World Cup — The men raced the downhill at Kvitfjell, Norway this week, placing four athletes in the points. Travis Ganong led the team with a fifth place finish, followed by Bryce Bennett and Ryan Cochran Siegle tying for 17th and Jared Goldberg in 20th. The World Cup Finals in …
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World Cup — The ladies had two events canceled at La Thuile, Italy, this week and settled for only a super-G. Alice McKennis finished 27th followed closely by Breezy Johnson in 30th.
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World Cup — The ladies speed group was at Crans-Montana in Switzerland for the week, where the U.S. put several athletes in the points. Alice McKennis was 16th and 24th in downhill and eighth in the Alpine combined. Alice Merryweather was 20th and 29th in the downhills and Breezy Johnson …
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World Cup — The U.S. ladies Tech team competed in giant slalom and slalom at Kranjska-Gora, Slovenia this week. The only lady in the points was Nina O’Brien who placed 26th in GS.
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World Cup — Tommy Ford had a busy weekend in Chamonix, France. He placed 16th in the parallel slalom and fourth in the parallel giant slalom. That said, he narrowly missed injury in the giant slalom when he lost a ski and skidded across his opponent’s path.
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It’s an outdoor sport ... — What a weekend. The Edge can’t remember a stranger set of events — rain, high winds, very dense fog, lightning, then a sudden freeze. Not many sports present the number of variables to the athletes as ski racing (Alpine or Nordic). Our competitors braved …
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Shiffrin nabs No. 65 and 66 — Mikaela Shiffrin continued her march to the all-time World Cup win record with a big weekend in Bansko, Bulgaria. She is rapidly becoming the greatest all event skier of all time.
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... And the beat goes on! — The parade of storms continues this week, this time with some heavier matter. I’d say the season is now locked in, but I know better than to curse us.
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Finally! — Despite some unexpected warming, we finally got the durable layer needed to open the rest of the mountain. Word has it the skiing is great, so come on up!
Still waiting! — Mother Nature pulled a fast one, turning much of our hope for snow dump into rain. Thanks to cooler temps and great groomer work, what’s open at Schweitzer is skiing great.
Here it comes! — It looks like our prayers may be answered. A three day system arrived last night, promising a maximum of 43 inches of the white stuff. The “low ball” estimate is 20 inches, but we’ll take anything.
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Ladies World Cup Speed — Mikaela Shiffrin expanded her overall World Cup points lead this week at Lake Louise placing 10th and second in the two downhills and 10th in the super-G.
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Shiffrin buries the field — Mikaela Shiffrin won the World Cup Slalom at Killington, Vermont by a whopping 2.29 seconds last weekend. Nina O’Brien at 28th was the only other U.S. lady in the points.
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Shiffrin sets another mark — Mikaela Shiffrin broke the legendary Ingmar Stenmark’s long-standing slalom victory record this week in Levi, Finland. She put a healthy 1.78 seconds on the field, en route to her 41st World Cup Slalom win.
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