Tag: Skiing
Swiss skier Holdener positive for virus at World Cup finals
Olympic slalom silver medalist Wendy Holdener tested positive for COVID-19 and will not race at the World Cup Finals meeting, the Swiss ski team...
Goggia, Feuz win WCup downhill titles after races canceled
LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland — The final World Cup downhill races of the season were canceled Wednesday, making champions of Sofia Goggia and Beat Feuz in...
Former ski world champion Hannes Reichelt retires at age 40
Austrian skier Hannes Reichelt kept winning races after returning from several severe knee and back injuries that hampered his career.
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No World Cup downhill training leaves decisive races at risk
LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland — World Cup downhill training runs were canceled because of difficult weather conditions on Tuesday, leaving a tight schedule to resolve the...
Noël leads slalom after 1st run, Schwarz closes in on title
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — Clément Noël built a big lead in the first run of a men’s World Cup slalom Sunday, while sixth-place Marco...
Meillard leads Pinturault after 1st run of World Cup GS
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — Swiss skier Loïc Meillard edged Alexis Pinturault to lead the penultimate men’s World Cup giant slalom of the season after...
US skier Shiffrin leads slalom after 1st run, Vlhova in 27th
ÅRE, Sweden — Mikaela Shiffrin led a women’s World Cup slalom after the opening run on Saturday, while the American’s main rival, Petra Vlhova,...
Vlhova leads Shiffrin in 1st run of slalom in Åre
ÅRE, SWEDEN — Petra Vlhova led rival skier Mikaela Shiffrin by nearly half a second in the first run of a slalom race Friday,...
Ski racer once funded by World Cup Dreams now joins group
Tommy Biesemeyer experienced a dream so vivid that he just couldn’t shake it: He won the famed Hahnenkamm downhill race in Austria.
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AP Sportlight
March 12
1937 — The first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics...
