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Origins: Ski Racing

Steven Nyman ran bib No. 1 in Saturday’s Hahnenkamm Downhill in front of 70,000 fans. (Getty Images/Agence Zoom-Alexis Boichard)

In the second edition of Origins, we will be looking at the long history of ski racing and how it came to be one of the biggest winter sports. If you haven’t already, check out the first edition of Origins that dives deep into the history of grooming snow. Related: Origins: Groomers The act of skiing has been dated back […]

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Extreme Carving Snowboard Slalom

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Alex Camerino | July 29, 2020
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Woman’s Kobe Bryant Tribute Upsets World Cup Slalom Racer

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A scantily-clad woman upset racers at the Schladming World Cup slalom on Tuesday by crossing the finish line waving a banner in memory of late NBA great Kobe Bryant. Italian racer Alex Vinatzer celebrated taking the lead in the second run only to discover that the woman, whose banner read ’24 RIP KOBE’, had triggered the clock before he had crossed […]

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92-Year-Old Has Life Long Dream Come True, To Go Skiing

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Have you ever had a dream that you think may not be possible or just seems a little too far-fetched to accomplish? If so then you should reconsider and do everything you can to make it come true. Life is short and accomplishing a dream is always worth the effort. One such dream that a 92-year old care home resident […]

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Ryan Nadiak | January 17, 2020
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Mikaela Shiffrin Finished Third in World Cup Slalom in Flachau, Austria Yesterday

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Mikaela Shiffrin lost to Slovakian Petra Vlhova for the second straight World Cup slalom race, at Flachau in Austria yesterday. It is the first time in over five years that Shiffrin has failed to win in successive slalom races Shiffrin finished third overall, 0.43-seconds slower than first placed Vlhova. Sweden’s Anna Swenn-Larsson was second, by only 0.10-seconds. Vlhova claimed her seventh World […]

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Mikaela Shiffrin’s Year-Long Slalom Domination Comes to An End With Defeat in Croatia

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Mikaela Shiffrin’s year-long domination of the slalom came to an end at the weekend, as she was beaten by Slovakian Petra Vlhova, 24 under the lights in Zagreb, Croatia. Related: VIDEO: Mikaela Shiffrin Season Edit | Looking Back at an Historic 2018/2019 Season… Shiffrin had won the previous six World Cup slaloms dating to February 2019. With a 1.31-second margin, Vlhova recorded […]

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World Cup Report: Giant Slalom Update – Mikaela Shiffrin Made Another World Cup Podium

Watching the giant slalom is never boring but yesterday it was a quite dramatic fight! Italian Marta Bassino took the first place in the first run surprisingly after disappointing 12th in Solden, finishing in just 49.05 s. She was 0.23 s ahead of Petra Vlhova (she was 14th in previous GS in Austria) and 0.29 s faster than Michelle Gisin (she was […]

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Claire Weiss | December 2, 2019
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Mikaela Shiffrin Wins World Cup Slalom City Event in Stockholm, Sweden

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Mikaela Shiffrin finished her preparations for next month’s world championships by winning Stockholm’s World Cup slalom city event on Tuesday. Shiffrin’s victory saw her consolidate her lead atop the overall World Cup standings and has now amassed 1,203 points, with Lara Gut second on 1,023. City event slaloms are like a slug-fest on snow as racers punch through the gates. But […]

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Ester Ledecka Snowboards Faster Than You. She Skis Faster Than You Too!

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When we think of multi-sport athletes, our minds tend to go directly towards biathletes or triathletes. Most compete in events with closely related skill sets, such as running and biking or ones that involve a less physically demanding counterpart, such as shooting would be to nordic skiing. From time-to-time, we see individuals who are talented in more than one physically […]

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Jon Roubik | January 11, 2019
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‘Snow Queen’ Mikaela Shiffrin Claims 7th Straight Slalom Victory

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For the fourth time in her career, Mikaela Shiffrin was crowned the “Snow Queen” following her FIS Ski World Cup slalom win in Zagreb, Croatia, Saturday. This was also her seventh-straight World Cup slalom win and her 37th career slalom victory. Shiffrin’s huge 1.25-second margin of victory is her largest since she defeated Holdener by 1.58 seconds on March 17, […]

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Mikaela Shiffrin is Winningest Female World Cup Slalom Skier Ever

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Mikaela Shiffrin, 23 finished the best year of her career by breaking yet another record, overtaking one of her childhood heroes to become the most successful female slalom skier in World Cup history. In the final race of 2018, she added her 36th slalom victory, having previously shared the record with Austria’s Marlies Raich (Schild), who won 35 times before retiring […]

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German Slalom Skier Stripped of World Cup Victory for Using an Oxygen Mask Between Runs

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Stefan Luitz of Germany picked up what should have been the biggest victory of his career on Dec. 2 when he finished first in a giant slalom race at the World Cup in Beaver Creek, CO. However, it has emerged that the International Skiing Federation intends to strip him of his first career win for using an oxygen mask between […]

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#BeastWorldCup at Killington, VT – Beyond the Races

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Michael Nocek | November 30, 2018
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Mikaela Shiffrin Claims 34th World Cup Slalom Win | Needs One More to Equal Women’s All-Time Record

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Mikaela Shiffrin completed a hat-trick of Killington Cup slalom wins on Sunday to delight a passionate home crowd in Vermont. Having just missed out on the podium in Saturday’s giant slalom, Shiffrin responded magnificently with a near-flawless second run to secure victory by over half a second from Petra Vlhova of Slovakia. Killington in Vermont has adopted Shiffrin as one […]

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Mikaela Shiffrin Begins her World Cup Defence with a Dominating Slalom Victory in Finland

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Monday Mayhem: OUCH! Slalom Skier Feels the Pain Between his Legs

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Mikaela Shiffrin Breaks Another Record with Weekend Slalom Win | First Racer to Reach 42 World Cup Victories before 23rd Birthday

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With a win in Saturday’s World Cup slalom at Ofterschwang, Germany, Mikaela Shiffrin became the first racer to reach 42 career victories on the World Cup circuit before the age of 23. Shiffrin, who turns 23 on Tuesday but says her body is making her feel older than her age, needed extra physical therapy after Friday’s giant slalom that clinched […]

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Steven Agar | March 12, 2018
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Mikaela Shiffrin Wins a Silver Medal in the Women’s Combined | Lindsey Vonn Failed to Finish Slalom

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Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin faced off for the first, and last, time in the 2018 Winter Olympics on Thursday morning and afternoon (Wednesday night and Thursday morning stateside) in the women’s alpine skiing combined, a set of two races in which the fastest total time determines the winner. Shiffrin earned silver, behind Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin. Vonn, who came on strong in the first of […]

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Steven Agar | February 22, 2018
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VIDEO: Snowballs Thrown at Racer during Alpine Ski World Cup Slalom Event

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Norwegian slalom skier Henrik Kristoffersen was in the middle of his run when fans threw snowballs at him in an attempt to distract him. The incident happens at 1:00 in the video. “That was disrespectful. That was not cool at all,” said Kristoffersen (via the AP), who came second to rival Marcel Hirscher. Though he was visibly annoyed, he did not blame […]

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Steven Agar | January 25, 2018
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Mikaela! Shiffrin Claims 5th Straight World Cup Victory, Longest Streak in 20 Years

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Mikaela Shiffrin claimed another victory last night and became the first Alpine skier to win five straight World Cup races in 20 years, coming from behind in a night slalom in Flachau, Austria. Shiffrin won for the eighth time in nine races overall, prevailing by .94 of a second combining times from two runs over Austrian Bernadette Schild. “This was the […]

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Steven Agar | January 10, 2018
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