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☆ Mikaela Shiffrin: US ski star returns from injury to win record-equaling eighth World Cup slalom season title
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —After six weeks out of the sport, ski star Mikaela Shiffrin made a triumphant return from injury to win a record-equaling eighth World Cup slalom season title in Åre, Sweden, on Sunday. The win ties the American with Lindsey Vonn and Ingemar Stenmark, who both clinched eight crystal globes – the trophy for Alpine skiing World Cup season titles – in a single discipline. Austrian star Marcel Hirscher won eight overall season titles during his career, but not in a single discipline. It was also Shiffrin’s 96th World Cup win of her career, extending the overall record she broke back in 2023. Shiffrin rushed to his side at the hospital and was with him when he woke up from surgery.

Persons: Shiffrin, Lindsey Vonn, Ingemar Stenmark, Marcel Hirscher, ” Shiffrin, Pontus Lundahl, Reuters Shiffrin, Michelle Gisin, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Kilde, “, ” Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, TT, Agency, Reuters Locations: Åre, Sweden, Austrian, Italy, Croatia, Norwegian, Switzerland

☆ Mikaela Shiffrin: Ski superstar tells CNN she was ‘lucky’ to escape major damage in high-speed crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Ben Church | Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —US skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin has set no timeline for her return to the slopes as she continues her recovery process following a high-speed crash in January. “This one, to be honest, I kind of saw it coming from the air, a little bit,” she added. “I was trying to avoid that scenario, but it also happens fast enough there’s not a lot you can do about it. Shiffrin rushed to his side at the hospital and was with him when he woke up from surgery. He just makes everyone around him smile.”Mikaela Shiffrin says she was lucky to avoid serious injury during a crash last month.

Persons: Shiffrin, ”, CNN Sport’s Don Riddell, ” Shiffrin, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, “, Mikaela Shiffrin, Jonas Ericsson, Kilde, he’s, we’ve, Sofia Goggia, “ You’re, “ I’m, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, , I’ve Organizations: CNN, Agence, Federation, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Chiefs Locations: Italy, Andorra, Norwegian, Wengen, Switzerland, Italian, Ponte di Legno

American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin will skip giant slalom and slalom races this weekend in Andorra to give her knee more time to mend. Shiffrin, who’s chasing her sixth overall World Cup title this season, was hurt in a crash nearly two weeks ago during a downhill event at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Although she avoided major damage to her left knee, she said she’s dealing with an MCL sprain along with a sprain of the tibiofibular ligament. She added that she continues to recover from a bone bruise she suffered at the start of the season. “I really want to do this right,” Shiffrin said Wednesday of her recovery.

Persons: who’s, She's, Shiffrin, Lara, “, ” Shiffrin, It’s, Sofia Goggia, who've, Petra Vlhova, Alexis Pinturault, Corinne Suter, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, she's, Lena Duerr Organizations: Cortina d’Ampezzo, Cortina, Sofia Locations: Andorra, Italy, Colorado, Switzerland, Milan, Norwegian, “

☆ Sofia Goggia: Italian skier suffers double-fracture, becoming latest skier to suffer serious injury this season
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Ben Church | Ivana Scatola | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Sofia Goggia has become the latest skier to suffer a serious injury this season, after the Italian star broke her leg during a training crash on Monday. In a statement on Monday, the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) said Goggia underwent “perfectly successful” surgery on a “displaced joint fracture” on her right leg. Goggia is the reigning World Cup downhill champion and is currently leading this season’s competition. “Another injury that interrupts my chase after a new Downhill World Cup title,” Goggia said in the FISI statement. It’s also another incident involving a World Cup skier this season.

Persons: CNN — Sofia Goggia, Goggia, “, ” Goggia, It’s, Mikaela Shiffrin, –, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Organizations: CNN —, Winter Sports Federation, Eurosport Locations: Ponte di Legno, Italy

GENEVA (AP) — Skiers must be consulted about better World Cup race-day schedules to help protect them from injuries, downhill star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde said Thursday. The former overall World Cup champion and two-time Olympic medalist spoke out in his first call with international media since a shocking Jan. 13 crash on the storied Wengen downhill ended his season. “We as athletes need to speak up.”The 31-year-old Norwegian is among a slew of World Cup, Olympic and world champions to crash hard in a packed January program, including his partner Mikaela Shiffrin. The American standout women’s skier is chasing a women's record-equaling sixth overall World Cup title. Kilde explained he posted a vivid photograph of his leg injury on social media to help people understand the severity.

Persons: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, “, Kilde, Mikaela Shiffrin, ”, “ It’s, I’ll, ” Kilde, Alexis Pinturault, Marco Schwarz, Petra Vlhova, Shiffrin, “ That’s Organizations: GENEVA, Federation, Cortina d’Ampezzo Locations: Austria, Italy

☆ Mikaela Shiffrin: US skiing star hospitalized after ski crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —US skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin – the most successful skier of all time – was taken by ambulance to a local clinic following a crash in the women’s downhill event in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Friday. Shiffrin, 28, was seen limping away from the run, using her skis to support her as she made her exit surrounded by medical staff. “Mikaela Shiffrin was taken by ambulance to the clinic in Cortina and is being evaluated for a left leg injury. The incident comes after Shiffrin’s partner, Norwegian skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, suffered a “brutal” full-speed crash at a World Cup event earlier in January. Shiffrin had rushed to his side at hospital and was with him when he woke up from surgery.

Persons: Mikaela Shiffrin, –, “ Mikaela Shiffrin, Shiffrin, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Organizations: CNN, Cortina d’Ampezzo, PCL Locations: Italy, Cortina

JASNA, Slovakia (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin built a big lead in the opening run of a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday, a day after the American ski star’s main rival sustained a season-ending injury. In the first race without Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova, Shiffrin led second-placed Croatian prodigy Zrinka Ljutic by 0.52 seconds and the rest of the field had to make up more than 1.3 on the American in the final run. Vlhova crashed and tore ligaments in her right knee in Saturday’s giant slalom near her hometown in the Tatra mountains. Political Cartoons View All 253 Images“I have been thinking about (Vlhova) a lot the last 24 hours," Shiffrin said. So, I really miss watching her ski today and having that battle.”With Vlhova out of the race, Shiffrin is close to wrapping up her eighth World Cup season title in slalom, leading third-ranked Duerr by 168 points.

Persons: Petra Vlhova, Shiffrin, Zrinka, Vlhova, Lena Duerr, Duerr, Alexis Pinturault, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Organizations: ___ Locations: JASNA, Slovakia, Czech, Wengen, Switzerland

☆ Aleksander Aamodt Kilde recalls horror crash that resulted in emergency surgery
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Matias Grez | Coy Wire | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Aleksander Aamodt Kilde remembers seeing the net along the edge of the ski slope rushing towards him at 120 km/h (74.6 mph). Mikaela Shiffrin was waiting at the hospital when Kilde came out of surgery. The American, widely considered one of the greatest skiers of all time, then traveled to Austria where she earned an emotional victory – her 94th overall World Cup win, the most in men’s or women’s skiing history – in the FIS World Cup women’s slalom. “Really, really proud of this evening,” she said, per the Olympic channel. “She just shows up, the star she is, and for me how much love she brings and how much care she brings into something that’s really, really difficult,” he said.

Persons: CNN — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, ” Kilde, CNN Sport’s Coy Wire, Mikaela Shiffrin, Kilde, Harald Steiner, ”, “, Petra Vlhova, they’ve, Shiffrin, Aleks, …, ’, ” Shiffrin, Giovanni Auletta, that’s, he’s Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport’s, FIS Locations: Norwegian, Wengen, Switzerland, Bern, Kilde, Austria, Innsbruck, men’s

INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — Downhill racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is having a second operation Thursday five days after his shocking crash and airlifted exit from Switzerland’s signature World Cup event. The first surgery Saturday in the Swiss capital Bern was urgent to repair a severe cut and nerve damage in his right calf. “Considering the impact of the crash and the fact that I went into the net at 120 (kmh, 75 mph) I am doing surprisingly well,” Kilde wrote. “It’s tough, but these opportunities show us what we’re made of,” said Kilde, a two-time Olympic medalist and winner of the season-long World Cup downhill title for the past two years. Kilde will miss skiing’s most feared and prized downhill Saturday at Kitzbühel, Austria, which he won in each of the past two years.

Persons: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Mikaela Shiffrin, ” Kilde, “, we’re, ”, Kilde, Abba, ” Shiffrin Locations: INNSBRUCK, Austria, Wengen, Switzerland, Swiss, Bern, Innsbruck, Flachau, Kitzbühel

☆ Aleksander Aamodt Kilde: Norwegian skier ‘grateful’ for support after being airlifted to hospital following ‘brutal’ crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Norwegian skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde posted a picture from his hospital bed after suffering a “brutal” full-speed crash and being airlifted off the slopes during a World Cup downhill race in Switzerland. Medics rushed to Kilde, the 2020 overall World Cup champion, before he was airlifted to hospital by helicopter, according to Reuters. On Sunday, Kilde posted a picture of himself in hospital with cuts to his face alongside his partner, ski legend Mikaela Shiffrin. “I’m here (and being taken care of by the one and only Mikaela Shiffrin),” he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “The best pain killer,” Pinturault wrote on X, posting a picture of him with his new-born baby.

Persons: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Kilde, Mikaela Shiffrin, “, ”, ” Kilde, Alain Grosclaude, Marco Odermatt, ” Odermatt, Alexis Pinturault, ” Pinturault Organizations: CNN, Reuters, French Ski Federation Locations: Switzerland, Wengen, Kilde

BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Downhill racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde dislocated his shoulder in a nasty crash and posted a photograph Sunday with partner Mikaela Shiffrin at his bedside in a hospital in Bern where he had surgery. He's the two-time defending champion in the season-long downhill standings and a two-time medalist at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. It was the third straight day of racing on an unusually intense program at Switzerland’s most storied ski venue. The race program was criticized Saturday by star downhillers Marco Odermatt and Cyprien Sarrazin after organizers scheduled speed races on back-to-back-to-back days on an historically long course. An extra downhill on Thursday was added to the Wengen program to replace a race canceled last month because of the weather at Beaver Creek, Colorado.

Persons: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Mikaela Shiffrin, Kilde, ” Kilde, Shiffrin, “ Aleksander, Marc Jacob Strauss, downhillers Marco Odermatt, Cyprien, ”, Odermatt, “, Sarrazin, ___ Organizations: American, International, Snowboard Federation Locations: BERN, Switzerland, Bern, Austria, Swiss, Wengen, Beijing, Norwegian, Creek , Colorado

☆ Canada's Crawford wins super-G gold by slimmest of margins
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

COURCHEVEL, France, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Canada's James Crawford won the men's super-G by the slimmest of margins in a stunning upset at the Alpine skiing world championships on Thursday. Switzerland's World Cup overall leader Marco Odermatt was fourth and surprisingly out of the medals on a course set by the Swiss coach. The 25-year-old is the first Canadian super-G world champion since Erik Guay in St Moritz in 2017. Austria's 2021 super-G champion Vincent Kriechmayr finished 12th. Italy's Dominik Paris, the 2019 super-G world champion, crashed heavily at speed after pushing too aggressively and catching a ski edge on a gate.

☆ Swiss one-two in Schladming giant slalom
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 25 (Reuters) - Switzerland's Loic Meillard won the men's World Cup giant slalom under lights in Schladming on Wednesday, with fellow countryman Gino Caviezel second fastest down the foggy slopes in the Austrian Alps. Meillard finished 0.59 of a second faster than Caviezel, while Marco Schwarz from Austria came third, 0.81 of a second after Meillard. The win marked the second time Meillard won a World Cup race and his first triumph in giant slalom. Switzerland's reigning World Cup champion and current overall leader Marco Odermatt did not start having injured his left knee on Friday. Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Swiss Odermatt takes super-G win in Bormio
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Swiss Olympic champion Marco Odermatt won the super-G event in Bormio, Italy on Thursday to extend his lead atop the overall World Cup standings. Odermatt beat Austria's Vincent Kriechmayr by 0.64 seconds, while Loic Meillard took third place, 1.22 seconds behind his Swiss compatriot. The 25-year-old Odermatt has now racked up five wins this season and leads the overall World Cup standings by 329 points from Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. Earlier on Thursday, three-time Olympic champion Matthias Mayer of Austria announced his retirement from the sport. "Matthias was our leader and he helped the younger guys and all of us a lot, so it was not easy."

☆ Kilde's hot start continues with downhill win at Beaver Creek
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde overcame flu-like symptoms to defeat rival Marco Odermatt and claim his second straight World Cup victory in the downhill at Beaver Creek on Saturday. Kilde, 30, also topped the podium at Lake Louise last weekend and now has eight World Cup titles to his name. "I caught the flu in Lake Louise after a nice weekend. "And also there are a lot of contenders at the start and it is never easy to win races." Odermatt, who won the Super-G in Lake Louise last week and is favoured to do so again on Sunday, is still searching for his first World Cup win in downhill.

☆ Prima victorie în Cupa Mondială de schi alpin pentru austriacul Manuel Feller
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Austriacul Manuel Feller a obţinut prima sa victorie în Cupa Mondială de schi alpin. La capătul unei manşe secunde care a avut loc pe o ninsoare abundentă, Feller a fost înregistrat cu timpul total de 1 minut, 50 de secunde și 43 de sutimi de secundă. Podiumul a fost completat de francezul Clement Noel și de încă un reprezentant al țării gazdă, Marco Schwarz. Graţie acestui succes, Feller a preluat conducerea în ierarhia probei de slalom, depăşindu-l cu un punct pe Schwarz. Liderul Cupei Mondiale de schi alpin, francezul Alexis Pinturault, a terminat concursul de la Flachau pe poziţia a noua.

Persons: Austriacul Manuel Feller, Hermann Maier, Clement Noel, Marco Schwarz, Feller, Schwarz, Alexis Pinturault, Aleksander Aamodt Organizations: Cupa Mondială

☆ Pinturault, fără rivali. Alexis s-a impus în proba de slalom uriaș la Adelboden
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Schiorul din Hexagon a fost cronometrat la final cu 2 minute 18 secunde și 26 sutimi. Pinturault i-a devansat astfel pe croatul Filip Zubcic și elvețianul Marco Odermatt.Grație acestui succes, schiorul francez îşi consolidează primul loc în clasamentul general al Cupei Mondiale, având la activ 575 de puncte. El este urmat de norvegianul Aleksander Aamodt Kilde şi elvețianul Marco Odermatt.Alexis Pinturault are 29 de ani și este considerat principalul favorit la câştigarea Marelui Glob de Cristal în acest sezon.

Persons: Filip Zubcic, Marco, îşi, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Marco Odermatt.Alexis Organizations: Cupei Mondiale, Cristal Locations: Schiorul, Hexagon

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