JASNA, Slovakia (March 3) - Katie Ryan (Aspen, CO; Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club) took an aggressive line Monday to open women's speed competition at the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships with fifth in super G, just .24 from the podium. Joining Ryan, who has already locked the 2014 NorAm downhill title, was Katharine Irwin (Vail, CO; Ski and Snowboard Club Vail) in eighth. One run of slalom was also contested Monday with the two-run combined time determining the super combined champion.
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BEAVER CREEK, CO (Dec. 1) - Ted Ligety survived a rock and roll ride down a challenging super G course at the Audi Birds of Prey to take fourth, matching his result from Lake Louise a week ago. Italian Matteo Marsaglia was a surprise winner for his first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup podium. Ligety remained second in the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup overall behind Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal who was second in the race.
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (March 9) – Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) shredded the wet snow with authority, winning the Kranjska Gora giant slalom and securing the fourth Audi FIS Alpine World Cup GS title of his career. Ligety used his aggressive arcs to power down the rutted course ahead of Austrian Marcel Hirscher to win his fifth giant slalom race this season and a record fifth in Kranjska Gora. Ted now stands firmly third in the World Cup overall standings with five races left in the season.
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LAKE LOUISE, AB (Dec. 5) – U.S. Ski Team athletes fine-tuned their lines on the legendary Lake Louise women’s downhill in preparation for the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill double-header this weekend. U.S. Ski Team rookie Jackie Wiles (Aurora, OR) and Julia Ford (Plymouth, NH) charged from the back of the pack to lead for the USA, tying for ninth place. Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) chose to skip Thursday’s training to rest before her first downhill race since she won in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy on Jan. 19 of last winter.
BEAVER CREEK, CO (Nov. 29) – The 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships women’s downhill successfully hosted its first World Cup Friday to open the Nature Valley Raptor World Cup week. Veteran Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain, CA) earned the top spot for the U.S. Ski Team, finishing 19th on a course that has been heralded by the entire Aud FIS Alpine World Cup field. Cook finished 2.23-seconds behind the Soelden winner Lara Gut of Switzerland, who put down a smooth and aggressive line early in the race to take the victory. Saturday the U.S.
SOELDEN, Austria (Oct. 23) - Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) matched teammate Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) Sunday as the U.S. Ski Team swept the Audi FIS World Cup openers in Soelden. It was the ninth World Cup win for Ligety who opened defense of his Audi FIS World Cup GS title.
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After heavy snowfall overnight, the sun came out for the 90th anniversary of the Wengen downhill. Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team athlete Bryce Bennett put down a blazing run to take seventh place in the downhill—his best finish so far this season.
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BEAVER CREEK, CO (Feb. 4, 2015) - Increasing snowfall and wind conspired to cause a postponement of the scheduled men’s super G Wednesday at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Beaver Creek. The race is rescheduled for 11 a.m. MST Thursday. Men's downhill training, originally scheduled for Thursday, is canceled. The women's downhill training will be at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.