Remembering the US Alpine 1984 Olympic Team
See my latest article for Ski Racing Media on the 1984 US Olympic Alpine teams’ banner year at the Sarajevo games. Talking to some team members and reliving the Olympic experience with them was enjoyable. There are also some cool videos! Click on the link below for the full article at Ski Racing Media https://skiracing.com/forty-years-ago-remembering-us-alpine-skiing-success-at-the-sarajevo-winter-olympic-games
Exciting News: Minneapolis set to host FIS Cross Country World Cup Ski races in 2024!
MINNEAPOLIS, April 30, 2023 — The best cross-country ski racers in the world will be gathering at Minneapolis’s Wirth Park over President’s Day weekend, Feb. 17-19, 2024, as the FIS Cross Country World Cup Tour comes to the U.S. for a weekend of sprint and distance races. The World Cup Tour is the annual global tour for elite athletes, comprised of a series of distance and sprint races throughout each winter season. The Minneapolis races will…
Arc City Podcast: Canadian Laurence Saint Germain
Arc City host Jimmy Krupka closes out the 2022/23 season talking to Canadian Laurence Saint-Germain who surprised the world by outpacing Mikaela Shiffrin in this season’s Slalom World Championship. She tells Jimmy the story of winning that race—and what it was like to beat Mikaela Shiffrin! Tune in for that story and more. The Arc City Podcast is presented by US Ski Team sponsor Stifel (Stifel.com)
Shiffrin sets new all-time win at 87! Surpasses Stenmark’s 34 year record
(Are, Sweden) – In a monumental feat of individual athletic achievement, US Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin skied her way into sports history recording her 87th World Cup victory and breaking the all-time win record previously held by Ingemar Stenmark for 34 years. Under sunny skies and cold temperatures, the 27-year-old Colorado native took to the slalom course skiing effortlessly through the qualifying run, and n in a display of perfect execution dominated the final run…
Is this Shiffrin’s Weekend?
(Are, Sweden) – As a journalist and fan of alpine ski racing, I am excited by the notion of “being in the moment” as Mikaela Shiffrin kicks out of the gate this weekend in pursuit of the sport’s all-time win record. History will be in the making when Mikaela Shiffrin competes in this weekend’s Giant Slalom (Friday) and Slalom (Saturday) races in Are, Sweden. The 27-year-old Colorado native is one win away from tying the…
Diggins earns first-ever Women’s World Championship Gold for Team USA
(Jesse Diggins stock photo) America’s cross-country skiing legend Jesse Diggins skied away with gold today in the women’s 10km freestyle, and in doing so became the first U.S. woman to earn an individual gold medal at a World Championship event. Diggin’s new mark comes on the sixth day of competition at the 2023 Nordic World Ski Championships in Planica, Slovenia. Diggins edged out Sweden’s powerhouse Frida Karlsson by 14 seconds and finished with a time…
The Alpine Insider’s Top 5 Highlights from the Alpine World Championships
With the close of a successful and exciting Alpine Championships, I wanted to share some highlights from my view in the bleachers. This article initially appeared in SkiRacing.com last February So here goes my Top 5 for the 2023 World Championships: #5– Winter finally arrived! The French resort venues, Courchevel and Méribel, provided superb conditions for World Championship racing. A firm snowpack, sub-freezing overnight temperatures, and excellent work by course crews was a refreshing change to this…
Cross Country World Champs Pre Camp
FIS World Cross Country Ski Championships are underway in Planica (SLO). (Check out Jessie Diggins’ pre-championship post below) The 2023 World Championships will take place in the Julian Alps at the Planica Festival Arena, a venue that features both cross-country and ski jumping venues. Throughout the 12 days of competition, more than 2,500 athletes and staff members from more than 60 countries will be present. Press Release Courtesy of US Ski and Snowboard….. For the women,…
Shiffrin becomes the Greatest Woman Alpine Skier of All Time!
Kronplatz (Italy) – American legend Mikaela Shiffrin skied her way into alpine racing history claiming her 83rd World Cup career win and surpassing the women’s all-time mark set by the American Lindsey Vonn (career spanning 2001 – 2019). The 27-year-old Colorado native is now a narrow three victories away in her pursuit to match Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark’s world record of 86 wins by any skier. “It’s hard to find words actually. I don’t think there…
Kitzbuehel Hahnenkamm races kick off Friday!
The weekend will see the Men’s 83rd running the legendary Hahnenkamm races in Kitzbuehel, Austria. The races kick off Friday with the Downhill, followed by a second Downhill on Saturday while wrapping up Sunday with the Slalom. The Hahnenkamm race is best known for its Downhill course the “Streif-Rennstrecke”. The course was first run in 1937 and is widely recognized as the most demanding (for the athlete) and exciting (for the fans) on the World…
S3/E1 of the Arc City podcast features the Grassroots of Youth Ski Racing
U.S. Stifel Ski Team member Jimmy Krupka kicks off his third season of the Arc City podcast with a fun, inspiring, and feel-good story about small-town ski racing. Jimmy talks with middle school and high school coaches based in Lincoln, New Hampshire about the importance of grassroots, youth ski racing programs. “This episode was particularly rewarding for me because I have spent a lot of time talking to people about solutions for making ski racing…
Status of the Women Pursuing the Crystal Globes
This article initially appeared in SkiRacing.com on January 3rd, 2023 As the calendar flips to the new year, it’s an excellent time to take stock of the Women’s World Cup standings. Despite many early-season cancellations, 15 of 42 scheduled 2022-23 races occurred before the New Year. The races have given us the first glimpse into the status of the athletes (including those whose last name isn’t Shiffrin) who find themselves on the podium and/or have achieved…
A Weekend at the Beaver Creek Races!
Beaver Creek (CO) – More than a foot of snow followed by sunny, Colorado blue skies greeted athletes and fans who gathered for the 26th annual running of FIS Alpine World Cup Birds of Prey races in Beaver Creek. It was a “mixed bag” weather last weekend with heavy snows Thursday night in Friday leading to the cancellation of Friday’s Downhill, light to moderate snow continuing during Saturday’s Downhill, and closing out the weekend with…
Season 3 of the Alpine Insider: Time to get ready for the 2022/23 Alpine World Cup!
(Fort Collins, CO – November 12, 2002) – Welcome to the 202/23 and the third full season of the Alpine Insider! While the Alpine season opened to a sluggish start (weather and lack of snow cancellations), the season is finally in high swing with this weekend’s Women’s races in Killington (USA) and Men’s races in Lake Louise (CAN). We also got a special inside look at some early-season training at Copper Mountain (CO). Alpine Season off…
Two new Alpine World Cup events added to the U.S fo the upcoming 2022-23 season!
PARK CITY, Utah (May 17, 2022) – In a press release late yesterday, U.S. Ski & Snowboard, the National Governing Body of Olympic skiing and snowboarding in the United States, announced today that the International Ski Federation (FIS) provisionally approved the United States’ hosting of four FIS Alpine Ski World Cup events in the 2022-23 season, doubling the amount of alpine World Cups in the U.S. in recent years. The 2022-23 FIS World Cup schedules…
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