Alpine skiing: Gut back to winning as Olympics loom
Former overall World Cup winner Lara Gut put her injury nightmare of the past year behind her claiming victory in the final Super G before the Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday.
Former overall World Cup winner Lara Gut put her injury nightmare of the past year behind her claiming victory in the final Super G before the Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday.
Lindsey Vonn warned there would be no holds barred as the US ski star's bid to recapture the Olympic downhill title was boosted with a World Cup win in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Saturday.
The hosting of Kitzbuehel's famed, white-knuckled downhill on Saturday will be particularly poignant after two deaths this season, but a top official stressed that the high-octane sport will never be without danger and racers must handle their own risk management.
American alpine skiing star Lindsey Vonn again set the pace dominating for the second day of downhill training ahead of the women's World Cup at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Thursday.
3 days with Henry Henry does run off-piste and avalanche awareness courses through the season. we call each course “3 days with Henry”. There is one is happening next week on Tuesday 9th to Thursday 11th January.
America's Mikaela Shiffrin won her 37th World Cup event on Monday beating the Swiss world champion Wendy Holdener in the parallel giant slalom.
Sunny and mild conditions for Christmas week in the Alps! Off-piste snow report: 21 – 27 Dec for Savoie & Northern French Alps Off-piste snow depths are exceptionally good for the time of season.
Free Off Piste Awareness Talk this Monday (18 Dec) in Val d’Isère! HAT is teaming up with Shred Safe to do an Avalanche Talk in Arctic Juice & Cafe, Val d’Isère. 3 pm, Monday 18 December at Arctic Juice & Cafe (on the Snowfront by the Val Village liftpass office...
American skier Lindsey Vonn pulled out of Sunday's super-G in St Moritz after sustaining a back injury 24 hours previously.
A snowy week ahead! Off-piste snow report: 7 – 13 Dec for Savoie & Northern French Alps We are due for fresh snow in the week ahead, which we need. Indeed, our friends at WeatherToSki are predicting the following (text in italics quoted directly from their website)...
Austria's Marcel Hirscher, who broke his ankle in August, won the men's World Cup giant slalom at Beaver Creek on Sunday.