Laura Pirovano celebrates first Alpine World Cup downhill victory in Val di Fassa
Laura Pirovano, 28, has struggled season after season, never reaching the podium in the Alpine World Cup. In Val di Fassa, the perfect opportunity came.
SportsLaura Pirovano, 28, has struggled season after season, never reaching the podium in the Alpine World Cup. In Val di Fassa, the perfect opportunity came.
SportsMikaela Shiffrin's Olympic setbacks continue. Fourth place in the team event meant the alpine star's seventh consecutive Olympic competition without a medal.
SportsEbba Andersson is far from alone in having her Olympic medal break after the awards ceremony. Now the organizers promise to address problems with broken medals.
SportsWe could have had a Swedish Olympic medalist in the downhill. Emma Aicher, who was raised in Sundsvall, took silver for Germany.
SportsThe big comeback at the Olympics ended in a nightmare for Lindsey Vonn, who had injured a cruciate ligament. Before the world's eyes, the alpine star skied out and crashed in the downhill. Vonn has undergone surgery for a broken leg, reports the Italian Corriere della Sera.
SportsMikaela Shiffrin thought about skipping the new alpine innovation, the team combination. Lucky for her that she changed her mind. The American celebrated her eighth World Championship gold, together with her childhood friend Breezy Johnson. Thanks for a memory that tops all other medals I've won, says Shiffrin to Johnson.
SportsLindsey Vonn looked forward to forming a "dream team" with Mikaela Shiffrin in the women's team combination at the World Championship in alpine skiing. It won't be like that. On social media, she showed her disappointment in a post on X that was later deleted.
SportsThe reigning World Champion Mikaela Shiffrin will not defend her gold in giant slalom – where Sara Hector is one of the gold favorites. The crash in November has given her a kind of post-traumatic stress, says the American star. I am mentally blocked.
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