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Lucas Braathen Claims Another Brazilian Podium as Marco Schwarz Wins the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy

The men’s Alpine Ski World Cup rolled into one of its most unforgiving venues on Sunday, December 21, with the Giant Slalom on the Gran Risa in Alta Badia, Italy, delivering drama, surprises, and razor-thin margins—exactly what the steep, technical slope is famous for. Run 1: Schwarz Lays Down the Gauntlet Starting in bib 1, Austria’s Marco Schwarz wasted no […]
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Marco Odermatt Makes History By Winning Record FIS Points with Giant Slalom Victory at World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra

Marco Odermatt

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 […]
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Super-G Tightly Held in Swiss Hands at 2023 Alpine World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra

Lara Gut Behrami and Marco Odermatt

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 […]
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Men’s FIS Alpine World Cup Continues in Palisades Tahoe, CA, After Positive ‘Snow Control’

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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 […]
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Another Swiss Double Podium at Men’s Giant Slalom at 2023 World Championships

Odermatt Meillard

Friday, February 17, 2023, saw the Men’s Giant Slalom at the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel and Méribél, France. Victory went to Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt—silver to his teammate Loic Meillard and Bronze to Austria’s Marco Schwarz. One hundred starters were battling it out for the title of Giant Slalom World Champion. US representatives in the starting gate were Tommy Ford, River […]
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Alexis Pinturault Wins 2023 World Championships in Combined — 4th Place for US Skier River Radamus

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Alexis Pinturault smashed the Combined on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at the 2023 FIS Alpine World Championships in Courchevel and Méribél, France. Much like Federica Brignone yesterday, the French native was in the lead after the first run — the Super-G race — meaning he was first to start the Slalom run, which arguably gives you an advantage as the course […]
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