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Vonn, Shiffrin and much more: The storylines to watch one year out from the Olympics
With the 2026 Winter Olympics a year away, Chloe Kim and Mikaela Shiffrin are aiming for history, while Lindsey Vonn and Lolo Jones eye comebacks.
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Pinturault mulls retirement after another injury
French ski racer Alexis Pinturault is uncertain whether he will continue his career after being airlifted off the course in just his eighth race since returning from a major knee injury.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Ljutic wins, Shiffrin 10th amid return from injury
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th in a World Cup slalom race on her injury comeback on Thursday, with Croatian racer Zrinka Ljutic winning in style under floodlights at Courchevel.
Skiing
Gut-Behrami ends WC skiing drought; Vonn 13th
Lara Gut-Behrami won the last women's World Cup super-G before the world championships for her first victory of the season, while Lindsey Vonn placed 13th.
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Sarrazin has double vision, forgets crash details
French skier Cyprien Sarrazin said he cannot remember everything from the days after his heavy crash at the World Cup downhill event in Bormio, Italy, and still suffers from double vision but is on the road to recovery.
Lindsey Vonn
On pace for podium finish, Vonn falls in WC event
Lindsey Vonn fell while on pace for a podium finish at a World Cup super-G on Sunday on the course that will host skiing at next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Lindsey Vonn
Macuga records 1st WC win; Vonn finishes 4th
Lauren Macuga got her first World Cup win in a super-G while U.S. teammate Lindsey Vonn impressed again in fourth place.
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Skier Sarrazin out of intensive care after crash
French skier Cyprien Sarrazin is out of intensive care after sustaining a head injury in a crash during preparations for the World Cup downhill in Bormio, Italy.
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Monney claims 1st WCup win after Odermatt slip
Alexis Monney claimed his first World Cup victory in a downhill on the slope set to be used for the 2026 Winter Olympics after a rare mistake from his lauded Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt.
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Sarrazin has successful surgery on head injury
French skier Cyprien Sarrazin remained under sedation Saturday after undergoing a successful operation on a head injury sustained in a brutal crash the previous day during training for a World Cup downhill race in Bormio.
Olympics - Alpine Skiing
Skier Sarrazin set for surgery after training crash
Skier Cyprien Sarrazin will have surgery to drain a bleed in his brain after falling while training for the World Cup downhill in Bormio, Italy, the French Ski Federation said.
Lindsey Vonn
Vonn's 2nd comeback race canceled over weather
Lindsey Vonn's second World Cup race after nearly six years of retirement was canceled due to strong winds and poor visibility.
Lindsey Vonn
Vonn defends age-40 comeback, calls out critics
Lindsey Vonn is getting fed up with fellow skiing champions questioning why she would return to the sport's most dangerous disciplines at age 40.
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Skiers, snowboarders want FIS to rethink offer
- A group of high-profile ski racers and snowboarders, along with executives and board members, are challenging their sport's governing body to reconsider a lucrative investment opportunity that could be worth more than $400 million.
Skiing
Vonn encouraged by quick progress in comeback
After nearly six years away from ski racing and only an abbreviated prep period, Lindsey Vonn told The Associated Press she is encouraged by how close she is to being competitive.
Lindsey Vonn
Vonn finishes 24th in first race since unretiring
Lindsey Vonn finished 24th in a lower-level FIS downhill race in her return to competition since coming out of retirement after nearly six years.
Skiing
Shiffrin 'excited to be home' after crash in race
Mikaela Shiffrin on Wednesday said she was happy to be home and resting after sustaining a puncture wound in her abdomen and severe muscle trauma.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Shiffrin has abdomen wound, trauma from crash
Mikaela Shiffrin suffered a puncture wound in her abdomen and severe muscle trauma after she crashed during a giant slalom race in Vermont.
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Norwegian ski star Kilde to miss '24-25 season
Norwegian ski star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde will miss the entire 2024-25 season because his injured left shoulder requires surgery again.
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Swiss skier Hintermann diagnosed with cancer
Swiss downhill racer Niels Hintermann will miss the entire ski season after being diagnosed with lymph node cancer.
Allyson Felix
Ranking the top 25 Olympians of the 21st century
From Phelps to Knight, Biles to Thorpe, here are the best Olympic athletes from the past 25 years.
Olympics - Alpine Skiing
U.S. skier Johnson hit with 14-month USADA ban
Olympic alpine skiing downhiller Breezy Johnson was hit with a 14-month ban by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Monday for committing three whereabouts failures over a 12-month span.
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WC finals ski training canceled to protect course
Training for both the men's and women's downhill at the World Cup finals were canceled on Thursday to protect the course following warm weather and forecasted rain.
Olympic Sports
Shiffrin closes 'wild season' with 60th slalom win
Mikaela Shiffrin extended her record career haul to 97 World Cup victories when the American skier won the last slalom of the season at the Alpine World Cup finals.
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Odermatt extends GS win streak to 12 in Aspen
Marco Odermatt won Saturday's giant slalom and moved two away from Ingemar Stemark's World Cup record of 14 consecutive wins in one event, set more than 40 years ago.
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 37
NOR - 32
ROC - 27
GER
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 NOR | 16 |
 GER | 12 |
 CHN | 9 |
Silver
 ROC | 12 |
| GER | 10 |
 USA | 10 |
Bronze
| ROC | 14 |
 CAN | 14 |
| NOR | 13 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 5Bø
- 5Bolshunov
- 5Roeiseland
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Bø | 4 |
| Bolshunov | 3 |
| Roeiseland | 3 |
Silver
 Fillon Maillet | 3 |
 Takagi | 3 |
 Minjeong | 2 |
Bronze
| Latypov | 3 |
| Roeiseland | 2 |
 Liu | 2 |
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IIHF extends ban against Russia, Belarus for 2025-26 season
Russia and Belarus will continue to be banned from international ice hockey competitions for the 2025-26 season, the International Ice Hockey Federation announced Tuesday citing security concerns.
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Niina Petrokina wins surprise European figure skating gold
Estonia's Niina Petrokina overcame a fall to win surprise gold in figure skating at the European Championships.
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Olympic figure skater, commentator Dick Button dies at 95
American figure skater Dick Button, a five-time world champ and two-time Olympic gold medalist who later became the voice of the sport, has died at 95.
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European figure skating championships carry on after D.C. crash
The European figure skating championships carried on Thursday in Tallin, Estonia, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died in an aircraft collision near Washington, D.C.
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Madison Chock, Evan Bates win sixth U.S. ice dance title
Madison Chock and Evan Bates won their sixth U.S. figure skating title, matching the record held by longtime standard-bearers Meryl Davis and Charlie White.
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Amber Glenn edges Alysa Liu to win U.S. figure skating title
Amber Glenn repeated as figure skating champion at U.S. nationals, narrowly defeating Alysa Liu by just over a point.
