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Mia Jones Wins Inaugural FIS Freeride World Championships in Andorra with Americans on All Podiums

The first ever FIS Freeride World Championships went off yesterday, squeezing almost all of the competitors into a tight weather window on the Basser Negre face at Ordino Arcalis in Andorra. More than a couple of feet of new snow led to a significant weather delay at the start of the event, and hid many of the smaller rocks throughout […]
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All You Need to Know About the 2026 Inaugural FIS Freeride World Championships in Andorra

VERBIER, Switzerland – December 9, 2025: From February 1–6, 2026, the legendary terrain of Ordino Arcalís, Andorra, will host the first-ever FIS Freeride World Championships, a historic milestone for the sport of freeride skiing and snowboarding. Sanctioned by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), this new championship represents the highest level of freeride competition on the global stage. Event […]
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Freeride World Tour Announces Return to Haines, Alaska, and Inaugural World Championships

Some of the best freeride athletes in the world will assemble in the Catalan Pyrenees in mid-January to kick off the 2026 edition of the Freeride World Tour. The world-renowned freeride competition will feature six different stops including a return to Haines, Alaska, after a nine-year hiatus. Related:GoFundMe Helps Athletes and Para Athletes Make The Olympic Dream A Reality Known […]
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Reigning Super-G World Champion Announces Retirement from Alpine Ski Racing

Reigning Super-G World Champion Stephanie Venier, a standout on the Austrian alpine ski team for more than a decade, announced her retirement from competitive ski racing on Thursday, August 7. The 31-year-old can look back on a 12-year World Cup ski racing career that includes three World Cup victories, three World Championship medals, and three Junior World Championship medals. “The […]
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Mikaela Shiffrin Marks 100 Career Victories Across World Cups, World Championships & Olympics

With her 91st World Cup victory on Saturday in the Downhill at St. Moritz, Switzerland, ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin has marked her 100th career victory. Aside from her 91 FIS World Cup victories, Shiffrin has won two Olympic Gold medals in the Slalom in Sochi, Russia, in 2014 and the Giant Slalom in PyeongChang, South Korea, in 2018, as well […]
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FIS Receives 3 Bids to Host 2029 Alpine World Championships

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Every two years, the International Ski & Snowboard Federation’ FIS’ holds World Championships in its various disciplines. The last World Championships were this year, with Courchevel and Méribél, France, being hosts of the Alpine World Championships. Other FIS disciplines, like Cross-country or Freestyle, hold their events for logistical reasons in separate locations. For example, this year’s Cross-Country World Championships were […]
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Alpine Ski Racing’s Oldest Medallist Johan Clarey Retires At 42

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French ski racer Johan Clarey, the oldest skier to podium at a FIS World Cup, the Winter Olympics, and the FIS World Championship, has retired at age 42. In a career that began in Lake Louise, Canada, in November 2003, Clarey competed in four Winter Olympics and six World Championships. Last week’s FIS World Cup Finals marked his last competitive Downhill race, and the French […]
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U.S. Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Giant-Slalom World Championship in Courchevel and Méribél, France

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U.S. race skier Mikaela Shiffrin won Gold at the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel and Méribél, France, in Giant-Slalom. It is the American’s first-ever World Championship victory in Giant Slalom, after placing second in 2017 and 2021 and third in 2019. Shiffrin came into today’s race as the favorite, as she is currently the 22/23  World Cup leader in Giant-Slalom […]
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Australian Nordic Skier Competes in Shorts and Singlet at World Championships

Australian Skier Mark Pollock Competes in Shorts and Singlet

Australian nordic skiing competitor Mark Pollock took advantage of the warm weather at the FIS Ski World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, to compete in a singlet and compression shorts. His outfit choice quickly made him into an internet sensation in the world of winter sports, in particular in Australia and Europe. According to Yahoo Sport Australia, Pollock decided to forego […]
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