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| Scheiber back on skis 6 months after crash (AP) | 19/07/2011 13:27 |
| Austrian skier Mario Scheiber has resumed training, nearly six months after breaking his shoulder blade and nose in a spectacular crash during World Cup downhill training in Chamonix, France. The Austrian ski federation says Scheiber completed a practice session at the Hintertuxer glacier on Tuesday without complications. | |
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| US men's Alpine team using go-karts in offseason (AP) | 16/07/2011 18:27 |
| This was no mirage in the desert southwest of the Great Salt Lake. U.S. men's alpine ski team member Nolan Kasper zipped up his downhill racing suit, donned a helmet and accelerated through each turn -- on a high-speed go-kart. "It's a group of young athletes, and whenever you get a bunch of guys together, we're all going to be competitive," said three-time Olympian Marco... | |
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| President of Italy's ski federation removed (AP) | 09/07/2011 8:45 |
| The Italian Olympic Committee has ruled that the president of the country's winter sports federation Giovanni Morzenti was elected in an irregular vote and removed him from office. Morzenti won the FISI election in April 2010 with 50.6 percent of the votes but a small ski association asked that the election be annulled for irregularities including reported falsely signed ballots. | |
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| US Alpine team makes coaching changes (AP) | 31/05/2011 18:54 |
| The U.S. Ski Team has promoted Forest Carey to oversee the men's speed squad and brought in Roland Pfeifer to guide the women's technical side. The coaching changes were announced Tuesday by program director Patrick Riml. Carey was in charge of the men's Europa Cup squad last winter when Nolan Kasper won the slalom crown, becoming the first U.S. | |
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| Paraplegic Colorado skier killed at Arapahoe Basin (AP) | 27/05/2011 9:57 |
| Colorado authorities say a paraplegic skier was killed after taking a hard fall at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area. The Summit County Coroner's office says 51-year-old Jack Wade of Golden, Colo., used a "sit ski" device that allowed him to sit while going down the slopes. The office says witnesses report that the edges of Wade's skis caught on the snow and he crashed "very hard"... | |
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| Grugger plans comeback after near-fatal crash (AP) | 22/05/2011 6:12 |
| Austria's Hans Grugger is working on coming back to the World Cup ski circuit four months after a crash in downhill training at Kitzbuehel left him in a coma. "I have the will to race downhills and super-Gs again," Grugger told Austrian national radio station Oe3 on Sunday. Grugger, who added that he doesn't know yet when he will return to the circuit, decided to continue his... | |
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| Veteran Canadian skier Britt Janyk retires (AP) | 17/05/2011 13:29 |
| Canadian skier Britt Janyk has retired after a 15-year run with her national team. She won a World Cup downhill in 2007 and finished sixth in the downhill at the Vancouver Olympics last year. The 30-year-old Janyk announced her decision Tuesday. She was a 15-time Canadian champion who had 18 top-10 finishes on the World Cup circuit. | |
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| Halfpipe skiers feel Olympian after Sochi addition (AP) | 03/05/2011 17:58 |
| Jen Hudak had breakfast while visiting New York on Tuesday with a friend she grew up skiing moguls with. He's now an architect in the city. She's still skiing at the age of 24. A bit in awe, the friend told her, "You're going to the Olympics." "It's like, wow, that's crazy. | |
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| 3 bidders in contest to host 2017 Alpine worlds (AP) | 03/05/2011 4:41 |
Switzerland's St. Moritz and Italian resort Cortina d'Ampezzo have made a third straight bid to host Alpine skiing's world championships. The International Ski Federation said Tuesday that bidding for the 2017 event is a three-way contest with Are in Sweden. St. Moritz and Cortina lost to Austria's Schladming for 2013 rights and Vail-Beaver Creek in the United States for 2015. | |
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| Swiss-Moldovan Alpine racer Imboden retires (AP) | 20/04/2011 12:18 |
| Swiss-Moldovan skier Urs Imboden has retired from Alpine racing after a career in which his change in national affiliation prompted a rules change. Imboden skied for Switzerland at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, finishing fifth in the slalom. He changed nationalities in 2006 after failing to keep his place on the Swiss team, skiing for Moldova at three world championships from 2007-11. | |
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