St. Moritz, Switzerland – Colorado’s Mikaela Shiffrin became the first female skier in 78 years to win three consecutive World Championship slalom titles at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships on Saturday. In explosive fashion under a bright blue sky and skiing on a rock-hard course, Shiffrin matched Germany’s Christl Cranz (1937, 1938, 1939) as the … Continue reading Shiffrin Wins Third Straight World Championships Slalom
St. Moritz, Switzerland – While Thursday was sunny and warm at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz, the bright sun hid for most of Friday’s giant slalom race—proving chillier with tough visibility. Many men struggled with the flat light and falling snow, but you couldn’t see that in Marcel Hirscher’s run, who, after finishing … Continue reading Hirscher Takes World Champs GS
St. Moritz, Switzerland – With the fastest second run of the day, Mikaela Shiffrin grabbed her first career World Championships giant slalom medal Thursday, finishing second on a sun-soaked course at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Tessa Worley of France took the victory by 0.34 seconds for her second World Championship giant slalom title, as … Continue reading Shiffrin Skis To First GS Medal
St. Moritz, Switzerland – Lindsey Vonn stood at the top of Engiadina looking out at the expanse of Swiss alpine peaks in every direction. It was a scenario she had been a part of many times before – her seventh World Championships. Now 32 years old, the then Lindsey Kildow was just 17 when she pushed … Continue reading Behind the Gold: Good as Gold
St. Moritz, Switzerland – It was a gorgeous day on Tuesday for the team event at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz —a thrilling head-to-head race pitting one country against another. This year, the French team of Tessa Worley, Mathieu Faivre, Alexis Pinturault, Julien Lizeroux, Nastasia Noens and Adeline Baud Mugnier was victorious, taking … Continue reading France Wins World Championships Team Event
St. Moritz, Switzerland – The Swiss had another amazing day at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships after Luca Aerni earned the alpine combined gold medal, winning his first major event in front of the roaring home-country crowd. His teammate Mauro Caviezel took home the bronze medal, bringing the medal tally for the host nation … Continue reading Worlds Men’s Combined a Swiss Surprise
St. Moritz, Switzerland – After a rare mid-mountain fog bank scrubbed Saturday’s scheduled men’s downhill at the Audi FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz, Beat Feuz of Switzerland secured the gold medal in front of the hometown crowd on a make-up day on Sunday. Canadian Erik Guay continued his dominant week in St. Moritz to … Continue reading Feuz Wins World Champs Downhill
