Penticton (BC), Canada – American Shannon Bahrke (Tahoe City, CA) finished second Saturday in a snowy World Cup moguls skiing contest behind Olympic and defending World Cup champion Jennifer Heil of Spruce Grove, AB, Canada, who also has clinched the 2007 title. Dale Begg-Smith of Australia, also the Olympic champion and reigning World Cup champ, … Continue reading Heil, Begg-Smith Clinch World Cup Moguls Skiing Titles →

Penticton (BC), Canada – Friday’s halfpipe winner in World Cup freestyle skiing’s western Canadian stop at Apex Resort was Kalle Leinonen of Finland, scoring his third World Cup victory in three career World Cup appearances. On the women’s side, American Jessica Cumming topped the podium with a score of 36.3.nThe 17-year-old Leinonen also won despite … Continue reading Leinonen, Cumming Win World Cup Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe at Apex →

Sapporo, Japan – Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann, who won two gold medals at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, won the large hill gold medal Saturday night by two-hundredths of a point. No Americans qualified for the first jumping competition at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.nAmmann had the longest jump of … Continue reading Olympic Ski Jumping Champ Ammann Takes Worlds →

Sierra Nevada, Spain – American Olympic gold medalist Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) was sixth Saturday in a World Cup giant slalom and tightened the overall points race while teammate Resi Stiegler (Jackson Hole, WY), starting 51st, leaped into the top 10 for the first time in a World Cup GS in her career.nAustrian Michaela … Continue reading Mancuso Tightens World Cup Skiing’s Overall Points Race →

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany – Erik Guay (Mont-Tremblant, QC) joined a select group of Canadian male alpine skiers with a stunning World Cup Downhill victory in sunny 45-degree weather in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday in the second of two downhills run as the World Cup ski racing season resumed. Friday’s gold medalist Andrej Jerman of Slovenia was second … Continue reading Canadian Erik Guay Wins First Career World Cup Skiing Gold →

Sapporo, Japan – Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) skied with the lead pack throughout the race and survived a late crash to finish 19th Saturday in the men’s 30K pursuit (15K CL+15K FR) as cross country racing switched from sprints to distance at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Japan.nFormer World Cup champion Axel … Continue reading Freeman Finishes Nordic Ski Worlds 30K Pursuit in Lead Pack →

Sungwoo, South Korea – Poland’s Paulina Ligocka and Jeff Batchelor of Canada each won the fourth Halfpipe competition of the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup 2006/2007 Saturday in South Korea. The 22 year-old Ligocka successfully defeatued Korea’s Mi-Yeon Lee and Yea-Na Kim (24.9 and 21.2), winning her career’s second World Cup victory with 30.3 points. … Continue reading Ligocka, Batchelor Take World Cup Snowboard Victories in Sungwoo’s Halfpipe →