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Alexander Steen Olsen leads Norwegian sweep in men's alpine World Cup opener
Alexander Steen Olsen held on to his first-run advantage to lead a Norwegian sweep of the podium at the season-opening men's World Cup giant slalom on Sunday in Soelden, Austria, while Lucas Pinheiro Braathen and Marcel Hirscher made successful comebacks to the circuit.
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World Cup skiing opens with Mikaela Shiffrin nearing 100 wins and notable comebacks
A series of high-profile crashes in the previous alpine skiing season throws a shadow over the start of the new World Cup campaign, with women racing on Saturday in Soelden, Austria, and the men Sunday.
Shiffrin tops ski rival Vlhova, adding 2nd slalom win to recent success in Austria
Mikaela Shiffrin celebrated an emotional win in a women's World Cup night race Tuesday, edging out Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova in another gripping duel of their ongoing slalom rivalry.
Gut-Behrami clinches narrow win in giant slalom World Cup opener
Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami edged first-run leader Federica Brignone by 2-100ths of a second Saturday to win the season-opening women's World Cup giant slalom, with Mikaela Shiffrin finishing in sixth in Soelden, Austria.
World Cup slalom champion Lucas Braathen retires from skiing 2 days before season starts
World Cup slalom champion Lucas Braathen retired from his sport on Friday at the age of 23 in a surprise announcement by the Norwegian skier two days before the season starts.
'Not done yet': Ski racing wins leader Mikaela Shiffrin continues quest for records
After surpassing Ingemar Stenmark as the winningest ski racer in the 56-year-history of alpine skiing's World Cup, Mikaela Shiffrin is bound to add to her tally of 87 and other milestones will come her way. For staters, her 15 Crystal Globes are five short of Lindsey Vonn.
Skier AJ Ginnis picks up 1st-ever world medal for Greece in any winter Olympic sport
Greek racer AJ Ginnis finished runner-up to gold medallist Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway in slalom at the alpine skiing world championships on Sunday to earn his country its first world championships medal in a Winter Olympic sport.
Swiss skier Marco Odermatt wins giant slalom for 2nd gold medal at worlds
Swiss skier Marco Odermatt won the men's giant slalom Friday for his second gold medal at the world championships.
Shiffrin pushes past late mistake to win giant slalom gold at world championships
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold medal in the women's giant slalom at the world championships Thursday. Shiffrin overcame a mistake near the end of the race to hold on to her first-run lead to beat Italian skier Federica Brignone by 0.12 seconds.
Mikaela Shiffrin's idol believes skier could win '100 or more' if healthy
While Mikaela Shiffrin is set to continue her quest for a record-setting 83rd women's alpine skiing World Cup win next week, her biggest idol sees even larger milestones coming up for the American.