Shiffrin, the defending Alpine combined world champion from 2021 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, was looking to tie Anja Parson (7) for the second-most world titles (and most in the modern era; Christel Cranz ...

Austrian Raphael Haaser went from fifth place to win the World Alpine Skiing Championships giant slalom, the first top-level victory of his career. Haaser, 27, prevailed by 23 hundredths of a second ...

Alpine skiing is the bread and butter of the Winter Olympics. For those who aren't familiar with the winter sport, it consists of six events: downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-G, combined, and ...

The slalom will be held on the course nicknamed “The Ice River” at the Yanqing Alpine Centre, with the first run scheduled for 10:15 local time (0215 GMT), and the second due to start at 13:45 ...

Sunday's men's giant slalom race is set to offer World Cup leader Marco Odermatt a fresh chance of a medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics, after he missed out on the podium in the downhill and ...

American Mikaela Shiffrin's bid for Alpine skiing history will inspire young fans but brands may be harder to sway as her sport fights to get a bigger share of the sponsorship pie, experts say.

FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin checks her time at the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Kronplatz, Italy, Jan. 25, 2022. Empathizing with other athletesâ ...

Alpine skiing was first included in the Winter Olympic Games in 1948, where Henri Orellier took gold in the first men's downhill, and Hedy Schlunegger took gold in the women's. Giant Slalom was ...

Noel's triumph came with the Alpine skiing world championships nearing at another Austrian venue, Saalbach-Hinterglemm, where the men's slalom is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 16.

On Dec. 21 Mika Taylor finished third in the slalom in the first Alpine race of the season. She never lost again.The Concord High sophomore defended her title in the slalom and finished runner-up ...

[1/3]2022 Beijing Olympics - Alpine Skiing - Women's Slalom Run 2 - National Alpine Skiing Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China - February 9, 2022. Petra Vlhova of Slovakia in action.

While there may not be any clear-cut locks for the podium, several skiers in the field enter the men’s slalom competition in good form. Norway’s Lucas Braathen is the current World Cup leader, ...