Aussie world champion Belle Brockhoff suffers broken back in snowboard World Cup

4 days, 19 hours ago

Olympic champions win big with gold medals at freestyle ski and snowboard worlds

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was among five Olympic champions who won events at the world freestyle skiing and snowboard championships on Friday, less than a year out from the Winter Games. On a busy day with eight finals after several events were rescheduled to avoid poor weather forecast for the weekend, New Zealander Sadowski-Synnott added a third world …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Australian Abi Harrigan claims World Cup silver in the slopestyle at Tignes in France

ABC

Australian winter Olympian Abi Harrigan has enjoyed a career breakthrough by winning her first World Cup freestyle skiing medal, a silver, in the slopestyle at the French resort of Tignes. The 22-year-old prospect from Jindabyne, NSW, put down a superb second run in the French Alps on Friday to secure Australia's first slopestyle podium on the global stage since Russ …

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Federica Brignone leads again in World Cup giant slalom. Mikaela Shiffrin skis out of first run

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Federica Brignone leads again in World Cup giant slalom. Mikaela Shiffrin skis out of first run

Associated Press

ARE, Sweden — Federica Brignone is still relentless in giant slalom races and Mikaela Shiffrin is still searching for form after her serious crash in November. Brignone was fastest in the first run of a World Cup giant slalom Saturday and Shiffrin failed to finish. Brignone has won every giant slalom race she has completed this season, including a world …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Aussie moguls ace Matt Graham bags another World Cup bronze

ABC

Australia's Matt Graham was part of a first for World Cup mogul skiing, his bronze medal in the dual event in Kazakhstan helping form a "dad podium." Graham celebrated for the first time this season with gold medallist, Canada's all-time great Mikael Kingsbury and Japan's silver medal winner, Ikuma Horishima, with the trio becoming first-time fathers just prior to the …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Austrian skier Huetter wins World Cup downhill, world champion Johnson finishes 3rd

Associated Press

KVITFJELL, Norway — Cornelia Huetter won the first women’s World Cup downhill since the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday to give new life to the battle for the discipline title. Downhill world champion Breezy Johnson finished 0.40 seconds behind in third as the American continued the wait for her maiden World Cup victory. A two-time downhill winner this season, …

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1 month ago

Italian skier Brignone wins, Shiffrin takes ‘big step’ as 25th in her first GS race after injury

Associated Press

SESTRIERE, Italy — Federica Brignone overcame a recent illness to win the first World Cup giant slalom after taking gold at the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday, while Mikaela Shiffrin finished 25th in the American’s first race in the discipline in nearly 12 weeks. “But sometimes, when you’re used to being in the position to fight for top 10s, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Swiss skier Rast leads, Shiffrin stands third in first run of slalom at Alpine world championships

Hindustan Times

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Swiss skier Camille Rast built a big lead and Mikaela Shiffrin was looming in third in the opening run of the women’s slalom at the Alpine world championships on Saturday. I don’t have very much in my legs left.” Shiffrin has won a medal in slalom, including four in gold, at all six previous world championships she …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Swiss skier Monney edges out world champion Von Allmen in downhill of team combined at worlds

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Swiss skier Alexis Monney posted the fastest time in the downhill portion of the new team combined event at the Alpine skiing world championships on Wednesday. His teammate Tanguy Nef will start the slalom portion later Wednesday with a slim advantage of 0.02 seconds over another Swiss team, where world champion Franjo von Allmen ran the downhill …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

A visual look at the opening week of the Alpine skiing world championships

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Lindsey Vonn broke down barriers simply by competing at age 40. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen is airborne during a men’s downhill race, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rosie Fordham claims Australia's first ever international cross country skiing medal at U23 World Ski Championships

ABC

Cross country skier Rosie Fordham has delivered Australia's first ever medal in an international cross-country skiing event. Fordham won silver in the 10km interval skating race at the FIS junior/U23 World Ski Championships in Bergamo-Schilpario. "I always did downhill and I just tried a cross country race after running and I fell in love with the sport," Fordham said. On …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ledecka hopes downhill bronze paves the way for her next ‘big show on snow’

Associated Press

Ester Ledecka likes to put on “a big show on snow,” no matter if it’s on her skis or on a snowboard. Ledecka famously won Olympic gold in both skiing’s super-G and snowboarding’s parallel GS at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, and added another gold on her board in 2022 in Beijing. “It’s my biggest dream, and I really believe I …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Goggia narrowly avoids disaster during awkward landing of jump. Vonn back for downhill training

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Italian standout Sofia Goggia narrowly avoided disaster during an awkward landing of a jump in the final downhill training session at the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday. Lindsey Vonn placed 21st in training a day after getting hooked on a gate in the super-G. Toward the end of her run, Goggia was launched high into the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Austrian gold at the skiing worlds in Austria finally pumps up the host nation

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — When Austria last hosted the Alpine skiing world championships in 2013, it had to wait until the final day for the team’s first individual gold medal. “I race for myself in the first place, but I think one could say, ‘We are world champion.’ That sounds cool,” Venier said about releasing the pressure for the home team. …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kirsty Muir relishing crack at second Winter Olympics after serious knee injury

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Lindsey Vonn’s Alpine World Ski Championships return ends early after she collides with gate

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Lindsey Vonn’s Alpine World Ski Championships return ends early after she collides with gate

CNN

CNN — Lindsey Vonn’s sensational return to the Alpine World Ski Championships ended in disappointment on Thursday after the 40-year-old crashed out of the super-G event. “I hit my nerve somehow and I hit the gate and lost feeling in my arm, but it’s coming back slowly.” Vonn had taken to Instagram on Wednesday to say how excited she was …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Vonn and Shiffrin among athletes to look out for on the road to 2026 Winter Olympics

Associated Press

MILAN — Coming out of retirement, switching allegiances or simply looking to continue their dominance of their sport. Mikaela Shiffrin Mikaela Shiffrin might be the winningest racer in World Cup history with 99 victories but the American standout will be targeting Olympic redemption at next year’s Games. Eileen Gu Multinational freeskiing sensation Eileen Gu burst onto the world stage at …

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Mikaela Shiffrin won’t team up with Lindsey Vonn in skiing dream team at Alpine worlds

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mikaela Shiffrin won’t team up with Lindsey Vonn in skiing dream team at Alpine worlds

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin is not going to pair with Lindsey Vonn in a dream team at the Alpine skiing world championships. While Shiffrin returned last week and placed 10th in a slalom in Courchevel, France, after nearly two months out following a crash in Killington, Vermont, she said she’s “continuing to take it one step at a time …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ljutic, Colturi and Macuga headline a new generation of skiers who emerged while Shiffrin was out

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Zrinka Ljutic has won three of the past four World Cup slaloms and turned 21 just last month. So from a podium perspective, it opens the door a little bit more for some young racers.” Here’s a look at some of the top young skiers: Zrinka Ljutic When Ljutic claimed her maiden victory in a slalom in …

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Lindsey Vonn takes 13th in World Cup Super-G day after skiing out of downhill

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2 months ago

Lindsey Vonn takes 13th in World Cup Super-G day after skiing out of downhill

New York Times

After two straight DNFs, Lindsey Vonn was looking to get back to the finish line and put her comeback to alpine skiing back on track. On Sunday, the American star, returning to the sport at age 40, finished 13th in the World Cup Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, her highest finish since barely missing a podium in Austria two weeks ago. …

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$Teenage snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara makes history by landing remarkable first ever 2340, with a fractured arm$

2 months ago

Teenage snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara makes history by landing remarkable first ever 2340, with a fractured arm

CNN

CNN — Japanese snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara made history at the X Games in Aspen on Friday by landing the first known 2340 in a competition, an incredible trick which consists of rotating six and a half times in the air. 🔥 Hiroto Ogiwara just landed the first 2340 in HISTORY during Pacifico Men’s Snowboard Big Air. For his history-making 2340 …

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2 months ago

Australia's Laura Peel returns to form with commanding World Cup victory in Canada

ABC

Almost a year out from the Winter Olympics, Australia's two-time aerials world champion Laura Peel has returned to the top of the podium with a commanding World Cup victory in Canada. Their feats brought the country's medal haul to four this weekend with Scotty James earlier winning gold in the X-Games halfpipe and Bree Walker silver in the monobob World …

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2 months ago

Swiss skier Marco Odermatt takes eventful World Cup super-G for 1st win in Kitzbuehel

Associated Press

KITZBUEHEL, Austria — Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt finally added Kitzbuehel to his list of World Cup victories on Friday, winning an eventful super-G at the iconic Austrian resort that saw a handful of racers crash badly. It was the 44th career win for the skier who has been dominating World Cup racing for the past three seasons, but Odermatt …

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2 months ago

French skier Alexis Pinturault airlifted from course after crash in Kitzbuehel super-G

Associated Press

KITZBUEHEL, Austria — French ski star Alexis Pinturault was taken off the hill by helicopter with an apparent right knee injury after he became one of a series of racers who crashed in a men’s World Cup super-G on Friday. Pinturault, a three-time Olympic medalist who won the 2021 World Cup overall championship, competed only in his eighth race since …

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2 months ago

Shiffrin set for World Cup skiing return at Courchevel

Hindustan Times

Mikaela Shiffrin, who injured her abdomen in a fall at the end of November, said Thursday that she would be returning to the World Cup at the Courchevel slalom on January 30. See you soon," the American wrote on Instagram after announcing on NBC that she would be "heading over to Europe in the next couple days to race first …

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2 months, 1 week ago

World silver medalist Isabeau Levito to miss US Figure Skating championships with foot injury

Associated Press

World silver medalist Isabeau Levito withdrew from next week’s U.S. Figure Skating championships because of a foot injury on Tuesday, putting the Olympic hopeful’s chances of participating in the world championships in question. “I am heartbroken to say that I won’t be able to compete at nationals this year due to a foot injury,” said Levito, who won the title …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Friedrich pulls away for 4-man bobsled win, US finishes 3rd in team luge relay

Associated Press

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Francesco Friedrich got the 85th World Cup bobsled victory of his career Sunday, dominating the second heat to win a four-man race. Luge At Altenberg, Germany, Austria’s Madeleine Egle got her third World Cup women’s singles luge win in five races this season and slipped past fellow Austrian Lisa Schulte for the overall standings lead. Latvia’s …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lauren Macuga wins a World Cup super-G race with Lindsey Vonn 4th on stellar day for US ski team

Associated Press

ST. ANTON, Austria — Breakout star Lauren Macuga and comeback queen Lindsey Vonn made it a classic Sunday for the United States ski team. Macuga’s first World Cup race win — in a super-G where the 40-year-old Vonn impressed again in fourth — was no surprise to ski watchers who saw the 22-year-old American’s fast-improving results. Vonn had skied at …

World World Cup Ski Race Team Star Cup

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Federica Brignone wins, Lindsey Vonn impresses and Malorie Blanc shocks in epic World Cup downhill

Associated Press

ST. ANTON, Austria — Federica Brignone had zero World Cup downhill wins in her stellar career. 46 in just the second race of her World Cup career, Swiss prospect Blanc stunningly had the fastest time at the final checkpoint before finishing just 0.07 seconds behind Brignone. “All things considered it was a great start.” Vonn lost her record as the …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mikaela Shiffrin aiming to be back on snow ‘in the next week or so’ following November crash

Associated Press

Mikaela Shiffrin is back in the gym and aiming to be on snow “in the next week or so,” the American skiing star said more than a month after suffering a deep puncture wound in her hip area. Shiffrin was nearing the finish of her second run of the giant slalom, chasing a record-extending 100th World Cup win, when she …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

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

Associated Press

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 …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

World Cup super-G sees another skier airlifted to hospital off Bormio slope set to host Olympics

Associated Press

BORMIO, Italy — A men’s World Cup super-G got off to an inauspicious start on Sunday as the very first skier crashed dramatically on the slope set to be used for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Gino Caviezel became the third skier airlifted to hospital off the Stelvio slope this weekend after the Swiss skier crashed around 45 seconds into his …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sarrazin awake and stable after surgery on head injury from ski crash

Associated Press

MILAN — French skier Cyprien Sarrazin was awake and in stable condition on Saturday, a day after surgery on a head injury sustained in a crash during training for a World Cup downhill. Sarrazin, who won the downhill on Bormio’s fearsome Stelvio course last year, was one of two skiers airlifted to hospital after crashing on Friday on the slope …

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3 months ago

Olympic snowboarder dies in avalanche at 26

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3 months ago

Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger dies in avalanche, aged 26

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3 months, 1 week ago

Ex-teammates expect the best from Lindsey Vonn in return to World Cup ski racing at age 40

Associated Press

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — At 47, Bode Miller will stick to developing skis and raising his kids. The trio of well-known and well-decorated American ski racers are all content in retirement and rooting for their longtime teammate Lindsey Vonn as she returns to World Cup ski racing at 40 — with a new titanium knee — this weekend in St. …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Shiffrin recovering after abdominal surgery to clean out deep puncture wound suffered in race crash

Associated Press

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Mikaela Shiffrin is recovering after undergoing abdominal surgery on Thursday night to clean out a puncture wound she received in a giant slalom crash two weeks ago. The 29-year-old Shiffrin explained in her post Saturday that her surgery was unexpected and came “after feeling a bit under the weather.” She’s been using a wound vacuum to …

World World Cup Shiffrin Cup Wins

3 months, 1 week ago

Cornelia Huetter of Austria wins first-ever women’s World Cup downhill held on Birds of Prey course

Associated Press

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Cornelia Huetter of Austria navigated the tricky and steep terrain Saturday to win the first-ever women’s World Cup downhill held on the Birds of Prey course. Huetter, the reigning World Cup downhill champion, stuck to her line — and it proved to be the swiftest path to the finish. I had a good race, but I …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Lindsey Vonn reveals date for stunning return to World Cup skiing

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3 months, 1 week ago

Wyatt wins men's World Cup skeleton race, with Grotheer sidelined by injury

Hindustan Times

SIGULDA, Latvia — Christopher Grotheer is still unbeaten this season. He's just no longer the World Cup men's skeleton points leader. HT Image Britain's Marcus Wyatt took over the World Cup lead with a win in a race Friday at Sigulda, Latvia. Grotheer — the reigning Olympic champion who had won all four World Cup races entering this weekend — …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Olympic moguls champion Jakara Anthony suffers broken collarbone

ABC

Olympic champion Jakara Anthony will miss the next World Cup moguls event in Georgia after undergoing surgery on a broken collarbone. Australia's Jakara Anthony runs the tables on French rival Perrine Laffont to win the second women's moguls World Cup event of the season in Sweden. "Jakara sustained an injury during World Cup training at Idre Fjäll that will rule …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

With World Cup in her backyard, Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Kilde — skiing’s golden couple — focus on recovery

New York Times

This wasn’t the way alpine skiing aficionados drew it up when they scheduled men’s and women’s speed races on the famed Birds of Prey course in Beaver Creek, Colo., on back-to-back weekends this month. They figured the events held major potential for a celebration of the sport’s golden couple: American Mikaela Shiffrin, who might be closing in on her record …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pinheiro Braathen performs snow samba to celebrate Brazil’s first podium in a World Cup ski race

Associated Press

It’s not just soccer anymore. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen became the first Brazilian skier to finish on a World Cup podium when he placed second in a giant slalom in Beaver Creek, Colorado, on Sunday. “It’s such a privilege to be able to be the first one to bring the Brazilian flag — something that I’m so proud of — up …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pinheiro Braathen performs snow samba to celebrate Brazil's first podium in a World Cup ski race

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

AP’s top sports photos of the year are worth a close look

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From the Paris Olympics to the Super Bowl. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Mike Tyson, left, fights Jake Paul during their heavyweight boxing match, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Tyrrell Hatton, of England, reacts on the 11th …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Lindsey Vonn, at 40, returns to competitive skiing, earns World Cup eligibility

New York Times

Nearly six years after her retirement, American alpine skiing legend Lindsey Vonn returned to competition this weekend in Copper Mountain, Colo., with two races each in the downhill and Super-G. Her performance earned her the eligibility to request a wild card into World Cup races, the FIS — international skiing’s governing body — confirmed to The Athletic. “Well … after …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kaillie Humphries, now a mom, set to return to World Cup bobsled circuit. And USA skeleton medals

Associated Press

ALTENBERG, Germany — U.S. bobsledder Kaillie Humphries is returning to the World Cup circuit on Saturday in what will be the three-time Olympic champion’s first race since becoming a mother six months ago. Skeleton The U.S. won its first skeleton medal of the season Friday, with Sara Roderick and Austin Florian grabbing silver in the World Cup mixed team event …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Teen to represent Australia at 2025 Disabled Water Ski World Championships after boating accident

ABC

Fifteen-year-old Loxton school girl Eira Dalzell is set to wear the green and gold for Australia next year after overcoming a traumatic waterskiing accident three years ago that permanently damaged her hand. "Both of the girls ended up under the boat and unfortunately the propeller … got Eira's hand and her leg and nothing else, which we were very, very …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ogiwara, Brookes triumph at FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup in Beijing

China Daily

Mia Brookes of Britain competes during the women's snowboard final at the 2024-2025 FIS Snowboard & Freeski Big Air World Cup in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec 1, 2024. BEIJING -- Teenage skiers Hiroto Ogiwara of Japan and Britain's Mia Brookes claimed the men's and women's snowboard big air titles respectively at the FIS World Cup in Beijing on …

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