World Cup Race News

KITZBÜHEL, Austria – When Aleksander Aamodt Kilde flipped through the photos on his phone Friday,

Soaring from 29th place after the first run, Lucas Braathen scored a stunning win in a World Cup slalom on Sunday.

Italian skier Federica Brignone saw a gutsy run rewarded with a victory in the fifth women’s World Cup super-G of the season.

Henrik Kristoffersen made good use of his No. 1 draw in the start list to lead the first run in Wengen.

Vincent Kriechmayr won the classic Lauberhorn race that Swiss team officials said he should not have been allowed to start.

Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami won the fourth women’s World Cup downhill of the season Saturday after Olympic champion Sofia Goggia crashed halfway down her run.

Kilde edged Odermatt by 0.19 seconds to win one day after his Swiss friend had won a super-G in another duel on the storied Lauberhorn hill.

Odermatt, a 24-year-old emerging Swiss star, beat his Norwegian rival by 0.23 seconds. Matthias Mayer, the 2018 Olympic champion in super-G, was 0.58 behind in third place for his third podium place of the season in a discipline dominated by the two standouts.

Mikaela Shiffrin won the last women’s World Cup slalom before the Beijing Olympics, while her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova locked up the season title in the discipline.

Racing on the challenging Planai course, Vlhova led Lena Dürr of Germany by 0.27 seconds, while Canada’s Ali Nullmeyer and Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener both finished 0.35 behind in third.

Wearing low-ranked bib No. 38, Johannes Strolz was the shocking winner of a World Cup slalom on Sunday.

Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova won a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday, denying first-run leader Wendy Holdener of Switzerland a first career win.

Teammates Manuel Feller and Fabio Gstrein tied for the lead in a tightly contested World Cup slalom Sunday that opened up when three pre-race favorites failed to finish the first run.

Swiss skier Wendy Holdener posted the fastest time in the opening run of a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday to lead standouts Petra Vlhova and Mikaela Shiffrin.

Marco Odermatt’s dominant season in World Cup giant slalom delivered Switzerland the win it craved after a 14-year wait in its classic home race on Saturday.

Swedish skier Sara Hector edged French former world champion Tessa Worley to lead a women’s World Cup giant slalom after the opening run Saturday.

World Cup overall leader Marco Odermatt led the first run of a giant slalom Saturday, aiming to give Alpine ski powerhouse Switzerland its first win in 14 years in its classic home race.

Swedish skier Sara Hector edged French former world champion Tessa Worley to lead a women’s World Cup giant slalom after the opening run Saturday.