Soelden, Austria – On an icy injected course in Soelden, Colorado’s Mikaela Shiffrin threw down two solid runs of giant slalom to walk away with second place at the first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup of the 2015-16 season. She finished behind Italian Federica Brignone, who won her first World Cup in her eight-year career. Tina … Continue reading Shiffrin Second in World Cup Opener
Soelden, Austria – Just a day before the World Cup season opening women’s giant slalom in Austria, American ski racer Lindsey Vonn has confirmed that she won’t be in the starting gate. Vonn, of Vail, Colo., is still recovering from an ankle fracture while training in New Zealand in August. She traveled to Soelden to … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn Confirms She’s a Scratch for Soelden
Soelden, Austria – Just three days before the opening of the World Cup Alpine ski racing season, Austrian athlete Anna Fenninger is out for the entire winter after suffering a severe knee injury in a training crash on the Rettenbach Glacier on Wednesday. … Continue Reading ››
Soelden, Austria – On Saturday, all eyes will turn to the majestic Rettenbach Glacier in Soelden for the 2015-16 Audi FIS Ski World Cup opener. In the ski racing community, this could very well be considered Mecca. The Audi FIS Ski World Cup opener at Soelden is, in many ways, a testing ground. Until the big show on Saturday … Continue reading World Cup Ski Season Kicks Off This Weekend
Soelden, Austria – When the World Cup ski racing season kicks off next week on the Rettenbach Glacier in this Austrian resort, it will do so without Squaw Valley’s Julia Mancuso. (photo: Julia Mancuso/Instagram) Mancuso, 31, posted to Instagram on Wednesday that she … Continue Reading ››
Soelden, Austria – When the World Cup ski racing season kicks off later this month in the Austrian resort of Soelden, one of the circuit’s most enduring figures from the past two decades won’t be leaving the starting gate. Two-time Olympian Benjamin Raich, 37, announced his retirement from World Cup ski racing in September after 19 years … Continue reading World Cup Ski Season to Open Without Benni Raich
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