Winter Park Resort was recently voted the best ski resort in North America by USA Today readers, marking the third year in a row the Colorado destination has earned the title. Related Articles What you need to know about uphill…
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BEAVER CREEK — Max Franz of Austria was the fastest racer in a downhill training run Wednesday along the demanding Beaver Creek course. Racing fifth overall, Franz’s time of 1 minute, 39.91 seconds wound up 0.40 seconds ahead of Matthieu…
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Between lift tickets and gear purchases, skiing isn’t exactly known for being a budget-friendly sport. And that’s before you factor in lodging should you decide to do a destination slope stay. Luckily for Coloradans, a couple of the state’s resorts…
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KILLINGTON, Vt. — Mikaela Shiffrin marked the return of the women’s World Cup to North America by setting yet another record — and the two-time Olympic champion did it Sunday on home snow. Shiffrin beat Petra Vlhova — her main…
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With the Alpine skiing World Cup returning to North America for the first time in two years, Mikaela Shiffrin can’t wait to race in front of a home crowd again. This weekend’s two races in Killington, Vermont, are the only…
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LEVI, Finland — Petra Vlhova got the better of Mikaela Shiffrin for the second time in two days Sunday, winning another women’s World Cup slalom in Finnish Lapland. The overall World Cup champion from Slovakia was .18 ahead after the…
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LEVI, Finland (AP) — Practice made perfect for Petra Vlhova on Saturday, beating Mikaela Shiffrin in the first World Cup slalom of the season. The Slovakian overall champion had been training for three weeks in Finnish Lapland and skipped a…
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Approaching a race weekend where she can set yet another Alpine skiing World Cup record might sound like business as usual to Mikaela Shiffrin. This time, it’s not. The American double Olympic champion has arrived in Levi, Finland, after dealing…
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COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — Mikaela Shiffrin is once again putting her mending back through extreme tests: double training sessions filled with twists, turns and crouching into a tuck position to generate more speed. Outside of a little stiffness — “Nothing…
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Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin is not able to ski and prepare the way she would like to currently because of a hurt back that she likened to “a very severe muscle spasm or kind of a strain” in…
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