The Stelvio slope in Bormio is set to host the toughest men’s Olympic downhill in 30 years during the 2026 Games. Known for its icy terrain, steep gradients, and punishing length, the course has already tested World Cup racers with high-speed crashes and grueling conditions. Skiers are calling it a true fight for survival.
A men’s World Cup super-G began in dramatic fashion Sunday when the first skier, Switzerland's Gino Caviezel, crashed heavily on the Stelvio slope, which will host events at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
French skier Cyprien Sarrazin is awake and in stable condition following surgery on a head injury sustained during a crash in World Cup downhill training on Bormio’s Stelvio course. Sarrazin, last season’s downhill winner on the same slope, underwent an operation to drain a brain bleed and remains under observation. Italian skier Pietro Zazzi also crashed during training, breaking his tibia and fibula, and is recovering after surgery in Milan. Saturday’s downhill race was won by Swiss skier Alexis Monney, while the Stelvio course prepares to host men’s events for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhová has had a setback in her ski racing injury return from Jasná GS knee injury and surgery.
Lindsey Vonn will test out the downhill and super-G courses as a forerunner before the Stifel Birds of Prey World Cup races this weekend in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Lindsey Vonn is still getting her ski equipment dialed in and getting used to going full speed again on her new titanium knee.
Powdr Corp., which owns multiple ski resorts in the U.S. and Canada, is selling Vermont's Killington Resort and Pico Mountain, the largest mountain resort in New England, to a group of local passholders, the company said Thursday.
Lindsey Vonn went sailing on the Hudson River on Friday aboard a foiling catamaran, enjoying one of the perks of joining the board of directors of the United States SailGP team.
Marcel Hirscher, one of the most successful ski racers of all time, plans to return next season after five years in retirement. And the record eight-time overall World Cup champion will compete for the Netherlands — his mother’s country — instead of his native Austria.
Mikaela Shiffrin is no longer challenging for a women’s record-tying sixth World Cup overall title this month, and on Friday praised standings leader Lara Gut-Behrami for her “stunning” skiing.
Severe crashes during races over the past month have involved five former World Cup overall ski champions or Olympic gold medalists.
Norway's Mowinckel was in tears Saturday after becoming the first skier to be disqualified for banned fluorine in the wax on her skis.
Mikaela Shiffrin. Photo: GEPA pictures From a prodigiously talented 15-year-old to the most decorated female
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In a typical downhill race, Steven Nyman takes around two heart-pounding minutes to glide his
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Mikaela Shiffrin holds shows the world her locket with her father's photo: GEPA MERIBEL, France
Adelboden race hill January 2023: GEPA Photos COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Overall World Cup winners
Gabriel Coulet, AJ Ginnis and Sandy Vietze; GEPA Photos COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — AJ Ginnis’s long
When Paula Moltzan finished second behind Mikaela Shiffrin for the U.S. ski team’s first 1-2 finish in a women’s World Cup slalom in more than half a century, it was easy to assume that her more successful teammate was her main inspiration.
Stifel US Alpine Team staff celebrates with Shiffrin in Kronplatz: Photo Michael Dawson MERIBEL, France
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