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Austrian ski racer Vincent Kriechmayr wins weather-shortened World Cup super-G race at Beaver Creek
Read full article: Austrian ski racer Vincent Kriechmayr wins weather-shortened World Cup super-G race at Beaver CreekVincent Kriechmayr of Austria won a World Cup super-G by navigating challenging conditions.
Winning now or peaking at the Olympics? How World Cup skiers plan to be at their best in February
Read full article: Winning now or peaking at the Olympics? How World Cup skiers plan to be at their best in FebruaryPaula Moltzan has opened the Alpine skiing World Cup season with her career-best result in giant slalom.
From ‘Sweet Caroline’ to ‘Hopp Suisse,’ Von Allmen steals show with downhill gold at skiing worlds
Read full article: From ‘Sweet Caroline’ to ‘Hopp Suisse,’ Von Allmen steals show with downhill gold at skiing worldsFranjo von Allmen wins gold in the men’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships to complete a sweep of the speed events by the Swiss team after Marco Odermatt took the super-G.
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Kriechmayr matches legends with double speed gold at worlds
Read full article: Kriechmayr matches legends with double speed gold at worldsAustria's Vincent Kriechmayr poses with the gold medals of the men's downhill and super-G, at the alpine ski World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb.14, 2021. The Austrian became only the third man to complete the so-called speed double at a worlds after Hermann Maier did it in 1999 and Bode Miller in 2005. AdKriechmayr edged Andreas Sander of Germany to the gold by one-hundredth of a second, with 2017 world champion Beat Feuz finishing 0.18 behind for the bronze. Kriechmayr avoided similarly spectacular scenes when he opened the race on an icy course after a freezing cold night. Defending world champion Kjetil Jansrud finished just more than a second behind in eighth.