SOCHI, Russia (Feb. 11) - With Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the crowd, Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) rode a razor sharp line to finish fourth by a mere two hundredths of a second in the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup test of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games downhill. Miller carried the green leader light through the first two timing intervals before his skis hooked up on the middle of the course forcing him to dump speed coming into the jump section.

BEAVER CREEK, CO (Dec. 6) - Three-time Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom champion Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) stormed from behind Tuesday to win the second Audi Birds of Prey GS in Beaver Creek. It was his second win in three GS races and vaulted him into second in the overall Audi FIS Alpine World Cup standings. After sitting fourth with a .14 deficit in the first run, Ligety won the second run by .72 for the 10th victory of his career and second in Beaver Creek.

ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Feb. 21) – Eighteen-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in women’s slalom history Friday with her victory under the lights at Rosa Khutor. The World Champion capped off the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games for the women’s U.S. Alpine Ski Team with two stunning performances, giving her the first U.S. slalom victory since Phil Mahre in 1984. Marlies Schild and Kathrin Zettel of Austria skied to silver and bronze. The historic event airs Friday night on NBC’s Primetime Olympic coverage starting at 8:00 p.m.

Winning is tough. Winning consistently over time is even tougher. It was a best in the world weekend for U.S. athletes around the globe. And what made it even sweeter was the depth beyond the stars.

To Lindsey Vonn, winning 50 World Cups was almost inconceivable. But Saturday at Garmisch, she did it – matching the great Alberto Tomba and moving ever closer to Vreni Schneider (55) and Annemarie Moeser Proell (62) on the all time women’s win list. A day later, it was Julia Mancuso’s turn to win, taking her first super G victory in five years.

ZAGREB, Croatia (Jan. 6, 2015)—It was a tough evening in Zagreb, Croatia for the U.S. Ski Team men, who are still comprehending Monday’s devastating news from Soelden, Austria. No Americans finished the Audi FIS Ski World Cup night slalom, with only Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) and David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, CO) qualifying for a second run.

KRANSJKA GORA, Slovenia (March 10) – Contending with deep ruts, rain and snow, Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) finished 18th in the Kransjka Gora slalom on Sunday. Austria’s Marcel Hirscher was second, mathematically securing the 2013 Audi FIS Alpine World Cup slalom title as his only challenger, Felix Neureuther of Germany, went out in the first run. Ligety will enter World Cup Finals with a 74 point lead on third in the overall standings over Neureuther. Ivica Kostelic from Croatia won the race for his first victory of the season.

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BEAVER CREEK, CO (Nov. 27) - U.S. Ski Team veteran Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain, CA) found the line down the challenging Raptor downhill to lead Wednesday's training run. Cook blazed down the challenging course in 1:42.03 - .07 ahead of Lichtenstein's Tina Weirather and a tenth in front of Tuesday's leader Lara Gut of Switzerland. 

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Franconia, NH (June 4) - The Eastern Ski Writers Association (ESWA) has awarded Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) and Kieffer Christianson (Anchorage) with the 2013 Don A. Metivier Golden Ski Award.

This is Shiffrin’s third and Christianson’s first win. The winners were officially recognized at the New England Ski Museum in Franconia, NH, on May 31.

ARE, Sweden (March 10) - Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) tied for ninth in a windy Are slalom to land her fourth Audi FIS Alpine World Cup top 10 of the season and secure a trip to the World Cup Finals in her rookie season. Four-time overall champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) was in the hunt to add to her 1,808 point total, but skied out a few gates from the finish as best friend Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany took the win.

BANSKO, Bulgaria (Feb. 25) - After three and a half hours of delays, the jury officially canceled the women's Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill in Bansko due to inconsistent high winds that blew up and down the mountain. Regardless of the scrapped race, Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) had already locked her fifth consecutive women's downhill title and all six U.S. Ski Team downhillers qualified for the March 11-18 World Cup Finals in Schladming, Austria.

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