Federica Brignone all but locked up the women’s overall World Cup title by winning a super-G on Friday in La Thuile, Italy, giving the Italian a near-insurmountable lead in the season standings. Brignone extended her advantage over her only remaining challenger, defending champion Lara Gut-Behrami, to 382 points with four races left at the World … Read more
Federica Brignone closed the gap to leader Lara Gut-Behrami in the World Cup super-G standings to 45 points in a race on a shortened course won by German prodigy Emma Aicher on Thursday in La Thuile, Italy. Earning her second career win, Aicher edged Sofia Goggia by 0.06 seconds. Racing close to her Italian hometown … Read more
Canadian alpine skier Jack Crawford claimed silver on Sunday in a tight men’s super-G race at the World Cup stop in Kvitfjell, Norway. The 27-year-old from Toronto finished just 0.38 seconds behind Italian star Dominik Paris, who made it two wins in three days. Paris was the only racer to break clear on a course shortened by fog on … Read more
Federica Brignone won an eventful women’s World Cup super-G on Sunday as the Italian skier capped a three-race weekend that extended her lead in the overall standings. In a tight finish, Brignone was 0.06 seconds faster than defending overall champion Lara Gut-Behrami at the Kvitfjell ski resort in Ringebu, Norway. “When I came down, I said: … Read more
It was just a 1-2 result for the stellar Swiss men’s ski team Sunday instead of a full podium sweep. Marco Odermatt edged Alexis Monney by 0.28 seconds to thrill the noisy home fans and win a World Cup super-G one day after they were second and third, respectively, behind their teammate Franjo von Allmen … Read more
