Skiing

SOELDEN, Austria (AP) — A series of high-profile crashes in the previous Alpine skiing season throws a shadow over the start of the new World Cup campaign this weekend, as many of the injured skiers have not recovered yet.

SOELDEN, Austria (AP) — Austrian skiing great Marcel Hirscher has confirmed his start in the World Cup season-opening giant slalom on Sunday, returning to competitive skiing after 2,051 days. “Back to the game that we love ...

SOELDEN, Austria (AP) — Swiss standout Marco Odermatt was named skier of the year by the federation of ski journalists on Friday. Odermatt won 13 World Cup races on the way to his third straight overall title last season.

CALGARY — World champions Laurence St. Germain and James Crawford headline Canada's alpine ski team as athletes prepare for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Alpine Canada named 53 athletes to its 2024-25 alpine, ski cross and para-ski teams Thursday. St.

SOELDEN, Austria (AP) — Two ski stars coming out of retirement have put the spotlights in the buildup to the World Cup season on Brazil and the Netherlands, two nations usually not associated with top-level racing.

Norwegian ski star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde will miss the entire 2024-25 season because his injured left shoulder requires surgery again, nine months after he crashed badly in a downhill in Switzerland.

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin won’t race downhills in the upcoming World Cup season in which she aims for her 100th career win.

ZURICH (AP) — Swiss downhill racer Niels Hintermann has been diagnosed with lymph node cancer and will miss the entire ski season.

A decade-long saga involving planned workforce housing for the Vail ski resort on land inhabited by Colorado's bighorn sheep has been resolved, with the resort agreeing to build in another part of town.

GENEVA (AP) — Facing a long-time crisis in winter sports because of climate change, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation teamed up with the United Nations weather agency on Thursday.