Alpine skiing

FILE - United States' Breezy Johnson speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill in Soldeu, Andorra, on March 15, 2023. Downhill skier Breezy Johnson has been banned for 14 months for three violations of anti-doping rules and can return to race in December. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has published its decision for Johnson’s failure to comply with so-called “whereabouts” rules. (AP Photo/Giovanni Zenoni, File)

US downhill skier Breezy Johnson banned for 14 months for breaking anti-doping rules

Downhill skier Breezy Johnson has been banned for 14 months for three violations of anti-doping rules and can’t race until December. The U.S.
 
FILE - Austria's Marcel Hirscher skis to the gold medal in the second run of the men's giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. Marcel Hirscher, one of the most successful ski racers of all time, is planning to return next season after five years in retirement. And the record eight-time overall World Cup champion is going to compete for the Netherlands — his mother's country — instead of his native Austria. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Marcel Hirscher retired from skiing at the top. He’s back to race for a country with no mountains

 
FILE - Mikaela Shiffrin, left, and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde attend the Time100 Gala, celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 26, 2023, in New York. Skiing power couple Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde have announced they’re engaged to be married. Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion who has won a record 97 World Cup races, holds her ring up to the camera in one of several photos they posted on their social media accounts. Aamodt Kilde is a former overall World Cup champion and two-time Olympic medalist. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde announce their engagement

 
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt holds the alpine ski World Cup overall title trophy, left, and the trophies for downhill, super-G and giant slalom disciplines as he celebrates on the podium, in Saalbach, Austria, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Swiss stars Odermatt, Gut-Behrami top prize money list for Alpine skiing’s World Cup circuit

 
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt holds the alpine ski World Cup overall title trophy, left, and the trophies for downhill, super-G and giant slalom disciplines as he celebrates on the podium, in Saalbach, Austria, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Odermatt wins fourth World Cup title of the season after downhill finale canceled due to weather

 

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Austria's Cornelia Huetter holds the women's World Cup downhill discipline trophy after completing an alpine ski women's World Cup downhill, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Huetter wins World Cup downhill race to clinch her 1st title and deny Gut-Behrami her 4th of season

Cornelia Huetter has won the downhill race to clinch her first-ever title and deny Lara Gut-Behrami her fourth of the season on a surprising final day of the women’s World Cup campaign.
 
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G race, in Saalbach, Austria, Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Ski star Odermatt seals World Cup super-G title as teammate Rogentin leads Swiss sweep of podium

Standout skier Marco Odermatt earned another World Cup crystal globe Friday on a stellar day for the Swiss team in the Austrian sunshine.
 
Switzerland's Lara Gut Behrami holds the trophy for the alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G discipline, in Saalbach, Austria, Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Overall World Cup champion Lara Gut-Behrami adds super-G title. Ester Ledecka wins final race

Swiss skiing star Lara Gut-Behrami has won the World Cup season title in super-G for the fifth time.
 
A view of the strip of snow for the slope which will be used for Friday's alpine ski, men's and women's, World Cup super G races, in Saalbach, Austria, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Downhill training canceled at World Cup finals to protect slope before speed races

The men’s and women’s downhill trainings at the skiing World Cup finals in Saalbach, Austria, have been canceled.
 
Austria's Manuel Feller kisses the trophy for the alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom discipline, in Saalbach, Austria, Sunday, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Timon Haugan wins men’s slalom at World Cup finals. Manuel Feller receives his 1st globe

Timon Haugan has held on to his first-run lead to win the men’s slalom at the World Cup finals and give the Norwegian ski team its first victory of the season.
 
Switzerland's Lara Gut Behrami holds up the trophy for the alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom discipline, in Saalbach, Austria, Sunday, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Swiss star Gut-Behrami secures overall and GS titles after finishing 10th at World Cup finals

Lara Gut-Behrami has secured the women’s World Cup overall and giant slalom titles after finishing 10th in the GS at the World Cup finals.
 
United States' Mikaela Shiffrin kisses the trophy for the alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom discipline, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Shiffrin caps injury-marred ski season with record-extending 60th win in slalom and 97th overall

Mikaela Shiffrin has capped her season that was marred by a six-week injury layoff with her record-extending 60th win in slalom and 97th overall at the World Cup finals.
 
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt kisses the trophy of the alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom discipline, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Swiss skier Meillard wins last GS of season as Odermatt misses 45-year-old record

Marco Odermatt has failed to complete his perfect giant slalom season and match a 45-year-old record at the World Cup finals.
 
The winner United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates after an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Are, Sweden, Sunday, March 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Shiffrin wins 1st race after six-week injury layoff to lock up World Cup slalom season title

Mikaela Shiffrin has made a triumphant return to the Alpine skiing World Cup after a six-week injury layoff.
 
The winner Italy's Federica Brignone celebrates after an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Are, Sweden, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Italian skier Federica Brignone wins women’s World Cup GS to stay in contention for season title

Italian skier Federica Brignone used a blistering second run to win the season’s penultimate women’s World Cup giant slalom and stay in contention for the discipline title.
 
FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates on the podium after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom race, in Jasna, Slovakia, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. Mikaela Shiffrin’s return from her downhill crash is still on schedule for this weekend in Åre. (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato, File)

Shiffrin concedes ski World Cup title ahead of comeback, talks of Kilde’s ‘life and death’ injury

Mikaela Shiffrin is no longer challenging for a women’s record-tying sixth World Cup overall title this month as she prepares her comeback to racing from injury.
 
Norway's Lucas Braathen speaks during a press conference in Salzburg, Austria, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Brazil now has a top Winter Olympics medal prospect. Alpine ski star Lucas Braathen has announced he will compete for his mother’s home nation instead of Norway. Braathen whose father is Norwegian split from its ski team last October. (AP Photo/Andreas Schaad)

Brazil gains Winter Olympics medal prospect after skier Lucas Braathen switches from Norway

Brazil has a top Winter Olympics medal prospect. Alpine skier Lucas Braathen has announced he will compete for his mother’s home nation instead of Norway.
 
Austria's Manuel Feller kisses his skis after placing first in a men's World Cup slalom skiing race Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, in Olympic Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Austrian skier Manuel Feller clinches the World Cup slalom title after Kranjska Gora race canceled

Austrian skier Manuel Feller has clinched the World Cup slalom title for his first career crystal globe when Saturday’s race in Kranjska Gora was canceled because of heavy rain at the Slovenian resort.
 
FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates on the podium after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom race, in Jasna, Slovakia, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. Mikaela Shiffrin’s return from her downhill crash is still on schedule for this weekend in Åre. (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato, File)

Mikaela Shiffrin preparing to return from downhill crash at slalom race in Sweden this weekend

Mikaela Shiffrin’s return from her downhill crash is still on schedule for this weekend in Sweden but the American standout might only enter one of the two World Cup races.
 
Switzerland's Loic Meillard celebrates after his victory in a men's World Cup slalom skiing race, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Aspen, Colo. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Loic Meillard caps successful weekend in Aspen with World Cup slalom win

Loic Meillard of Switzerland capped a podium-filled weekend in Aspen, Colorado, by winning a World Cup slalom.
 
Competitors start the cross-country ski classics race Vasaloppet in Saelen, Sweden, Sunday morning, March 3, 2024. (Ulf Palm/TT News Agency via AP)

Vasaloppet, grueling Swedish cross-country ski race, reaches 100th edition

The world’s largest recreational cross-country ski race has reached its 100th edition with nearly 16,000 participants tackling Vasaloppet in central Sweden.
 
Italy's Federica Brignone celebrates winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G race, in Kvitfjell, Norway, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Brignone wins stop-start fog-disrupted super-G as Gut-Behrami extends overall World Cup lead

Federica Brignone has won a stop-start women’s World Cup super-G disrupted by fog but Lara Gut-Behrami has extended her lead in the discipline and overall standings.
 
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt celebrates after his run during a men's World Cup giant slalom skiing race Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Aspen, Colo. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Marco Odermatt uses a second-run comeback for his 12th World Cup giant slalom win in a row

Marco Odermatt has won his 12th consecutive World Cup giant slalom. Odermatt recovered from an admittedly conservative first run that left him trailing and a poor start to the second to pull out a victory Saturday in Aspen, Colorado.
 
Switzerland's Lara Gut Behrami checks her time at the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G race, in Kvitfjell, Norway, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Lara Gut-Behrami wins a super-G to pad lead over Mikaela Shiffrin in overall World Cup standings

Swiss ski star Lara Gut-Behrami is gliding toward the overall World Cup title in the extended absence of defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin since a crash in January.
 
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt competes during a men's World Cup giant slalom skiing race, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Aspen, Colo. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Marco Odermatt wins his 11th giant slalom in a row to add that title to his overall World Cup title

Marco Odermatt stretched his World Cup giant slalom winning streak and added that discipline’s season title to the overall title he clinched last weekend.
 
Norway's Ragnhild Mowinckel reacts after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill race, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Two-time Olympic medalist Ragnhild Mowinckel to retire at end of ski season next month

Two-time Olympic medalist Ragnhild Mowinckel says she will stop her ski racing career at the end of the season.
 
Austria's Manuel Feller celebrates his victory in a men's World Cup slalom skiing race, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at Palisades Tahoe ski resort in Olympic Valley Calif. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Manuel Feller of Austria overcomes first-run deficit to win a World Cup slalom at Palisades Tahoe

Manuel Feller of Austria overcame a first-run deficit to win a World Cup slalom, his fourth victory of the season.
 
A view of the finish area as an alpine ski, women's World Cup super G race, was cancelled due to the excess of snow in Val di Fassa, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Heavy snowfall prompts cancellation of women’s World Cup super-G race in Val di Fassa

Heavy overnight snowfall prompted World Cup organizers to cancel a women’s super-G in Val di Fassa. That wipes out the entire weekend after Saturday’s race was also canceled.
 
Marco Odermatt, of Switzerland, celebrates his victory in men's World Cup giant slalom skiing race Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at Palisades Tahoe ski resort in Olympic Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Marco Odermatt earns a third straight World Cup overall title with a 10th giant slalom win in a row

Marco Odermatt has clinched his third consecutive World Cup overall title by claiming a 10th giant slalom victory in a row.
 
Switzerland's Lara Gut Behrami gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Heavy snow forces cancellation of women’s World Cup super-G at Val di Fassa

VAL DI FASSA, Italy (AP) — Heavy snow forced the cancellation of a women’s World Cup super-G on Saturday in Val di Fassa.
 
Austria's Vincent Kriechmayr looks on in the finish area after completing an alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G, in Kvitfjell, Norway, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Austrian skier Kriechmayr wins World Cup super-G to remain in race for season title. Odermatt is 3rd

Vincent Kriechmayr has kept alive the race for the men’s World Cup super-G title after the Austrian won the season’s penultimate event.
 
Austria's Stephanie Venier gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Austrian skier Venier wins women’s World Cup super-G. Overall leader Gut-Behrami finishes 6th

Austrian downhill specialist Stephanie Venier has won a women’s World Cup super-G for the first time.
 

Catherine ‘Kasha’ Rigby, a renowned telemark skier, dies in avalanche in Kosovo

Catherine Rigby, a renowed telemark, big mountain, and expedition skier covering first descents of some of the world’s most revered peaks, died in an avalanche in a Kosovo resort.
 
Switzerland's Niels Hintermann celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill race, in Kvitfjell, Norway, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Niels Hintermann wins downhill as Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt finishes 7th. US has six in top 20

Niels Hintermann has earned Switzerland victory at a World Cup skiing downhill in Kvitfjell, Norway on a rare day that saw Marco Odermatt absent from the podium.
 
Italy's Marta Bassino celebrates on the podium after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill race, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Italian skier Marta Bassino dominates World Cup downhill. Overall leader Gut-Behrami finishes third

Italian skier Marta Bassino has used all her technical skills to dominate a women’s World Cup downhill and claim her first win in the sport’s fastest discipline.
 
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