World Cup events in Bormio show why men’s downhill at 2026 Olympics will be among toughest ever
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World Cup events in Bormio show why men’s downhill at 2026 Olympics will be among toughest ever

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BORMIO, Italy — The weekend’s ski racing in Bormio showed precisely why the men’s downhill for the 2026 Olympics will be one of the toughest in the past 30 years. American skier Bryce Bennett says he has “trauma” from racing down the fearsome Stelvio slope, while Italian veteran Christof Innerhofer — who has competed at four Olympics — can’t remember a tougher course. “In the past 12 or 16 years you’ve had some really tough slope like Sochi, some easier slope like Korea, some medium slope like China. It was on Friday’s second training run that Sarrazin had his crash, leading his teammate Nils Allègre to lambast organizers, saying “they don’t know how to prepare a course.” He even went as far as to add “they don’t deserve to have the Olympic Games here.” Race director Omar Galli refuted those claims and highlighted that the organizers have “significantly upgraded safety features” and will further enhance those for the Olympics.

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Sarrazin among 2 skiers injured in downhill training in Italy on the slope for 2026 Olympics
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1 week, 5 days ago

Sarrazin among 2 skiers injured in downhill training in Italy on the slope for 2026 Olympics

Associated Press  

BORMIO, Italy — French standout Cyprien Sarrazin was one of two skiers airlifted to a hospital on Friday after crashing during training for a World Cup downhill race in Bormio. “My opinion here is clear, it’s that they don’t know how to prepare a course,” Sarrazin’s teammate Nils Allègre said. It’s not right, I don’t know what they’re trying to …

A downhill ski champion's guide to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
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A downhill ski champion's guide to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

BBC  

A downhill ski champion's guide to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Alamy As the world turns its gaze to Italy's Cortina d'Ampezzo as one of the hosts of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, veteran Olympic skier Kristian Ghedina shares his hometown picks. Nestled between the jutting spires of Italy's Unesco-listed Dolomites mountain range, the small town and ski resort of Cortina …

Brazil gains Winter Olympics medal prospect after skier Lucas Braathen switches from Norway
10 months ago

Brazil gains Winter Olympics medal prospect after skier Lucas Braathen switches from Norway

Associated Press  

SALZBURG, Austria — Brazil has a top Winter Olympics medal prospect in Alpine skiing after the World Cup slalom champion last season, Lucas Braathen, announced on Thursday he will start to compete for his mother’s home nation. Braathen, whose father is Norwegian, split from the Nordic nation’s ski team on the eve of the season last October in a dispute …

World Cup downhill ski race at Matterhorn mountain canceled because of snow and strong winds
1 year, 1 month ago

World Cup downhill ski race at Matterhorn mountain canceled because of snow and strong winds

Associated Press  

LAGHI CIME BIANCHE, Italy — More heavy snowfalls and strong winds at the Matterhorn mountain made a men’s World Cup downhill impossible to race Sunday, wiping out the weekend program for the second straight year at the sport’s newest venue. Race organizers said the cancellation also was forced by the forecast for strong winds throughout Sunday at what is the …

IOC shuts down Italy’s late plan to revive a home bobsled track for 2026 Winter Olympics
1 year, 2 months ago

IOC shuts down Italy’s late plan to revive a home bobsled track for 2026 Winter Olympics

Associated Press  

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The International Olympic Committee on Friday moved to shut down suggestions that Italy could still manage to stage ice sliding events at its home 2026 Winter Games. Organizers of the Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Olympics acknowledged last month that bobsled, luge and skeleton events are set to be raced in neighboring Austria or Switzerland after scrapping a delayed and …

Alpine skiing combined to become team event at 2026 Games
1 year, 6 months ago

Alpine skiing combined to become team event at 2026 Games

The Hindu  

Alpine skiing combined at the 2026 Winter Olympics will feature two specialists in a team instead of one skier, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday. The International Ski Federation said last month that the team combined would be added to the upcoming Alpine World Cup season at a men’s event in Kitzbuhel, Austria. In cross-country skiing, men and women …

Skiers worried about organization of Milan-Cortina Olympics
2 years, 10 months ago

Skiers worried about organization of Milan-Cortina Olympics

Associated Press  

BEIJING — From the cosmopolitan fashion of Milan to the Alpine chic of Cortina d’Ampezzo, the next Winter Olympics are being promoted as a feast of culture, cuisine and — obviously — sports. For the International Olympic Committee, going back to Europe’s most famous mountain range — where the Winter Games made their debut in 1924 at the French resort …

Italian skier: Milan-Cortina Games will lack Olympic spirit
2 years, 10 months ago

Italian skier: Milan-Cortina Games will lack Olympic spirit

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BEIJING — A two-time Olympic medalist in Alpine skiing from Italy thinks her country’s 2026 Milan-Cortina Games will lack “spirit” and “atmosphere” because the venues will be spread far apart from each other. Federica Brignone, who won a silver in giant slalom at the Beijing Games last week and a bronze in that event four years ago in Pyeongchang, said …

Men’s super-G in Bormio called off because of warm weather
3 years ago

Men’s super-G in Bormio called off because of warm weather

Associated Press  

BORMIO, Italy — A men’s World Cup super-G scheduled for the Stelvio course on Thursday was called off because of warm weather. The race was originally scheduled for Lake Louise, Alberta, in November but had been postponed because of weather issues at the Canadian resort. It was not immediately clear if the race would be postponed to a later date …

German skier Thomas Dressen to miss World Cup start
3 years, 2 months ago

German skier Thomas Dressen to miss World Cup start

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SCHWÄBISCH HALL, Germany — German skier Thomas Dressen will miss the start of the World Cup season as he tries to build his fitness ahead of the Winter Olympics following a knee operation, he said Wednesday. Dressen ruled himself out of the first two speed rounds of the season in Lake Louise, Canada, in late November and Beaver Creek, Colorado, …

Ski World Cup to add cross-border Swiss-Italian downhills
3 years, 3 months ago

Ski World Cup to add cross-border Swiss-Italian downhills

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A downhill race that starts in Switzerland and ends in Italy will be added to alpine skiing’s World Cup program as soon as next year. The course to stage the first cross-border races since the World Cup began in 1967 has been designed by Didier Defago, the Swiss men’s downhill champion at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The glacier …

Ski mountaineering proposed as additional sport for 2026 Winter Games
3 years, 6 months ago

Ski mountaineering proposed as additional sport for 2026 Winter Games

The Hindu  

Ski mountaineering will be put forward as an additional sport for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, the International Olympic Committee said in a statement on Friday. The framework includes men's and women's sprint and individual events and a mixed-gender relay event with ski mountaineering given 48 athlete quota places, meaning cuts will be made elsewhere in …

The Latest: Skiing worlds finally set to get going on day 4
3 years, 10 months ago

The Latest: Skiing worlds finally set to get going on day 4

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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — The Latest from the skiing world championships : ___ 7:15 p.m. Italian skier Marta Bassino is set to open the women’s super-G at 10:45 a.m. local time before 2019 gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin runs fourth. Dominik Paris is the defending champion in the men’s super-G scheduled for 1 p.m. ___ 6:15 p.m. American skier Ted Ligety …

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