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FIS Gives Green Light for Alpine World Cup Finals at Saalbach, Austria, After Positive ‘Snow Control’

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Ski Austria (‘ÖSV’), the Austrian federal skiing body, has confirmed that after the positive ‘snow control’ today, March 7, 2024, the International Ski & Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’) has given the green light for the FIS Alpine World Cup Finals at Saalbach in Austria. Snow control for FIS races is an inspection of the conditions on a World Cup race course […]
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[VIDEO] Mikaela Shiffrin’s Return to Ski Racing Uncertain as Ski Racer Shares Updates on her Training Progress

Last week, American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin shared her intentions to return to the FIS Alpine World Cup for the technical races in Åre, Sweden, on March 9 and 10.  Yesterday, however, the 28-year-old shared an update on her social media, where she admits that the comeback has been harder than she had anticipated. It is Shiffrin’s first knee injury […]
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Another Ski Racer Evacuated by Helicopter at FIS Alpine World Cup in Bormio, Italy

Italian ski racer Christof Innerhofer suffered a nasty-looking crash one day after Austria’s Marco Schwarz suffered season-ending injuries. The Italian skier lost his grip after a roller during the Super-G race on Friday, December 29, 2023, and flew at full speed into the B-nets, not without taking out a gate as well on his descent. The crash looked so horrific […]
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Airbags Will Become Compulsory for Downhill & Super-G Ski Racers from 2024/25

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The International Ski & Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’) is planning to make the use of airbags compulsory for Downhill and Super-G ski racers from 2024/25. According to a FIS spokesperson, airbags have “proven to be a valuable measure to increase the safety of athletes in speed races.” The recent serious crash of Canadian Broderick Thompson brought attention back to the discussion […]
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Vlhova Beats Shiffrin in Slalom Race to Claim her 30th World Cup Victory at Courchevel, France

Slovakian race skier Petra Vlhova beat Mikaela Shiffrin in a nail biting finish in Slalom at the World Cup in Courchevel, France, on Thursday, December 21, 2023. It was clear after the first run that this race was going to be decided between Vlhova and Shiffrin. There was 0.17 seconds separating the two skiers, with Shiffrin in the lead with […]
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Bryce Bennett from Team USA Wins the Men’s Downhill FIS World Cup at Val Gardena/Gröden, Italy

Finally, after weeks and weeks of cancellations, the first Men’s Downhill of the season took place today, December 14, 2023, in Val Gardena/Gröden, Italy. The weather Gods were smiling down, with blue skies and gleaming sunshine, as the world’s fastest and most fearless male alpine skiers shot down the Saslong course. There was freshly fallen snow on the trees, but […]
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