Mikaela Shiffrin stepped on the giant slalom podium for the second time in two days in Courchevel, France, taking second place and her seventh World Cup top-three of the season. With the second fastest second run, Paula Moltzan was 13th.

It was another gorgeous day in France with the race replacing a canceled GS from November in Killington, Vermont. Finishing ahead of Shiffrin was Sara Hector of Sweden, who was second in Tuesday’s GS and hadn’t won a World Cup in seven years due to injury. It was the first time a Swedish skier had won a World Cup since 2017. Marta Bassino of Italy was third.

“Sharing the podium yesterday with Michelle [Gisin] and Sara yesterday and Marta and Sara winning today—those are two really special podiums,” said Shiffrin. “Amazing athletes and amazing women—they’re some of the most positive and kind people on the World Cup circuit.”

The snow was rough and bumpy on the Emile Allais slope, named after the famous French skier, which caused a few back spasms for Shiffrin on first run. But she gritted it out to third place and did some dry needling and physical therapy for second run to put the pain at bay. And it worked—she came out swinging and put down an aggressive and fast second run to move her up to second place.

Shiffrin was open about battling fatigue throughout the race series. The beginning of her season has been packed with events—Courchevel was her 13th World Cup start this season and her third race in four days. “No more energy!” she laughed. “Even yesterday after the first run, I was like ‘Oh my gosh, I have to do this three more times?’ Today was a big physical challenge and it’s also mentally tough too…I knew it was going to be like that after the last weeks, but it’s always a little bit surprising when you get to this point and you feel just totally gassed.”

But Shiffrin knew that she is stronger this season than she’s been before and that she’s skiing close to her potential. She’s had eight podiums over those 13 starts and to pull off another while being this exhausted was remarkable. “To have four runs the last two days that were a lot of really good skiing—today there was some scrappy skiing as well—but even coming close of what I’m able to do was really special,” she added.

After finishing 28th first run and only just qualifying for a second run, Moltzan threw down an unbelievable second run to move up to 13th place. Her second run was the second fastest, beating even Hector and Shiffrin by a few tenths. It was her best giant slalom finish since she first scored points in the 2020-21 season in Soelden, Austria.

AJ Hurt qualified for a second run—finishing an impressive 19th first run—but got late and crashed out of the course. Nina O’Brien did not finish first run. Both are OK. Katie Hensien did not qualify for second run.

The U.S. Alpine Ski Team leads the giant slalom and slalom FIS Nations Cups for the first time since 1983—an unbelievable feat showing a new depth on this tech team.

Shiffrin also maintains the lead of the overall World Cup of 115 points over Italian Sofia Goggia, who did not finish first run.

The women get a holiday break before returning to Lienz, Austria for a slalom and a giant slalom after Christmas.

RESULTS
Women’s giant slalom

The U.S. Alpine Ski Team packed four into the points in Courchevel, France, led by Mikaela Shiffrin, who threw down two stellar giant slalom runs to take her 72nd FIS World Cup win. Nina O’Brien and Paula Moltzan were 15th and 16th, respectively, and AJ Hurt was 28th.

It was a bright and sunny December day in Courchevel, the home of the upcoming 2023 FIS World Championships, with the World Cup women attacking the long and demanding giant slalom. Sara Hector of Sweden—who Shiffrin has long lauded her skiing—had the fastest second run to land her in second place, .86 seconds behind Shiffrin. Michelle Gisin of Switzerland was third.

Shiffrin was the leader after the first run with a commanding .74 second advantage over the field and she continued to build on it throughout second run. She crushed the top of the exhausting course, and took a little off on the bottom to ski to her 14th giant slalom victory and sixth career win in Courchevel on the Emile Allais Slope—making her tally at Courchevel the highest at any resort. 

“It’s incredible,” said Shiffrin. “It was really quite difficult, to be honest—tiring today! Even after the first run, I wasn’t sure I could do the second run. It’s a big push and for every athlete racing, we had to dig very deep and just fight and be aggressive. I think I did that quite well. I’m certainly happy with the day.”

The win came directly after taking fifth in Val d’Isere super-G—a new stop on the World Cup tour for Shiffrin. “I feel some motivation now and feel a lot more fire after these last weeks,” said Shiffrin. “That was the first time I ever raced in Val d’Isere—years and years of wanting to go there and try it and we finally did it this year. To come here today was a big question in my mind if it was a right decision and if it was going to be too much, so to be able to ski this way today even with fatigue and less energy is very spectacular.”

The race was also one year after Shiffrin’s return to the World Cup podium after her father’s death. When asked about what Courchevel means to her, given the emotional weight of the venue on her mind, she said this year’s race was different than last year’s race. “There was just so much leading up to the victory last year,” she recalled. “It was so different from anything I knew or had experienced before. I feel like I’ve settled into my new self a little bit more at this point.”

Shiffrin’s win bumped her 35 points ahead of Sofia Goggia in the overall standings, who had overtaken Shiffrin after winning twice in Val d’Isere but did not finish second run in Courchevel.  

O’Brien and Moltzan also had excellent days, both putting down blazing second runs to take 15th and 16th place. “I’m just happy to finally put some good turns and link them top to bottom and come down in the green,” said Moltzan, who had the sixth-fastest second run. “I was really happy. As ski racers, you’re always looking for the green light and when you finally get it after not seeing it so much, it’s a good feeling. It’s definitely a really challenging GS course.”

AJ Hurt was 28th at the venue where she scored her first GS points and had her career-best finish in 2020. This was her fourth time scoring points in GS.

Keely Cashman did not qualify for a second run and Katie Hensien did not finish the first run but is OK.

Following Tuesday's giant slalom, the American women continue to lead in the nations standings. The Americans also currently lead the nations standings in slalom. The depth of this women's tech team is something this generation of women has never before experienced. 

Notably missing from the race were Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland, Austrian Katharina Liensberger and New Zealand’s Alice Robinson who had all tested positive for COVID-19.

The women gear up for a second giant slalom on Wednesday before the holiday break, which was added to make up for the canceled GS at Killington Resort, Vt. in November.

RESULTS
Women’s giant slalom

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST

Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021 
4:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Courchevel, FRA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
7:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Courchevel, FRA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
9:45 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Madonna di Campiglio, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
12:45 p.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Madonna di Campiglio, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

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River Radamus showed his consistency, finding the top 10 for the second time in two days at the FIS World Cup giant slalom in Alta Badia, Italy, finishing 10th.

Marco Odermatt of Switzerland won the race handily, taking the victory by more than a second over local Italian hero Luca De Aliprandini, who scored his first World Cup podium in second place. German Alexander Schmid also had his first podium appearance, finishing in third. Sunday’s race winner Henrik Kristoffersen was just off the podium in fourth.

Odermatt, who has four wins under his belt so far this season in both GS and super-G, remains in first place in the overall World Cup hunt.

Radamus put down another good day, showing his strength and skill on the longest giant slalom on the circuit. He was eighth after the second run but a few minor errors cost him enough time to push him back into 10th. “I made mistakes early—cost myself my time up there,” said Radamus. “But I fought like hell. I fought really hard and just wanted to keep my skis in the fall line. I did a good job with my approach. There are some turns that I want back but I’m psyched with how I went at it today.”

With Sunday’s sixth-place result tying Radamus’ personal best finish on the World Cup and Monday’s 10th place, the world is starting to notice the Vail-bred skier and pointing out his medal potential in Beijing in February. But the measured and mature 23-year-old is thinking about the Games in a different way, allowing himself to focus on the aspects of the sport he can manage.

“It’s the shadow that’s looming over everybody; you can’t not think about it,” said Radamus. “I’ve never been to the Olympics. I think I’m in a good position to go this year, but I need to focus on my approach and focus on the things I can control. I think my skiing is going in the right direction because I’m doing that and so I’m going to keep that up and hopefully can bring the momentum into the Olympic Games. I’ll focus on the process instead of the outcome and the outcome will be there if I do that.”

Radamus is also battling some pain after crashing through the finish yesterday after his first run but is treating the issue and does not expect it to be a lingering problem throughout the season.

Brian McLaughlin and Ryan Cochran-Siegle did not qualify for the second run. George Steffey did not finish the first run.  

The giant slalom specialists and speed men now have a holiday break, while the slalom skiers stay in Italy for the Madonna di Campiglio night slalom on Wednesday. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the women will race two giant slaloms in Courchevel, France.

RESULTS
Men’s giant slalom

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST

Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021 
4:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Courchevel, FRA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
7:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Courchevel, FRA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021 
4:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Courchevel, FRA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
7:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Courchevel, FRA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
9:45 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Madonna di Campiglio, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
12:45 p.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Madonna di Campiglio, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

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Bella Wright crashed in the second of two FIS World Cup super-G races at St. Moritz, sustaining a broken talus bone in her right ankle. She traveled back to the States to undergo further evaluation, therefore missing the Val d’Isere (FRA) speed series. 

On Saturday, Wright provided an update via her Instagram account: 

My heart is a little shattered, but I’m going to continue to work and make sure I do everything I can to be back when the time is right. For the next 6 weeks I will be non-weight bearing so my ankle is going to be taking it easy but the rest of my body is going to work🏋🏽‍♂️

 

 

 

 

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Surrounded by breathtaking Dolomite mountains in Italy, River Radamus tied his best ever FIS World Cup result in Alta Badia, taking sixth place in the giant slalom—proving that he is in the medal hunt in a critical Olympic season.

Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway won his first World Cup of the season with a near-perfect second run to elevate himself from seventh place to the victory. Marco Odermatt of Switzerland was second and Manuel Feller of Austria third. 2021 giant slalom World Champion Mathieu Faivre led the race after the first run, but had a slow second run and finished 16th.

Radamus had a strong first run, crashing into the finish to take an impressive fourth place—his best ever result in a first run. He took a little off second run, but still skied well to end up in sixth. The result tied his personal best finish earlier in the season when he was sixth in Soelden.

“Getting sixth here is huge for me,” said Radamus. “It’s a step in the right direction. Obviously after first run I would have liked more, but I’m happy to make that second run and do it decently. I take the points, take the result and I keep moving forward.”

He reflected on his second run start, in which he was sandwiched between ski racing legends like Manuel Feller and Alexis Pinturault. “That was definitely my first run amidst the scene—starting between idols of mine and titans of the sport,” said Radamus. “I don’t think it got to me too much, but it’s definitely a cool feeling. I want to get back there more often and be able to compete with those guys because I feel that I can.”

Radamus also took time to pay homage to the track that he has long dubbed his favorite on the circuit. The Gran Risa has always been the darling of the giant slalom greats—including Marcel Hirscher, Bode Miller, Alberto Tomba, and Radamus’ hero Ted Ligety. “Everyone will tell you this is the best GS hill,” said Radamus. “I treat it almost as a religious experience coming here—you have to pay tribute to the hill. I always want to come here and really execute and have a good run and really do it justice.”

Ryan Cochran-Siegle also scored points in the race, finishing 28th. Brian McLaughlin did not qualify for a second run and George Steffey did not finish first run.

The men get another crack at the Gran Risa with a giant slalom slated for Monday.  

RESULTS
Men’s giant slalom

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST

Monday, Dec. 20, 2021 
4:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Giant Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Alta Badia, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
7:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Giant Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Alta Badia, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

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Mikaela Shiffrin showed off her speed skiing prowess again, scoring fifth place in the FIS World Cup super-G in Val d’Isere, France. Breezy Johnson also finished in the top 10, taking ninth place—a career-best super-G finish for the speed skier.

Sofia Goggia dominated the race, taking her second win of the weekend and her fifth win of the season. Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway was second, breaking up what looked to be a potential Italian sweep (Federica Brignone ended up in fourth ahead of Shiffrin) and Elena Curtoni of Italy third.

Shiffrin was heading for a week of training after racing the speed events in St. Moritz last week, but made a last-minute decision to race the super-G in Val d’Isere—a venue she had never before raced. The decision paid off, scoring key points toward the overall hunt for the World Cup title and securing another World Cup super-G finish before the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Though she is still considered a tech event specialist, Shiffrin has now been in the top 10 in every super-G she has entered in the 2021-22 season.   

“I enjoyed the experience coming to a new place—having to study the course and learn the hill,” said Shiffrin. “Super-G is difficult to execute a plan in the one run, but I felt like that was all really good today. We’ll go back and look at the video and see where I can gain time, but I felt really good on my skis—good skiing.”

Goggia continues to ski a head above the rest in speed, winning her fifth World Cup this season, garnering comparisons to Lindsey Vonn’s historic dominance in speed. It was her first super-G win since Lake Louise, having grabbed second place and sixth place, respectively, in the wind-riddled St. Moritz. Her win also gives her a 65-point lead over Shiffrin in the overall standings.

After taking yet another downhill podium in Saturday’s race, Johnson came in with confidence to Sunday’s race on the same track. She has been steadily improving in the discipline, scoring a 12th and 24th in the St. Moritz super-Gs, and skied the Val d’Isere hill tactfully to score her best-ever World Cup super-G finish. She finished ninth, besting her previous personal best of 10th in Val di Fassa, Italy last February.

Rounding out the Americans, Tricia Mangan was 40th, Jackie Wiles 43rd, and Keely Cashman 44th.

The speed women get a short break, while the World Cup tour heads to Courchevel, France for two giant slaloms December 21-22 before the short holiday break.

RESULTS
Women's super-G

Exactly one year after scoring her first career FIS World Cup podium in Val d’Isere, Breezy Johnson stepped back onto the podium at the same venue in the downhill with a second place finish.

It’s been an exceptional 365 days for Johnson, who has amassed seven podiums over the last year—all in downhill.

Johnson had been third at the French venue last season and laughed about her result. “Every year I do a deal with the devil and he says you have to pick a number,” she said. “Last year I picked three because that seemed more attainable and this year I picked two!”

Italian Sofia Goggia won her seventh consecutive downhill on the fast course over Johnson. Miriam Puchner of Austria was third.

It was the third time Goggia and Johnson have gone one-two in a race this season, finishing in the same pattern in both Lake Louise downhills. Out of Breezy’s seven podiums, she has finished behind Goggia in each, with Goggia winning all but one of those races. “I’m happy with my skiing today,” said Breezy. “Sofia I’m sure had a great race. I didn’t watch her run because I didn’t want it to get in my head, but she has been incredible.”

Goggia’s run was a wild ride down the Val d’Isere O.K. course, named after French Olympic champions Henri Oreiller and Jean-Claude Killy, and Johnson’s clean run stood in sharp contrast. She knew she had speed coming into the race, but wasn’t confident after a mediocre training run. However the mentally strong skier stuck to her plan and executed at each section to finish just .27 seconds behind Goggia.

The Italian's victory catapulted Goggia in front of Mikaela Shiffrin in the overall standings, who skipped the downhill and plans to race Sunday’s super-G. Goggia leads with 535 points over Shiffrin’s 525 points.

Jackie Wiles, who broke her clavicle in Val d’Isere last December, also skied into the points in 26th. Keely Cashman skied out and did not finish.

The women next race super-G in Val d’Isere on Sunday to finish out the weekend.

RESULTS
Women’s downhill

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST

Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021 
4:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Giant Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Alta Badia, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
5:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Super-G - LIVE, Val D'Isere, FRA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
7:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Giant Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Alta Badia, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

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With a euphoric scream and instant tears, 29-year-old Bryce Bennett crossed the finish line at the Val Gardena downhill with a near-perfect run and his first ever career FIS World Cup win. It was the first victory for an American downhiller in nearly five years.

It seemed to come out of nowhere for the cheering Italian fans, who had seen Bennett finish in the middle of the pack in the downhill training runs, but the California native knew he could be fast on this hill. He had scored a fourth place finish in last year’s World Cup in Val Gardena and Americans have ruled at the venue in the past. Bennett kept it close up top, just a few tenths behind the leader, when he came into the terrain-heavy Ciaslat section near the bottom and stepped on the gas. The 6-foot-7 skier, who grew up riding BMX bikes, worked the bumps to shoot through the finish in first place. He looked up at his time, screamed an expletive we can’t publish here, and hollered in joy as he realized what he had just done.

“Over the last few weeks, I’ve been thinking about what a win would mean,” said Bennett. “It’s everything I thought it would be. I’ve been skiing poorly through the last few races, and here I felt really good and I just let it flow. It’s just frustrating when you have bad training runs and bad races, but here, anything can happen for me. I had a good plan. Honestly my expectations were a top 10 and then when I crossed the line and it was green, I was more than excited.”

Bennett was nearly beaten a few racers later by Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway, who has won four of his nine World Cup victories on this hill, including Friday’s super-G, and was ahead in the splits, but he got low on his line and skied out to DNF. Otmar Striedinger of Austria was second and Niels Hintermann of Switzerland was third.

Bennett hadn’t had a banner start to the season, finishing in the 20s and 30s in the North American races, but he knew he had fast skis and his confidence was high. He had recently switched over to his teammate Steven Nyman’s serviceman Leo Mussi, who has now accumulated eight wins on the Saslong in Val Gardena, including Nyman’s three career victories on the track.

“Leo Mussi! I think he has the most wins here as a serviceman,” said Bennett. “When I ski poorly, I feel bad for Leo. He works so hard. He’s like my second dad. Steve, Leo and I have a good relationship and we’re tight together.”

Travis Ganong and Jared Goldberg also had solid runs, finishing 15th and 19th. Nyman was 23rd and Ryan Cochran-Siegle, who was second at this race in 2020, was 27th. Erik Arvidsson was 59th.

The speed men are done for the weekend, while the tech men head to Alta Badia on Sunday for a giant slalom.

So how are the U.S. Alpine Ski Team downhillers going to commemorate Bennett’s big win? “I think we’re going to have a couple beers tonight and celebrate,” laughed Bennett. “And I think I’m going to buy a boat.”

RESULTS
Men's downhill

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST

Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021 
4:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Giant Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Alta Badia, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
5:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Super-G - LIVE, Val D'Isere, FRA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
7:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Giant Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Alta Badia, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

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On a sunny day amongst the jagged peaks of Val Gardena, Italy, both Ryan Cochran-Siegle and Travis Ganong skied confidently to snag the top 10 in the super-G, taking ninth and 10th, respectively.

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway continued his tear, winning his third FIS World Cup in a row and his third Val Gardena speed event in a row. Matthias Mayer and Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria finished second and third.

Cochran-Siegle is only a handful of races back on the World Cup circuit after breaking his neck in Kitzbuehel last season, but is methodically working his way back to the podium. He has grabbed a few top-10 results on the World Cup in the 2021-22 season so far, including a 10th in a Lake Louise downhill, sixth in the Birds of Prey downhill and now ninth in the Val Gardena super-G, and he knows that podium is in reach for Saturday's downhill, where he was second in 2020 and his mother, Barbara Ann Cochran, was second in both the World Cup and World Championships in 1970. “I think tomorrow is a pretty different race,” said Cochran-Siegle. “I just gotta go back to the training runs and look at video—what line I want to ski and how I want to ski and approach it. I think it's good to get a decent day out of this and then just trying to move forward to focus on tomorrow now.”

Ganong is also feeling confident after his 10th place result and sees it as another key milestone on his path towards a medal in the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. “I think if I have a clean run and no mistakes, I’ll be up there with the best any day,” he said. “I’ve felt like that for a long time, but then have had a lot of mistakes over the years. I feel really balanced, confident and comfortable on skis right now, so it makes it fun to ski and that’s when results come. It’s a good spot to be in—in an Olympic year like this.”

Jared Goldberg also finished in the points, taking 30th. Bryce Bennett was 38th, Steven Nyman 42nd and Erik Arvidsson 43rd. Sam Morse crashed and DNFed, but is OK.

Norwegians have dominated the super-Gs in Val Gardena, having won eight of the last 10 in the stunning Dolomites venue from a combination of the now-retired Aksel Lund Svindal, the recently injured Kjetil Jansrud and Kilde. But expect the stars and stripes to come out swinging in Saturday’s downhill, with athletes like Cochran-Siegle, who was first and third in the downhill training runs, Bryce Bennett and Jared Goldberg, who have both had top-10 results on the hill, and the ‘King of the Saslong’ Steven Nyman to return to his favorite downhill on the circuit. Nyman has three wins on the Saslong and though he’s still coming back from injury, he loves this track.  

The men race downhill on Saturday before the tech team races giant slalom on the other side of the valley in Alta Badia Sunday. The women begin their speed weekend in Val d’Isere, France on Saturday with a downhill and a super-G Monday.

RESULTS
Men’s super-G

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST

Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 
4:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Downhill - LIVE, Val D'Isere, FRA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
5:45 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Downhill - LIVE, Val Gardena, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021 
4:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Giant Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Alta Badia, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
5:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Super-G - LIVE, Val D'Isere, FRA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
7:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Giant Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Alta Badia, ITA, Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

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CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine – The world-famous Narrow Gauge trail will once again host the nation’s best alpine ski racers when Sugarloaf hosts the Toyota U.S. Alpine Championships and NorAm Finals March 20-April 1, 2022—the final leg of the 2022 HomeLight Alpine Foundation Series.

This will be the eighth time Sugarloaf has hosted the nation’s premier alpine racing event, having previously hosted the championships in 1996, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2017, and 2019.

The 2022 event will come on the heels of the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China, and is expected to feature a number of Olympic athletes, along with many of the top racers on the U.S. Alpine Ski Team.

Among those athletes will be Sugarloaf native Sam Morse, a member of the U.S. Alpine Ski Team who grew up in Carrabassett Valley and graduated from Carrabassett Valley Academy. 

“Sugarloaf has a proud tradition of hosting some of the world’s premier ski racing events, and we’re honored to have the U.S. Alpine Championships return for 2022,” Sugarloaf General Manager Karl Strand said. “Having this event on the heels of the Olympics will only add to the excitement of what is already one of the country’s best alpine racing showcases.”

Over the years the Narrow Gauge trail has hosted many of the world’s biggest alpine events, including men’s and women’s World Cup races in 1971, and the first official FIS Alpine Junior World Championships in 1984.

“Sugarloaf has been a great partner for decades,” noted Lindsay Arnold, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Event Director. “Their hospitality in welcoming the ski racing community is unmatched. We are thrilled they are hosting not only the Toyota U.S. Alpine Championships but also welcoming back the NorAm Finals. We look forward to a great two weeks of watching the top North American athletes compete!”

Many of the world’s best ski and snowboard racers cut their teeth at Sugarloaf and on Narrow Gauge. Carrabassett Valley Academy, an award-winning U.S. Ski & Snowboard club located near Sugarloaf, is one of the nation’s top snowsport academies and has produced medal-winning Olympians in both skiing and snowboarding. The roster includes Bode Miller, an Olympic Gold Medalist, and World Champion, and Seth Wescott, a two-time Olympic gold medal winner.

For additional information on the U.S. Ski Team and the Toyota U.S. Alpine Championships, please visit www.usskiandsnowboard.org.

For additional information on Sugarloaf, please visit www.sugarloaf.com.

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About Sugarloaf
Located in Carrabassett Valley, ME, Sugarloaf is largest ski area in the East, and is home to the only lift-serviced above treeline skiing and riding in the East, as well as the number one golf course in Maine, according to Golf Digest. Sugarloaf is a member of the Boyne Resorts family of resorts and attractions. Follow: www.sugarloaf.com, www.facebook.com/sugarloaf, and http://twitter.com/sugarloafmaine.

About U.S. Ski & Snowboard
U.S. Ski & Snowboard is the Olympic National Governing Body (NGB) of ski and snowboard sports in the USA, based at the USANA Center of Excellence in Park City, Utah. Tracing its roots directly back to 1905, the organization represents nearly 200 elite skiers and snowboarders in 2021, competing in seven teams; alpine, cross country, freeski, freestyle, snowboard, nordic combined, and ski jumping. In addition to the elite teams, U.S. Ski & Snowboard also provides leadership and direction for tens of thousands of young skiers and snowboarders across the USA, encouraging and supporting them in achieving excellence. By empowering national teams, clubs, coaches, parents, officials, volunteers, and fans, U.S. Ski & Snowboard is committed to the progression of its sports, athlete success, and the value of team. For more information, visit www.usskiandsnowboard.org.