Mikaela Shiffrin Earned More Than $1 Million in Prize Money in 22/23 World Cup Season U.S. ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin not only finished the 22/23 FIS World Cup season winning the Overall Crystal Globe, the Slalom Crystal Globe, and the Giant Slalom Crystal Globe, but the 28-year-old also walked away with more than $1 million in prize money. Related: Mikaela Shiffrin Is The First Skier To Win Over $1 MILLION In Prize Money Each FIS […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 26, 2023 0 Comments
Marco Odermatt Makes History By Winning Record FIS Points with Giant Slalom Victory at World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra Young-gun Marco Odermatt from Switzerland made history on Saturday, March 18, 2023, when he beat Herman Maier’s 23-year-standing record for most FIS points collected by a male alpine skier in one season. The 25-year-old Swiss won the Giant Slalom race at the 2023 World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra, taking him to 13 World Cup victories for the season and […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 20, 2023 0 Comments
USA Makes It 2-for-2 in 2023 Moguls World Cup Finals, Winning Dual Moguls Nations Trophy as Well in Almaty, Kazaksthan Saturday, March 18, 2023, saw the Dual Moguls event at the 2023 World Cup Finals in Almaty, Kazakhstan. A Dual Moguls event sees two skiers face off against each other, with seven judges awarding five points each. The elimination style format narrows competitors to the last four skiers, who will compete in a Big Final for first and second place, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 20, 2023 0 Comments
Shiffrin Wins Giant Slalom Event at 2023 FIS World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra, and Smashes More Records Sunday, March 19, 2023, saw the last alpine events of the World Cup season, and for the women, this was the Giant Slalom event, while the men had a Slalom race. This year, the FIS World Cup Finals in the alpine disciplines are being held in Soldeu, Andorra, and the weather in Andorra has been warm. The freezing line went across […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 20, 2023 0 Comments
USA Wins Women’s Slalom Nations Cup At 2023 World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra, & Shiffrin Awarded Slalom Crystal Globe It was a good day for Team USA at the Women’s Slalom World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra, on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Not only did Mikaela Shiffrin take home the 7th Slalom Crystal Globe of her career, but the Women’s Slalom Team also took home the coveted Slalom Nations Cup, which is based on the combined Slalom points earned by […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 19, 2023 0 Comments
USA Wins Nations Cup, Rookie of the Year and Double Podium in Moguls World Cup Finals in Almaty, Kazakhstan What a day it has been at the FIS World Cup Finals in Moguls in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The two-day event in Central Asia’s largest ski resort consists of a Single Moguls and Dual Moguls event. After the Moguls events, the Aerials World Cup Finals will be held in Almaty. Friday, March 17, 2023, saw the Men’s and Women’s qualifiers and […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 18, 2023 0 Comments
Super-G Tightly Held in Swiss Hands at 2023 Alpine World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra Thursday, March 16, saw the Men’s and Women’s Super-G event and the award for the end-of-season Super-G trophy, the elusive Crystal Globe, for the top-ranked skier in the discipline at the end of the 22/23 World Cup season. Both the World Cup win and the Super-G Crystal Globe went to Switzerland, with Marco Odermatt winning the men’s race and trophy […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 16, 2023 0 Comments
Recap of the 2023 FIS Alpine World Cup Finals in Downhill in Soldeu, Andorra Kicking off the Alpine World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra, were the alpine speed teams. The first event on the World Cup Finals calendar were the Men’s and Women’s Downhill events. A Downhill race is the fastest of the Alpine events and consists of a single run. Skiers will often reach speeds of 80-90mph. Germany’s Romed Baumann was first in […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 16, 2023 0 Comments
FIS Alpine World Cup Finals Calendar in Soldeu, Andorra — Who to Watch When This year, the last event of the FIS Alpine World Cup season is the World Cup Finals, held in Soldeu, Andorra. Andorra is a tiny principality between France and Spain, situated in the southern peaks of the Pyrenees mountains. Related: [VIDEO] Celebrating Mikaela Shiffrin, the Greatest Ski Racer of All Time Only the best 25 skiers of each discipline are invited, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 15, 2023 0 Comments
Dominant Odermatt Wins Both Giant-Slalom World Cup Races in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt showed just who’s boss in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, dominating the two Giant-Slalom events from the get-go. Odermatt was leading the rankings for Giant Slalom as well as the Overall 22/23 season standings going into the race but extended his lead by another 200 points with these two victories. On Saturday for the first run, the Swiss ski […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 13, 2023 0 Comments
U.S. Ski Racer Mikaela Shiffrin Crowns Herself the GOAT of Alpine Racing in Åre, Sweden, Winning Her 87th World Cup Mikaela Shiffrin is unstoppable. After tying with Ingemar Stenmark yesterday, Mikaela Shiffrin swept through the Slalom course like a tornado today in Åre, Sweden, winning her 87th World Cup with a lead of 0.92 seconds ahead of second placed Wendy Holdener from Switzerland. Shiffrin is seemingly in a league of her own. “It’s okay to be second or third if she […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 11, 2023 5 Comments
Recap: Women’s Alpine World Cup at Kvitfjell, Norway — US Ski Racer Mikaela Shiffrin Secures Overall Alpine World Cup Crystal Globe Mikaela Shiffrin has clinched the 22/23 overall Crystal Globe, the trophy awarded to the most successful skier across all alpine disciplines. Mikaela Shiffrin is currently at 1,828 points across all disciplines, while the next runner-up, Lara Gut-Behrami, is on a mere 1,007 points. There are only two events left, a Giant-Slalom and a Slalom event in Åre, Sweden on March, 11-12, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 8, 2023 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe Men’s FIS World Cup Was a Huge Success Last weekend Palisades Tahoe hosted 102 athletes from 23 countries for the men’s FIS Alpine World Cup. The event saw huge crowds supporting the men’s Giant Slalom and Slalom racers. Nearly 15,000 fans watched the action live, while ski racing enthusiasts tuned in from over 100 countries. The U.S. Ski Team brought nine athletes back to home soil while the […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 1, 2023 4 Comments
Men’s FIS Alpine World Cup Continues in Palisades Tahoe, CA, After Positive ‘Snow Control’ The International Ski and Snowboard Federation ‘FIS’ gave the go-ahead for The Stifel Palisades Tahoe Cup to host the Giant Slalom and Slalom scheduled for February 24-26, 2023. As with every stop on the Audi FIS Ski World Cup, each race course must pass ‘snow control’ ahead of the races to ensure course quality for the racers. Palisades Tahoe has […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 23, 2023 0 Comments
Mikaela Shiffrin Manages Trifecta in Semmering, Austria, And Collects 80th World Cup Victory Mikaela Shiffrin repeated her incredible feat of winning all three events in Semmering, Austria, during the races from December 27-29, 2022. The Team USA skier had first managed the hat trick in 2016 in Semmering. Winning three tech events in a row had only been done by one other female skier before, Switzerland’s Vreni Schneider in 1989. Mikaela has done […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 30, 2022 0 Comments
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
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
Season Opener Update: Great Results for USA Despite a Slew Of Canceled FIS World Cup Events in Europe Due to Weather The unseasonably warm weather has forced the cancellation of the first-ever cross-border FIS World Cup planned for next weekend, October 29, in Zermatt, Switzerland, and Cervinia, Italy. The bottom part of the course was not covered in sufficient snow to allow for a safe event. Related: Unseasonably Warm Temperatures Put First-Ever FIS World Cup Cross-Border Race in Switzerland and Italy […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 25, 2022 1 Comment
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