Latest FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships News
Mikaela Shiffrin gets new head coach in female pioneer Harjo
SOLDEU, Andorra (AP) — Two days after becoming the most successful World Cup skier in history, Mikaela Shiffrin marked her 28th birthday with the appointment of a new personal head coach on Monday in the hopes of getting “a fresh and new way of thinking” moving forward. The...
Mikaela Shiffrin sets World Cup skiing record with 87th win
ARE, Sweden (AP) — Two minutes after earning her 87th career win, Mikaela Shiffrin finally understood the significance of setting the record for most World Cup victories. In the middle of the awards ceremony, a man in a red jacket unexpectedly stepped forward from the crowd and...
Mikaela Shiffrin's journey to the summit of Alpine skiing
GENEVA (AP) — From a prodigiously talented 15-year-old to the most decorated female skier of all-time, Mikaela Shiffrin has done quite a lot in only 12 years. The American skier won her record-tying 86th victory Friday in her 245th race on the World Cup circuit, the globe-trotting...
Mikaela Shiffrin gets her record 86th World Cup victory
ARE, Sweden (AP) — Moments after winning her record-tying 86th World Cup race, Mikaela Shiffrin was asked by a Swedish broadcaster to directly address Ingemar Stenmark, the skiing standout who had promised to watch at home on television. From one great to another, the 27-year-old...
AP Interview: Stenmark says Shiffrin 'better than I was'
To Ingemar Stenmark, all this fuss over Mikaela Shiffrin as she approached his record of 86 World Cup skiing victories was beside the point. Because the 66-year-old Swede believes the American is already on another level. “She’s much better than I was. You cannot...
Odermatt wins World Cup super-G, secures title in discipline
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Marco Odermatt of Switzerland wrapped up another World Cup super-G title by winning the race in Aspen on Sunday with a smooth run through a challenging course. Odermatt has been dominant all season in the super-G, taking five of the seven World Cup races. He...
Shiffrin's quest for win 86 moves to Stenmark's Sweden
KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin 's quest to tie Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark's record of 86 career World Cup victories now moves to his home country. Shiffrin's next race is a giant slalom in Are on Friday, as the American skier seeks one victory to match Stenmark 's...
Kilde's 6th World Cup downhill win earns discipline title
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde earned his second consecutive World Cup downhill title by winning Saturday's race by more than a half-second. The Norwegian collected his sixth victory in nine downhills this season, allowing him to join Stephan Eberharter as the only...
Skier Shiffrin locks up overall title, still chases win 86
KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin accomplished what she called “the big, big goal for me this season.” But it wasn't a record-tying 86th career victory. Shiffrin on Saturday locked up her fifth overall World Cup title, widely regarded as...
