Mikaela Shiffrin Makes It 2/2 Giant-Slalom World Cup Wins in Semmering, Austria After smashing the first Giant-Slalom (‘GS’) event at the FIS World Cup in Semmering on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, Mikaela Shiffrin also managed to win the second GS event at the Austrian ski resort on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, taking her tally of World Cup wins to 79. The 27-year-old is having a fantastic start to her thirteenth FIS World […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 30, 2022 1 Comment
Dogs, Legends, and Retirements – an Eventful Men’s Downhill and Super-G at the Men’s FIS Alpine World Cup in Bormio, Italy The men’s FIS World Cup speed races in Bormio promised to be a spectacular event. The race course in Bormio is known for being probably the toughest in the World Cup speed series. Consisting of a Downhill and a Super-G event, Bormio is typically the last World Cup event of the calendar year. The’ Stelvio’ race course has been host […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 30, 2022 0 Comments
Mikaela Does It Again — US Ski Racer Wins GS Event in Austria Mikaela Shiffrin returned from her brief Christmas break, spent with her boyfriend, Norwegian ski racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, to win the FIS Alpine World Cup GS race in Semmering, Austria. The FIS races in Semmering consist of three events this year, the race today having been added to the calendar to make up for the lost GS event from Sölden, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 28, 2022 0 Comments
Swiss Race Skier Beat Feuz Announces Retirement Swiss alpine race skier Beat Feuz announced his planned retirement from ski racing on social media this week. The 2017 World champion and 2022 Olympic champion in Downhill posted on Instagram in a joint post with the Swiss Ski Team his intention to retire on January 21, 2023, after competing in a final race at the famous Hahnenkamm race in […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 23, 2022 0 Comments
Shiffrin Wins Super-G in St. Moritz, Switzerland The FIS speed weekend in St Moritz, Switzerland, from December 16-18, 2022, consisted of two Downhill events on Friday and Saturday and one Super-G on Sunday. The Downhill was dominated by the Italians, with Italy’s Elena Curtoni winning on Friday and Sofia Goggia from Italy winning on Saturday. The winner on Sunday however was no Italian, but Team USA’s Mikaela […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 19, 2022 0 Comments
Italian Ski Racer Goggia Returns Hours After Surgery to Win Downhill Race With Fractured Hand This past weekend saw some incredible racing at St. Moritz, Switzerland, with many outstanding performances, but this year’s Women’s FIS Alpine World Cup in the Engadin will be remembered by “La Mano” (The Hand). Specifically, Sofia Goggia’s left hand fractured on Friday during the first speed event at the iconic Swiss Downhill event, when the Italian race skier hit a […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 19, 2022 1 Comment
Race Report: Mikaela Shiffrin Breaks Record, Vlhova Clinches World Cup Slalom Globe in Schladming, Austria The night Slalom in Schladming, Austria, is an iconic yearly stop on the Men’s Slalom World Cup tour. This year the popular slope was also used as a replacement race for a Women’s Slalom originally planned in Flachau, Austria. The Slalom event, held on January 11th, was the first time the Women’s course was set on the same pitch as the […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | January 12, 2022 2 Comments
Race Report: Sara Hector Reigns Victorious in Exciting Kranjska Gora World Cup Giant Slalom The small Slovenian town of Kranjska Gora has become a mainstay on the women’s Giant Slalom and Slalom World Cup tour. The small town, near the Italian and Austrian borders, served as the first Giant Slalom World Cup of the new year on January 8th. After struggling through tough snow and weather conditions in the previous slalom World Cup in Zagreb, […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | January 10, 2022 0 Comments
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