American Ted Ligety branded the Olympic men's slalom course 'borderline unsportsmanlike' on Saturday and questioned the ethics of allowing a father to set it when his son was competing.

Trailing Federica Brignone by 0.96 seconds after the super-G, Shiffrin gunned down the Italian throughout the 55-gate slalom course, moving within 0.08 seconds in the final sector. With just a few ...

Summit sophomore Seth Montgomery tucks deep into a turn during his first run of the Colorado state Alpine skiing championships giant slalom course on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Cody Jones/Summit ...

Slalom: Racers ski down a course through gates, or two plastic poles set apart, for the fastest time. Gates are set between 4m and 6m apart. Skiers must race two courses, and eliminations take ...

American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin was stretchered off the course following a crash while competing in the annual Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup 2024/25. Shiffrin, 29, is already the most ...

Super-G stands for super giant slalom and combines the speed of downhill racing with the precision of giant slalom. Similarly to a downhill course, super-G courses are made up of a number of widely ...

A Summit Alpine skier competes at Loveland SKi Area on Friday, Jan. 13. Joel Wexler/For the Summit Daily News Alex Elsig turns through a slalom gate while competing at Loveland Ski Area on Friday.

The vertical drop for a super-G course varies per category. For men, courses have a vertical drop of 350-650m or 1,150-2,130ft. For women, course vertical drop is between 350-600m or 1,150-1,970ft ...

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Lenox’s Ella Hall competes on the grand slalom course in the MIAA alpine ski championship at Berkshire East in Charlemont on Wednesday. STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE; Ella Hall, Castleton ...

In its simplest terms, alpine skiing is the type of skiing you'd probably describe if you were to try to tell a Martian about the sport. Technically, alpine skiing is just skiing downhill with your ...