15 World Cup Wins
