National Winter Sports
Alpine skiing: Shiffrin wins fourth successive world slalom gold
Swiss Wendy Holdener was the halfway leader in the women’s slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships on Saturday with favorite Mikaela Shiffrin in third …
read moreAlpine skiing: Kristoffersen stuns Hirscher to claim thrilling GS gold
France’s Alexis Pinturault was on course for his second medal at this year’s Alpine skiing world championships as he set the fastest time in the …
read moreAlpine skiing: Vlhova takes giant slalom gold, Shiffrin bronze
American favorite Mikaela Shiffrin will require a second-run charge in the giant slalom on Thursday if she is to claim her second gold medal of …
read morePinturault braves tough conditions to take combined gold
Alexis Pinturault of France burst out of the pack to claim the gold in the men’s combined event at the Alpine World Skiing Championships in …
read moreVonn claims bronze in farewell race as Stuhec wins downhill
Slovenia’s Ilka Stuhec swept to gold in the women’s downhill at the Alpine Ski World Championships on Sunday, but her victory was eclipsed by a …
read moreAlpine skiing: Jansrud denies Svindal dream finale to win downhill gold
Kjetil Jansrud led a Norwegian one-two to win gold in a weather-hit men’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships on Saturday, denying team mate …
read moreAlpine skiing: World championships men’s downhill start delayed
Low cloud and wind delayed the start of the men’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships in Are on Saturday.
read moreAlpine skiing: Holdener defends women’s combined title in Are
Austria’s Ramona Siebenhofer was fastest in the downhill leg of the women’s combined at the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday, with American Lindsey Vonn …
read moreAlpine skiing: Holdener defends women’s combined world title
Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener defended her women’s combined title at the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday.
read moreVonn misses downhill training again
Lindsey Vonn skipped women’s downhill training for the second day running at the Alpine skiing world championships on Thursday, two days after suffering a high-speed …
read moreAlpine skiing: Paris strikes Super-G gold for Italy
Italy’s Dominik Paris won men’s Super-G gold at the Alpine skiing world championships on Wednesday, while retiring Norwegian great Aksel Lund Svindal finished well down …
read moreAlpine skiing: Vonn sits out downhill training after Super-G crash
Lindsey Vonn sat out women’s downhill training at the Alpine skiing world championships on Wednesday after a high-speed crash in the opening Super-G.
read moreMistakes never freak out Shiffrin, says Miller
Mikaela Shiffrin’s ability not to “freak out” when she makes a mistake sets her apart from her rivals at the world championships, according to fellow …
read moreAlpine skiing: Vonn crashes but Shiffrin wins Super-G gold at worlds
Lindsey Vonn’s hopes of a gold medal in the penultimate race of her glittering career were ended by a high-speed crash but Mikaela Shiffrin claimed …
read moreRetiring Vonn aims to swap skis for business
American Lindsey Vonn says she would not risk “ruining her body” to overtake Swede Ingemar Stenmark’s record 86 World Cup wins, but still hopes to …
read moreVonn crashes in final Super-G of medal-studded career
American Lindsey Vonn crashed heavily in the Super-G at the Alpine Ski world championships on Tuesday in what was the penultimate race of her glittering …
read moreMaybe I’ll get lucky, says Vonn as final races loom
U.S. ski great Lindsey Vonn prepared for the final speed races of her glittering career at the Alpine world championships on Monday, hoping to do …
read more‘Flying Finn’ Nykanen dies at 55
Matti Nykanen, the Finnish ski jumping great who soared to unprecedented Olympic glory but struggled with alcohol addiction and personal chaos, died on Monday at …
read moreAlpine skiing: Shiffrin set to shine as Vonn and Svindal bow out
U.S. ski great Lindsey Vonn will try to throw her hurting body down a slope one last time before heading into retirement while Norwegian Aksel …
read moreLindsey Vonn to retire next week as body ‘broken beyond repair’
U.S. ski great Lindsey Vonn announced on Friday she would be retiring after this month’s Alpine world championships in Sweden because her body was “broken …
read moreAlpine skiing: Vonn in U.S. team for Are world championships
Skiing great Lindsey Vonn was named on Wednesday in the U.S. team for the Alpine world championships starting in Sweden next week, easing fears of …
read moreSouth Korean court lengthens jail term for former speed skating coach in abuse case
A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday nearly doubled jail time for a former speed skating coach convicted of hitting a two-time Olympic champion, citing …
read moreAlpine skiing: Olympic combined champion Gisin out for season
Olympic alpine skiing gold medalist Michelle Gisin was ruled out for the rest of the season on Monday, completing an unhappy few weeks for her …
read moreFigure skating: Stunning free skate gives Chen third U.S. title
World champion Nathan Chen delivered a spectacular free skate to easily claim his third consecutive U.S. figure skating title in Detroit on Sunday.
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