Shiffrin plans to shift focus from slalom races to giant slalom, super-G events this season
Two-time Olympic slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin will shift her focus from that discipline this season to turn more of her attention toward training for giant slalom and super-G events.
Swiss ski great Gut-Behrami retires after Olympic gold and world titles
Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion Lara Gut-Behrami announced her retirement from Alpine skiing on Thursday.
Vonn says she is not yet in position emotionally to decide if she will race again
Lindsey Vonn is still recovering physically and emotionally from her frightening crash at the Winter Olympics. For now, the tough decisions about the future can wait.
Howden second in final Ski Cross World Cup race, but wins another overall title
Another World Cup ski cross silver medal and overall championship for Canadian Reece Howden. Howden, of Chilliwack, B.C., finished just behind Italian Simone Deromedis in a photo finish Sunday. Edoardo Zorzi, also of Italy, was third.
Howden, Schmidt reach podium in final weekend of World Cup ski cross season
Reece Howden won the men’s silver medal and fellow Canadian Hannah Schmidt took the women’s bronze Saturday in the penultimate ski cross races of the World Cup season.
Moguls star Kingsbury to retire after this weekend’s Canadian championships
Mikaël Kingsbury was just four years old when he first put on skis in Saint-Sauveur, Que. Some 29 years later, after becoming the greatest athlete in his sport with an illustrious career, the Canadian moguls star will take his final bow in the same place.
Hannah, Jared Schmidt capture silver medals in World Cup ski cross event
Ottawa siblings Hannah and Jared Schmidt captured silver medals Saturday in a World Cup ski cross event at Ontario’s Craigleith Ski Club.
Canada’s Urness wins freeski big air gold to claim Crystal Globe title
Canadian freestyle skier Naomi Urness won gold in the women’s big air event at a World Cup stop Friday to secure the Crystal Globe as the season champion.
Vonn not ready to discuss future in ski racing as she recovers from Olympic crash
Lindsey Vonn hasn’t completely shut the door on ski racing again. She hasn’t decided to return, either. The 41-year-old who is recovering from a serious downhill crash at the Milan Cortina Olympics is still trying to figure it all out, which she made clear in a social media post Sunday.
Shiffrin extends World Cup overall lead in rare start in super-G won by 35-year-old Curtoni
Mikaela Shiffrin moved closer to a sixth career World Cup overall title Sunday by scoring points in a rare start in super-G that her closest rival Emma Aicher did not finish.
Ski cross star Howden back on top of the podium with World Cup win
Canada’s Reece Howden overcame recent disappointments to race to victory Saturday at a World Cup men’s ski cross event.
Canada’s Drury injured in ski cross crash, still takes silver
Canada’s Kevin Drury was injured in a violent, multi-skier crash in the men’s ski cross big final at a World Cup stop Friday, but still finished second.
Vonn says surgery saved her from having her left leg amputated following Olympic crash
American skier Lindsey Vonn says she nearly lost her left leg following a frightening crash in the women’s downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Canadian ski cross star Howden rips Olympic organizers after early exit
Canadian ski cross star Reece Howden exited the Milan Cortina Olympics unexpectedly in the quarterfinals Saturday, but not before tearing a strip off games organizers for staging the competition in poor conditions.
Vonn has more surgery after Olympic crash. ‘I’m bionic for real now’
Lindsey Vonn had another surgery on her badly broken left leg Friday and remained hospitalized nearly two weeks after her terrifying crash in the Olympic downhill.
Freestyle skier Sharpe crashes at halfpipe qualifier as Canadians advance to final
Three Canadian freestyle skiers have qualified for the women’s halfpipe finals in Livigno, including Olympic gold medallist Cassie Sharpe who was taken away by sled after crashing in one of her runs.
Canada’s Thénault disappointed after just missing aerials super final
Canadian freestyle skier Marion Thénault finished seventh in the women’s aerials on Friday at the Milan Cortina Olympics, just like she did in Beijing 2022. This time, the result was a bitter pill to swallow.
Loose dog makes Olympic cameo on the cross-country ski course at the Milan Cortina Games
As elite cross-country skiers pushed to the finish in the women’s team sprint heats, a dog wandered onto the course and ran with athletes down the straightaway.
Canadian snowboarder Blouin finishes fifth in Olympic slopestyle in difficult conditions
Canadian snowboarder Laurie Blouin took some solace in finishing fifth on a difficult day in women’s slopestyle at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Wednesday.
Norway’s Frostad wins freeski big air gold at Milano Cortina 2026; Canadian Deschamps 7th
Tormod Frostad of Norway won the gold medal in big air freeskiing at the Milan Cortina Olympics, beating Mac Forehand of the United States on the last jump of a high-scoring final on Tuesday night.
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