Mikaela Shiffrin fails to complete the slalom portion of the women's World Championship Alpine combined race in Meribel, France, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Alessandro Trovati/AP photo If one only glanced ...

Lindsey Vonn came into Thursday’s super-G hoping to make history by becoming the oldest Alpine world championship medalist. History was indeed made in Saalbach, Austria — but it wasn’t by Vonn.

As the FIS Ski World Cup Finals unfold in Sun Valley this week, the resort and its custom-built Challenger Course are in the spotlight, with a lot on the line.