Mikaela Shiffrin prioritizes recovery over chasing World Cup win No. 100 in return from ski crash

Mikaela Shiffrin's pursuit of World Cup win No. 100 isn't at the top of her priority list on the eve of her return to ski racing two months after a serious crash. For her, the slalom competition Thursday in Courchevel, France, is simply the next step in getting her health back to...

Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami gets 1st World Cup win of season. Lindsey Vonn finishes 13th

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Swiss ski star Lara Gut-Behrami has finally found a way back to winning ways, with next month's world championships looming. The defending overall World Cup champion overcame challenging course conditions Sunday to win the last super-G before...

Brignone beats Goggia for Italian 1-2 in World Cup downhill. Vonn misses gate and does not finish

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Federica Brignone edged out teammate Sofia Goggia by the smallest possible margin for an Italian 1-2 finish in a women’s World Cup downhill on Saturday, while Lindsey Vonn missed a gate near the bottom of the course and failed to finish. In...

Mikaela Shiffrin healed from puncture wound suffered in ski crash, will race next week in France

Six weeks ago, Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t have the core strength to even rise out of a chair. A sneeze or a laugh brought on instant pain. That was all due to a serious crash in a giant slalom race on Nov. 30 in Killington, Vermont, where something punctured her in the side — still...

Mikaela Shiffrin has recovered from crash, plans to compete in World Cup slalom in France next Thursday

Olympic ski champion Petra Vlhova to miss world championships after setbacks with long-term injury

Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss the Alpine skiing world championships next month after a setback in her recovery from a knee injury and is already focusing on the 2026 Winter Games, her team said Monday. Vlhova has been Mikaela Shiffrin’s main rival in slalom for the...

Lindsey Vonn falls while on pace for top-5 finish at super-G in Cortina but avoids injury again

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Sitting in the middle of the Cortina course following her second fall in four days at the resort where she once dominated, Lindsey Vonn slammed the snow angrily with her right pole. Then she got up and skied down to the finish — fortunate to have...

Done partying in St. Anton, new US ski standout Macuga seeks a 2nd World Cup victory in Cortina

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The party at St. Anton’s Krazy Kanguruh après-ski bar lasted into the early hours of Monday morning when the U.S. Ski Team’s newest standout celebrated her first World Cup victory last weekend. “I think we were home by 2. So not too bad,”...

Shiffrin likely won't have a target date for ski racing return for another 7-10 days, US coach says

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin is back on snow and skiing regularly again at home in Colorado. When she’ll return to racing after an unusual puncture wound to her side remains “a moving target” that probably won’t be figured out for another week to 10 days, U.S. Ski Team...

Vonn 10th fastest in practice for her first World Cup downhill in 6 years

ST. ANTON, Austria (AP) — Ski great Lindsey Vonn was 10th fastest in a training run on Thursday for her first World Cup downhill in six years. Three weeks after her World Cup comeback with a titanium knee at age 40 in a super-G, Vonn completed the two-kilometer Karl Schranz course...