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
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
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
Another Gold for Italy at the 2023 World Championships in Women’s Super-G Along With a Silver Medal for Mikaela Shiffrin Day 3 of the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel and Méribél, France, consisted of a Women’s Super-G event. The field was comprised of 37 of the world’s best skiers, including Norway’s Ragnhild Mowinckel, the current leader in the 22/23 Super-G World Cup standings, and 2022 Olympic Gold medal winner in Super-G Lara Gut-Behrami from Switzerland, who also won the 2021’s World […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 8, 2023 1 Comment
Italy’s Federica Brignone World Champion in Combined as Mikaela Shiffrin is Disqualifed 2 Gates from Finish On Monday, February 6, 2023, the first of 13 Alpine events started at the World Championships in Courchevel and Méribél. The first race was the Women’s Alpine Combined, which consisted of a Super-G run followed by a Slalom run. The event is typically dominated by the technical skiers, even after the format was changed from two slalom runs to just […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 7, 2023 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
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Calendar Released for 22/23 – Women’s Events The full FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Calendar for winter 22/23 has been released. There will be a total of 42 women’s races in 21 different resorts. Below is the calendar for the women’s season 22/23 in Alpine ski racing. Related: FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Calendar Released for 22/23 – Men’s Events The women have the honor of kicking […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 14, 2022 0 Comments