St. Moritz, Switzerland – Colorado’s Lindsey Vonn landed on the podium, taking the bronze medal, to lead all four Americans into the top 15 in Sunday’s downhill at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Slovenia’s Ilka Stuhec continued her dominant season to take the gold ahead of Austria’s Stephanie Venier, who grabbed the silver. Stuhec, … Continue reading Vonn Grabs World Championships Downhill Bronze →

St. Moritz, Switzerland – The hometown crowd had reason to celebrate on Friday as Switzerland swept the top two positions in women’s super combined at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, with Wendy Holdener taking the gold, and Michelle Gisin the silver – both first time World Championship medalists. Their joy, however, was short-lived as teammate Lara … Continue reading Switzerland Wins Worlds Super Combined, but Gut Is Out for the Season →

St. Moritz, Switzerland – The ladies were able to execute their second successful downhill training run at the St. Moritz Alpine Ski World Championships after waiting out the fog, revealing blue skies above their course. World Cup downhill standings leader Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia clocked the fastest time for the second day in a row. The … Continue reading Fog in St. Moritz Scrubs Men’s Downhill Training →

St. Moritz, Switzerland – Canada’s Erik Guay became the oldest World Champion in alpine skiing history on Wednesday, winning the men’s super G at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz. For Guay – the 35-year-old veteran of the Canadian Ski Team and one of only three athletes competing at these World Championships who also … Continue reading Canada’s Erik Guay Now the Oldest World Champion →

St. Moritz, Switzerland – After two days of snowfall canceled both men’s and women’s downhill training, the Salastrains course at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz was picture perfect on Tuesday. Twenty-seven-year-old Nicole Schmidhofer of Austria won today’s women’s super G, the opening race of the 2017 Championships. Tina Weirather of Lichtenstein was second … Continue reading Schmidhofer Wins Worlds Opening Super G as Vonn Skis Out →

St. Moritz, Switzerland – The 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships got underway today in Switzerland, with FIS President Gian Franco Kasper officially opening the event this evening during the Opening Ceremony. It is the fifth time that the Swiss town, located in Canton Graubunden, has welcomed the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. The previous editions … Continue reading World Ski Championships Open in St. Moritz →