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Italy’s Olympic Freestyle Medal Hope Suffers ACL Tear in Training Just 4 Months Ahead of Home Olympics

17-year-old Italian freeski prodigy Flora Tabanelli—the reigning Freeski Big Air World Cup champion and one of Italy’s brightest medal hopes for the 2026 Winter Olympics—has sustained a serious knee injury during training at the  Stubai Glacier in Austria. Related: Top International Athletes to Attend Prime Park Sessions at Stubai Glacier, Austria, Ahead of 2026 Olympics According to a statement from […]
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All Systems Go for Slalom World Cup at Levi, Finland, After Positive Snow Control

The opening races of the men’s and women’s halfpipe season of the Levi World Cup will take place as planned on 14-16 November 2025, although the exceptionally warm and prolonged autumn has brought challenges for snowmaking and slope maintenance. On Thursday, November 6, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) gave the green light for the race to go ahead […]
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Criminal Investigation Launched into the Death of Rising Ski Star Matilde Lorenzi

A year after the tragic death of 19-year-old Italian ski promising star Matilde Lorenzi, investigators from the Prosecutor’s Office in Bolzano have opened a formal criminal case including two named suspects in connection with the crash. The announcement represents a significant development in what had previously been treated as a tragic but accidental training incident. Related: Italian Ski Racer Killed […]
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Czech Ski Racer Ester Ledecká Confirms She’s a Woman—and Mildly Allergic to Kryptonite

Double Olympic champion Ester Ledecká has once again proven that she can do it all—ski, snowboard, and—apparently—take a gender test with a sense of humor sharper than her carving edge. Related: Czechia’s Ester Ledecká Picks Snowboard Over Downhill Skiing for Milano-Cortina 2026 In an Instagram post that quickly made the rounds across the ski world, Ledecká revealed she’d taken the […]
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Swedish Resort Idre Fjäll Withdraws from Hosting 2025–26 Ski Cross and Moguls World Cup Events

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Sweden’s Idre Fjäll has announced that it will not host any FIS World Cup events in ski cross or moguls during the 2025–26 season, ending a streak of high-profile competitions that helped establish the resort as one of Scandinavia’s premier freestyle venues. The Idre Fjäll moguls competition was schedueled for December 13-14, 2025, and is one of the staple events […]
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Lindsey Vonn to Feature in November 24 Issue of Time Magazine

U.S. ski racer Lindsey will feature on the cover of the November 24, 2025, issue of the famous Time magazine.Time is the world’s longest-running weekly news magazine and interviewed the iconic athlete in a dedicated feature piece. Time’s senior sports correspondent Sean Gregory conducted the interview with the 41-year-old skier and shares her struggles, dreams, and ambitions with readers—but above […]
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Impressive Performance by Team USA at World Cup in Sölden, Austria, as Paula Moltzan Places 2nd & Mikaela Shiffrin 4th

And we are back—the FIS Alpine World Cup season opener is here, and the day saw Austria’s first World Cup Giant Slalom victory in years. An impressive Paula Moltzan skied into second while veteran skier Lara Gut-Behrami finished in third. The morning started with run 1 at 9 a.m.—after some recent snowfalls and wild weather, the weather gods were benevolent […]
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Two Snowboarders Make U.S. History Stomping Cork 1440s in Training at Saas-Fee, Switzerland

17-year-old Alessandro Barbieri and 20-year-old Joey Okesson made history after each stomping individual triple cork 1440s in the halfpipe course at Saas-Fee, Switzerland, this month. Few others have been able to complete such a rotation, but these riders have distinguished themselves as being the first U.S. athletes to pull off the difficult trick. Nestled in the Swiss Alps is the […]
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Mikaela Shiffrin Launches Own Brand & Podcast Ahead of the 2025-26 Winter Season

Electric pink for an electric skier. | Image: Mikaela Shiffrin IG

Mikaela Shiffrin just launched her own brand with a dynamic, new logo just days ahead of launching her own podcast. The logo—a combination of her initials, MS, with the right leg of the ‘M’ shaped into an ‘S’—is formed by two lines, like two parallel skis. The all-time winningest World Cup ski racer will debut her podcast “What’s the Point […]
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Marta Bassino’s Olympic Dream Slips Away as the Italian Ski Racer Breaks Leg in Training

With just two days to go until the 2025-26 World Cup Season Opener in Sölden, Austria, training is heating up. Unfortunately, for one ski racer the season ended before it even started: Marta Bassino broke her tibial plateau in training at the Schnalstaler Glacier/Val Senales in Italy. The 29-year-old, one of Italy’s top skiers and a favorite for the upcoming […]
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Brazilian-Norwegian Ski Racer Lucas Braathen Has Close Call During Training at Sölden, Austria

Lucas Braathen narrowly escaped a potentially career-ending crash during training in Sölden, Austria. The Brazilian-Norwegian ski racer collided with a passerby who was traversing across the training gates. The unidentified person was seemingly oblivious to the fact that they were endangering themselves as well as athletes in training. Braathen is training in Sölden for the FIS Alpine World Cup season […]
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World Cup Season Opener at Sölden, Austria, Receives Green Light from FIS

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has given the green light for the World Cup Season Opener at Sölden, Austria, next week. In a procedure known as ‘snow control,’ officials from FIS, as well as the Local Organizing Committee (LOC), inspected the snow depth and preparation of the racing slope on the Rettenbach Gletscher on Thursday, October 16. Snow […]
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Mathieu Faivre, Olympic Medalist, World Champion, & Former Partner of Mikaela Shiffrin, Announces Retirement

Home favorite Faivre gets 1st win in World Cup giant slalom Val d'Isere, France, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016. Photo Philippe Desmazes. AFP

French ski racer Mathieu Faivre has announced his retirement on his social media account. In a video posted on Instagram, Faivre said with sadness in his voice, “I have decided to announce the end of my ski carreer.” Faivre is a seasoned Giant Slalom skier who has three World Championships and an Olympic medal to his name. U.S. readers may remember […]
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