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| Organizers look into backup plans for Val d'Isere (AP) | 25/11/2011 20:49 |
| The International Ski Federation is looking at backup plans just in case the course in Val d'Isere, France, doesn't have enough snow to host the men's and women's races next month. FIS women's race director Atle Skaardal said Friday night there's only about a "30 percent chance" the venue will be ready in time for the events scheduled for Dec. | |
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| US skier Staples eager to put career back on track (AP) | 25/11/2011 17:54 |
| Kiley Staples possesses a golden pass so powerful it just might help the promising U.S. ski racer jump start her career again. By virtue of capturing the Nor-Am overall title last season, Staples gains automatic entry into every World Cup event in 2011-12. Every single race. Those words still sound almost too good to be true. | |
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| Canada's Halbert stands tall on WC ski circuit (AP) | 25/11/2011 6:28 |
| Kelby Halbert is almost too big to be a skier. At 6 feet, 8 inches (2.032 m) and almost 240 pounds (108 kgs), Halbert is Canada's downhill skiing giant. On the World Cup circuit, only 6-5 (1.95 m) Marc Gisin of Italy comes close to him in height. "If you put me in a crowd of ski racers, I'm typically about a head above every one," Halbert said Thursday after his first training run... | |
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| Canada's Halbert stands tall on WC ski circuit (AP) | 25/11/2011 5:53 |
| Kelby Halbert is almost too big to be a skier. His racing suit is double extra large, and his skis are the longest allowed. At 6 feet, 8 inches and almost 240 pounds, Halbert is Canada's downhill skiing giant. On the World Cup circuit, only 6-5 Marc Gisin of Italy comes close to him in height. "If you put me in a crowd of ski racers, I'm typically about a head above every one,"... | |
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| Teen skier Shiffrin eager to begin year in Aspen (AP) | 23/11/2011 17:51 |
| Being one of the youngest members of the U.S. ski team, teenager Mikaela Shiffrin is concerned about keeping up. With her chemistry course, not competitors on the course. On the slopes, Shiffrin is a quick study and is already being dubbed the next Lindsey Vonn, a lofty label that both flatters and flabbergasts the 16-year-old high school junior. | |
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| Report: Finnish skier admits samples have HGH (AP) | 16/11/2011 12:07 |
| Finnish media say cross country skier Juha Lallukka has admitted that his blood samples show traces of human growth hormone. Finnish broadcasting company YLE and the Stt news agency say the 32-year-old Lallukka admitted that it was in his sample, but the skier's lawyer, Hannu Kalkas, denies his client used the illegal substance. | |
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| Pro skier dead after Utah avalanche (AP) | 14/11/2011 15:35 |
| A world record-holding professional skier who once famously jumped off a 255-foot cliff died in a weekend avalanche in Utah while on a steep slope at a closed resort. Jamie Pierre, 38, was swept over a cliff Sunday at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort in the Wasatch mountains about 30 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. | |
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| Innerhofer returns to training after crash (AP) | 11/11/2011 11:34 |
| Super-G world champion Christof Innerhofer of Italy has been cleared to return to training following a crash last week. Innerhofer suffered cranial trauma and a bruised and twisted left knee after he crashed during training in Austria. However, the 26-year-old skier will fly with his teammates to Canada on Monday and start training again at Nakiska before racing in Lake Louise, Alberta, Nov. | |
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| US skier Nyman out for season with torn Achilles (AP) | 09/11/2011 22:23 |
| U.S. skier Steven Nyman tore his left Achilles tendon in training and will miss the 2011-12 season. A two-time Olympian, Nyman was injured in a crash Tuesday at Copper Mountain, but not on the U.S. Ski Team's newly designed Speed Center course that officially opens early next week. Soon after discovering the extent of the injury, the 29-year-old Nyman tweeted: "Blown Achilles tendon (equals)... | |
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| Vonn takes aim at reclaiming overall title (AP) | 07/11/2011 15:57 |
| Lindsey Vonn has found her rhythm on the ski slopes and the dance floor. The Olympic gold medalist turned in quite a two-step to start the season, capturing her first giant slalom race last month followed by attending her first homecoming dance with a teenager who gathered up enough courage to ask her out. | |
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