Schladming, Austria – Twelve years after American Daron Rahlves stole super G gold from the Austrians at the 2001 World Championships in St. Anton, the U.S. Ski Team’s Ted Ligety did the same on Wednesday in front of 24,000 fans in the Austrian ski resort of Schladming. “I thought actually I had a good chance … Continue reading Ligety Golden in Worlds Super G
Schladming, Austria – A day after suffering a season-ending injury during the opening women’s super G of the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Schladming, Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn remained optimistic about her return for the 2014 Olympic season.
Sapporo, Japan – Park City, Utah’s Sarah Hendrickson was third and seventh in a pair of tough and windy women’s ski jumping competitions this weekend in Sapporo, site of the 1972 Olympic Winter Games, boosting her to second place overall on the World Cup behind Sara Takanashi of Japan. Hours before Sunday’s event, a 6.9 … Continue reading Hendrickson Jumps to 3rd in Sapporo
Park City, UT – Hannah Kearney made it back-to-back wins at Deer Valley Resort and her third of the season, taking dual moguls on Saturday night at the Visa Freestyle International. Canada’s Alex Bilodeau won for the men. “I did feel comfortable, sometimes too comfortable. That probably meant I should’ve been skiing faster, but there’s … Continue reading Kearney Sweeps Deer Valley Moguls
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia – Steamboat Springs, Colo.’s Taylor Fletcher continued his strong surge on Saturday, posting the second fastest cross country time to finish fifth in the first Olympic test event of the 2014 Nordic Combined venue. Fletcher survived a raging blizzard during the jump to finish 15th, starting 1:16 behind in the cross country … Continue reading Gutsy Olympic Test for Taylor Fletcher
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia – The U.S. Ski Team’s Liz Stephen skied to a career best eighth in the 7.5k/7.5k skiathlon on the Sochi 2014 Olympic course on Saturday. Kristin Stoermer Steira of Norway won women’s while Dario Cologna of Switzerland took the men’s. Skiers faced raging snow at some times during the race at the … Continue reading Stephen Earns Career Best on Olympic Course
Park City, UT – Maxim Gustik of Belarus took his first World Cup win for the men on Friday night in the the Visa Freestyle International’s aerials competition at Utah’s Deer Valley Resort, with Mengtao Xu of China winning by an impressive 36-point margin in the women’s. Long Valley, N.J. teen Mike Rossi put together three … Continue reading Gustik, Chu Win Deer Valley Aerials
