Alpine skiing

Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback

Lindsey Vonn says she is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team in an attempt to race again at age 40. Thursday’s announcement comes more than six years after Vonn’s last Olympics.

Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn says she is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team at age 40

Italian 19-year-old skier Matilde Lorenzi dies from her injuries after crash in training

Steen Olsen leads Norwegian sweep in skiing WCup opener, Braathen and Hirscher make strong comebacks

Unheralded Hensien leads US ski team with Shiffrin and O’Brien to best GS result in 32 years

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Italian skier Brignone wins World Cup season opener as Shiffrin drops to 5th

Italian skier Federica Brignone has won the women’s World Cup season opener after first-run leader Mikaela Shiffrin dropped to fifth.

American skier Nina O’Brien ready for another comeback after breaking left leg twice

Nina O’Brien’s rollercoaster ski career over the last three seasons includes winning a gold medal with the U.S. ski team at the 2023 world championships and breaking her left lower leg twice.

Ski great Marcel Hirscher confirms his first World Cup start in 5 years

Austrian skiing great Marcel Hirscher has confirmed his start in Sunday’s World Cup season-opening giant slalom in Soelden. He makes his return to competitive skiing after 2,051 days and starts for the Netherlands.

World Cup skiing opens with Shiffrin nearing 100 wins, notable comebacks and new safety measures

A series of high-profile crashes in the previous Alpine skiing season throws a shadow over the start of the new World Cup campaign this weekend. Many of the injured skiers have not sufficiently recovered yet.

Marco Odermatt named skier of the year after winning 13 races and third overall title

Swiss standout Marco Odermatt has been named skier of the year by the federation of ski journalists. Odermatt won 13 World Cup races on the way to his third straight overall title last season.

Comebacks of Braathen and Hirscher put Brazil and Netherlands in Alpine skiing spotlight

Two ski stars coming out of retirement put the spotlights in the buildup to the 2024-25 World Cup season on Brazil and the Netherlands. The two nations are usually not associated with top-level ski racing.

Norwegian ski star Kilde needs more surgery on injured shoulder and will miss 2024-25 season

Norwegian skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde will miss the entire 2024-25 season because his injured left shoulder requires surgery again. Kilde crashed badly in a downhill in Switzerland in January.

US ski star Shiffrin to skip downhills in upcoming season as she nears milestone of 100 career wins

American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin won’t race downhills in the upcoming World Cup season in which she aims for her 100th career win.

Swiss downhill racer Niels Hintermann diagnosed with cancer and will miss ski season for treatment

Swiss downhill racer Niels Hintermann will miss the entire ski season after being diagnosed with lymph node cancer. The 29-year-old Hintermann is a three-time race winner on the World Cup circuit.

Bighorn sheep habitat to remain untouched as Vail agrees to new spot for workforce housing

A decade-long saga involving planned workforce housing for the Vail ski resort on land inhabited by Colorado’s bighorn sheep has been resolved, with the resort agreeing to build in another part of town.

World ski body and UN weather agency team up to help winter sports plan for climate change

Winter sports are facing a long-time crisis because of climate change and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation has teamed up with the United Nations weather agency.

Norwegian cross-country skiing star Therese Johaug back in sport after retiring two years ago

Norwegian cross-country skiing star Therese Johaug is returning to the sport after retiring two years ago.

US downhill skier Breezy Johnson banned for 14 months for breaking anti-doping rules

Downhill skier Breezy Johnson has been banned for 14 months for three violations of anti-doping rules and can’t race until December. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has published its decision for Johnson’s failure to comply with the whereabouts rules.

Marcel Hirscher retired from skiing at the top. He’s back to race for a country with no mountains

Eight-time overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher is planning to return to ski racing next season after five years in retirement. And he’s going to compete for his mom’s country the Netherlands instead of his native Austria.

Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde announce their engagement

Skiing power couple Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde have announced they’re engaged to be married.

Swiss stars Odermatt, Gut-Behrami top prize money list for Alpine skiing’s World Cup circuit

Swiss stars Marco Odermatt and Lara Gut-Behrami earned the most money on Alpine skiing’s World Cup circuit this season, although the two overall champions made less than the record $1 million totals of one year ago.

Odermatt wins fourth World Cup title of the season after downhill finale canceled due to weather

“Something very special,” Odermatt said. “I spoke to Hermann two years ago in summer, when I won my first globes and he told me it is cool when you can’t hold all the globes. So I think this will be a good feeling.”

Huetter wins World Cup downhill race to clinch her 1st title and deny Gut-Behrami her 4th of season

Cornelia Huetter has won the downhill race to clinch her first-ever title and deny Lara Gut-Behrami her fourth of the season on a surprising final day of the women’s World Cup campaign.

Ski star Odermatt seals World Cup super-G title as teammate Rogentin leads Swiss sweep of podium

Standout skier Marco Odermatt earned another World Cup crystal globe Friday on a stellar day for the Swiss team in the Austrian sunshine. Odermatt skied at midday on sun-soaked snow and finished in fifth place in the last super-G of the season.

Overall World Cup champion Lara Gut-Behrami adds super-G title. Ester Ledecka wins final race

Swiss skiing star Lara Gut-Behrami has won the World Cup season title in super-G for the fifth time. She did just enough by placing seventh in the last race Friday won by the 2018 Olympic champion Ester Ledecka.

Downhill training canceled at World Cup finals to protect slope before speed races

The men’s and women’s downhill trainings at the skiing World Cup finals in Saalbach, Austria, have been canceled.

Timon Haugan wins men’s slalom at World Cup finals. Manuel Feller receives his 1st globe

Timon Haugan has held on to his first-run lead to win the men’s slalom at the World Cup finals and give the Norwegian ski team its first victory of the season.

Swiss star Gut-Behrami secures overall and GS titles after finishing 10th at World Cup finals

Lara Gut-Behrami has secured the women’s World Cup overall and giant slalom titles after finishing 10th in the GS at the World Cup finals.

Shiffrin caps injury-marred ski season with record-extending 60th win in slalom and 97th overall

Mikaela Shiffrin has capped her season that was marred by a six-week injury layoff with her record-extending 60th win in slalom and 97th overall at the World Cup finals.

Swiss skier Meillard wins last GS of season as Odermatt misses 45-year-old record

Marco Odermatt has failed to complete his perfect giant slalom season and match a 45-year-old record at the World Cup finals. The Swiss star skied out in the second run while holding a commanding lead over eventual winner Loic Meillard.

Shiffrin wins 1st race after six-week injury layoff to lock up World Cup slalom season title

Mikaela Shiffrin has made a triumphant return to the Alpine skiing World Cup after a six-week injury layoff.

Italian skier Federica Brignone wins women’s World Cup GS to stay in contention for season title

Italian skier Federica Brignone used a blistering second run to win the season’s penultimate women’s World Cup giant slalom and stay in contention for the discipline title.

Shiffrin concedes ski World Cup title ahead of comeback, talks of Kilde’s ‘life and death’ injury

Mikaela Shiffrin is no longer challenging for a women’s record-tying sixth World Cup overall title this month as she prepares her comeback to racing from injury. The American star also praised standings leader Lara Gut-Behrami’s “stunning” skiing.

Brazil gains Winter Olympics medal prospect after skier Lucas Braathen switches from Norway

Brazil has a top Winter Olympics medal prospect. Alpine skier Lucas Braathen has announced he will compete for his mother’s home nation instead of Norway. Braathen’s father is Norwegian and he split from Norway’s ski team last October.

Austrian skier Manuel Feller clinches the World Cup slalom title after Kranjska Gora race canceled

Austrian skier Manuel Feller has clinched the World Cup slalom title for his first career crystal globe when Saturday’s race in Kranjska Gora was canceled because of heavy rain at the Slovenian resort.