Italian Ski Racer Sofia Goggia Fractures Leg During Training in Italy Italian speed specialist Sofia Goggia broke her leg during training today, Monday, February 5, 2024, on the Casola Nera run in the Ponte di Legno Tonale ski area in Italy. La Regina della Velocita, The Queen of Speed, got her inside ski caught in a gate on a right turn while training for the World Cup in Soldeu, Andorra, sending […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 5, 2024 1 Comment
Goggia Wins Super-G FIS World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland, While Shiffrin Narrowly Misses Out On Podium On Friday, December 8, 2023, Sofia Goggia from Italy won the first of two Super-G races at St. Moritz, Switzerland, almost a second ahead of the next best skier. It was the first speed event of the season, after cancellation of the FIS speed races at Matterhorn Ski Paradise at the Swiss-Italian border last month. Second place went to Austria’s […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 9, 2023 0 Comments
Successful Training Run at Cervino, Italy, Raises Hope That the Women’s FIS Alpine World Cup Downhill Race Will Go Ahead After the men’s downhill race as well as two of three men’s training runs at Matterhorn Ski Paradise at the Swiss/Italian border were canceled, everyone was starting to worry about the women’s races scheduled for this week. The International Ski & Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’) has been trying to get the first-ever cross-border race off the ground unsuccessfully for the last […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | November 16, 2023 0 Comments
Matterhorn Speed Opening Remains Plagued with Issues As Today’s Women’s Training is Canceled on Swiss/Italian Border The Local Organization Committee (‘LOC’) at the Matterhorn Speed Opening on the Swiss/Italian border announced this morning that the Women’s Downhill training run was canceled. Strong winds and heavy snowfalls made training impossible. Last week, the Men’s FIS Alpine World Cup Speed Opening was canceled. Both of the men’s downhill races had to be called off due to wind and […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | November 15, 2023 0 Comments
FIS Alpine World Cup 23/24 Season Shaping Up The International Ski & Snowboard Federation ‘FIS’ held its spring time meeting last week for the first time since 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meetings were canceled for the last three years. This year’s meetings were held from May 3-5, 2023, in Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia, where they also hed been held in 2019. The meetings are attended by FIS […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | May 8, 2023 0 Comments
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
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
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