Browsing entries tagged with Racing
13 Nov 2019
The organisers of one of ski racing’s most famous races, the Hahnenkamm, have announced a record prize fund for next year’s event — the 80th anniversary. The Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel will…
3 Oct 2017
For the next month, slopes across England are offering free and discounted skiing and snowboarding in the run up to the ski-season. The scheme called 30 Days of Snowsport is run by Snowsport England in…
2 Jun 2017
The International Ski Federation (FIS) is considering dropping the super combined from the World Cup Alpine skiing schedule. Following its spring meeting in Portoroz Slovenia during the last week of May,…
7 Feb 2017
Snowsport England has been given funding of more than £1 million to support up-and-coming athletes over the next four years. The funding, from Sport England, will go into fostering current talented…
19 Jan 2017
Conditions are set to be perfect for this weekend’s Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel — with two days of training runs on the Streif complete. Last weekend, world cup downhill racing had to be cancelled on…
16 Jan 2017
A new ski racing clinic specifically designed for teenagers has been launched by Le Chardon in the French resort of Val d’Isère. Luxury ski chalet collection Le Chardon is hosting the five-day clinic…
19 Sep 2016
This Saturday ski slopes across England will offer free or discounted ski and snowboard sessions as part of a ‘30 Days of Snowsport’ initiative aimed at getting more people on into winter sports. At…
21 Jan 2016
Authorities in Austria may fine Red Bull for their stunt last week using a Formula 1 car in Kitzbühel. F1’s youngest-ever driver Max Verstappen tackled the Streif course in the Austrian ski resort,…
22 Jul 2015
The City Ski Championships is moving to Verbier this season — for the 17th year of the event. At a time when many companies are fleeing Switzerland because of rising prices, the event’s organiser,…
26 Feb 2015
New research has shown that one in seven people who goes on a ski holiday comes back with an injury — with a quarter of people injured on the slopes admitting it was because they had been skiing too…
8 Dec 2014
After two years of rehab and two major knee operations, American skier Lindsey Vonn won her 60th World Cup race last weekend — describing it as a “dream day”. Vonn, who turned 30 this year, won the…
11 Jul 2014
Children aged between six and 10 years old are being offered an introduction to ski racing at Skiplex later this summer. The new ski race camp, set up by Skiplex in association with the British Alpine…
17 Jun 2014
A leading ski injury doctor is reminding skiers that the accident suffered by Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher is rare. Yesterday (Monday 16 June) Schumacher’s agent Sabine Kehm released a statement…
13 Jun 2014
The glacier at Les Deux-Alpes will open for skiing and snowboarding on Saturday 21 June. The French resort has the largest skiable glacier in Europe, situated at 3600m. After good snowfalls this spring,…
5 Apr 2014
Four-time Olympian Chemmy Alcott skied her last ever competitive race this week in Méribel — wearing traditional Austrian dress. Alcott was racing at Delancey British National Alpine Championships where,…
25 Mar 2014
Chemmy Alcott has announced her retirement from competitive skiing. Alcott, 31, is Britain’s most successful alpine skier, despite battling serious injury in the latter stages of her career. This…
31 Jan 2014
As doctors slowly bring Michael Schumacher out of his medically-induced coma, helmet manufacturers say they are virtually sold out following the racing driver’s accident. Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher,…
30 May 2013
A ski area that is open for the summer only has begun its season in Montana. Beartooth Basin, the only summer ski area in the Rocky Mountains, opened on 26 May. Lifts will stay open between 9am and 3pm…
15 Apr 2013
Speed skiers have descended on Verbier this week in the hope of beating the current world record. All of this week, the world’s fastest skiers will be racing in the XSPeedSki, on a 60° slope running…
6 Feb 2013
Ski racer Lindsey Vonn is said to be in “good spirits” and plans to get back to full fitness to compete at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, following a crash in “brutal” conditions yesterday at…
7 Jan 2013
Were you hoping to get a GoPro for Christmas? If Santa hasn’t delivered, fear not — ski resorts around the Alps have installed video systems in their half pipes and freestyle parks, with automatic…
16 Oct 2012
One of Britain’s most successful ski racers, Noel Baxter, has retired from international competition. He cites the withdrawal of funding from the British ski team in 2010 as a major factor. Mr Baxter,…
19 Mar 2012
Didier Cuche of Switzerland has retired from the world of Alpine ski racing. And for his last World Cup race, he chose to don retro ski clothing. Cuche, 37, who announced his retirement shortly before…
10 Mar 2012
Canadian skicross member Nick Zoricic has died in a fall at a World Cup event in Switzerland. The 29-year-old skier suffered fatal head injuries in the crash at Grindelwald, where he was one of three skiers…
3 Mar 2012
British Ski and Snowboarding will get up to £348,450 UK Sport has announced. The high performance sports agency has said the money is to be invested in the British athletes’ preparations for the Sochi…
28 Feb 2012
With the World Alpine Ski Championships just a year away, the ski area comprising Schladming and its four mountains has been getting heavy investment in lift upgrades and other facilities. This winter,…
26 Feb 2012
Lindsey Vonn of the United States won the women’s World Cup super-G race in Bulgaria on Sunday, her 10th victory of the season so far and a record-breaking 18th career World Cup super G win – passing…
3 Feb 2012
It’s race weekend in Chamonix-Les Houches, as the resorts welcome the world’s best men in Alpine downhill to the legendary Kandahar course. Up to 40,000 spectators are expected to arrive in…
2 Feb 2012
The Swedish ski resort of Are will host the third stop of the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship 2012 from 16 to 18 February, a fast and furious race that originated in Stockholm in 2001. Red Bull…
2 Feb 2012
Given forecast temperatures dropping to minus 20 or so, there should be no problems with the frozen lake for this weekend’s horse racing in St Moritz. The annual White Turf event will take place…
28 Jan 2012
St Anton’s Red Bull Hut Rally, which sees amateurs take on the professionals at the Freeski 6 Cross Race, has been taking place this weekend. The ‘hüttenrallye’, which is a bit of a…
27 Jan 2012
Conditions have not been easy for the World Cup racers recently, and Schladming’s night slalom this week was no exception. Heavy snowfall and a rutted course in places challenged the racers in front…
21 Jan 2012
Just days after announcing his retirement from competitive alpine racing, Didier Cuche has won the Hahenkamm race in Kitzbühel – and has broken a record on the Austrian course. Cuche, 37, becomes the…
14 Jan 2012
New Swiss ski star Beat Feuz has taken the famous Lauberhorn downhill title in Wengen on Saturday 14 January. And in Italy, there was a surprise in the ladies competition as Italian veteran Daniela Merighetti…
14 Jan 2012
The first medals have been won at the Youth Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, following last night’s opening ceremony – which wasn’t without a few technical hitches along the way but also…
12 Jan 2012
In a racing-meets-orienteering style challenge event, which hails from the USA originally, the Big Mountain Battle is coming to Europe for the first time. And the host is Les Gets in France. On four dates…
3 Jan 2012
Chemmy Alcott is to take time out from her ski rehabilitation to compete in the ITV series Dancing on Ice. Britain’s top ranked female Alpine skier was announced as one of the contestants for the…
30 Dec 2011
Some of the world’s best ski jumping events are taking place at four Alpine locations from this week, part of the World Cup series but also a tournament in its own right. The Four Hills Tournament…
29 Dec 2011
Vancouver Olympic champion Didier Defago has claimed the world cup downhill title in Bormio, Italy, after a near-flawless run on the tricky course. It was only the fourth world cup win of the Swiss downhiller’s…
1 Dec 2011
Europe’s snow drought has forced more World Cup races to be cancelled. This time it’s Val d’Isère’s 2011 Criterium event, due to take place on 10-11 December. It’s the second…
3 Nov 2011
The Audi FIS World Cup slalom races, scheduled to take place in Finland this weekend, have been cancelled due to a lack of snow. The races were planned for Levi, in Western Lapland, which has hosted World…
24 Oct 2011
Lyndsey Vonn and Ted Ligety have won the opening World Cup races in Sölden, Austria. Vonn won the first women’s giant slalom race of the new season, showing that she is making a serious attempt…
16 Sep 2011
Alpine skier Chemmy Alcott is taking to her bike on 18 September, for a celebrity lap in the Tour of Britain cycle race. Alcott, whose ski season was cut short when she broke her leg in a huge crash last…
23 Aug 2011
There are less than 150 days to go before hundreds of young athletes descend on Innsbruck, Austria, for the 2012 Youth Winter Olympic Games. A new promotional video and new games’ ambassador, Alpine…
12 Aug 2011
The Burton New Zealand Open Games is underway in Queenstown (South Island). The games is the country’s biggest snow sports event, featuring an international crowd of skiers and snowboarders plus…
20 Jul 2011
Alberto Tomba, Italy’s former Olympic slalom champion, has been on the slopes again this week – not in the Alps, but in Georgia. Tomba ‘La Bomba’ was seen on the slopes in Mestia (1500m),…
5 Apr 2011
Skiers in tweed, with vintage equipment turned out in Crans-Montana last Sunday to mark the resort’s centenary downhill celebrations. We reported earlier in the season that the Swiss resort was to…
7 Mar 2011
Four members of the British ski racing team will be in Formigal, Spain from 13 to 18 March, competing in the FIS Alpine Ski European Cup. Ed Drake (hopefully) and Noel Baxter, along with D Ryding and TJ…
25 Feb 2011
Along with the skiers and boarders enjoying Baqueira-Beret’s recent snowfalls this weekend will be hundreds of racing dogs. The dogs will be limbering up on the Spanish pistes for a couple of days…
24 Feb 2011
The thrill of snowcross events comes to Scotland on 5 and 6 March, when the two-day Western Saab Challenge heads for Glenshee. Over 100 skiers and snowboarders will race head to head in the Scottish Snowcross…
14 Feb 2011
It was a better performance from Vonn and a secure win from Svindal, as more World Championship competitions were fought for and won in Germany on Sunday and Monday. Lyndsey Vonn came back from a few disappointing…
12 Feb 2011
Canadian Erik Guay has won the downhill gold at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The 29-year-old from Mont Tremblant surprised the crowd with a storming performance to nudge title favourites…
10 Feb 2011
The 2011 FIS World Championships have got off to a good start in Germany. All the leading racers are in action in Garmisch-Partenkirchen for the next two weeks, scurrying for points on the World Cup circuit.…
2 Feb 2011
The little known Romanian resort of Sinaia has been investing in its ski area and will shortly host its first FIS World Cup ski and snowboard competitions. The men and women’s slalom and giant slalom…
30 Jan 2011
Is it Chamonix, or the firm piste conditions of recent weeks taking their toll? But the latest World Cup downhill racing seems to have been jinxed by a few crashes – the worst resulting in Canada’s…
28 Jan 2011
World Cup action is underway in Les Houches for this weekend’s Kandahar races. And spectators outside of the Chamonix valley can take advantage of special shuttles and trains for just one euro. While…
22 Jan 2011
Didier Cuche of Switzerland has matched the best in Kitzbühel’s history books, with a storming performance to win the men’s Hahnenkamm downhill. Cuche claimed his fourth win on the classic…
17 Jan 2011
Austria’s Klaus Kroell has won the 81st Lauberhorn downhill in Wengen, nudging Swiss racers Didier Cuche and Carlo Janka into second and third places. Meanwhile, Croatia’s Ivica Kostelic…
2 Jan 2011
Croatia’s Ivica Kostelic and Sweden’s Maria Pietilae-Holmner are celebrating parallel slalom wins in Munich, following a thrilling play off at the Olympic Park on Sunday. A crowd of 25,000…
1 Jan 2011
Over 30 of the world’s top ski racers will go head to head in Munich on Sunday 2 January, competing in an all-new parallel slalom event. The Munich parallel slalom will be the first of its kind to…
20 Dec 2010
Courchevel has been at the heart of International racing action today, Tuesday 21 December, with the FIS World Cup Women’s Slalom events taking place in the French resort for the first time in 31…
20 Dec 2010
Lyndsey Vonn is back on top form, having taken both the women’s downhill and super combined titles in Val d’Isére at the weekend. Vonn captured Saturday’s downhill win on the OK piste,…
20 Dec 2010
British ski and snowboard athletes have suffered another setback, following UK Sport’s announcement that their funding is to be withdrawn. The news leaves Britain’s top racers without vital…
6 Dec 2010
The FIS World Cup men’s action moved to Beaver Creek Colorado at the weekend, and there was delight for US racer Ted Ligety in the Giant Slalom – but not before stormy weather cancelled the downhill.…
4 Dec 2010
Britain’s Chemmy Alcott has suffered a broken leg in a crash in Lake Louise, Canada. The 28-year-old crashed in a training run on the eve of the World Cup downhill race, losing her balance after…
26 Nov 2010
The world’s top alpine racers are back in action this weekend, this time over in Canada. Lake Louise is the only Canadian stop on the World Cup circuit, so both the men’s and women’s…
15 Nov 2010
Jean-Baptiste Grange of France has won the men’s World Cup slalom race in Finland, after missing all of last season due to injury. Grange put in a storming performance at the weekend to seal the…
25 Oct 2010
The first men’s FIS World Cup race of the season, the giant slalom in Sölden Austria, was cancelled on Sunday due to thick fog. It was the big opening race of the new season, but Sölden officials…
11 Oct 2010
This winter Crans-Montana will celebrate the centenary of one of the earliest recorded Alpine downhill races, the Roberts of Kandahar Challenge Cup. The Roberts of Kandahar Challenge Cup took place in…
13 Sep 2010
It has been snowing in Sölden today, Monday 13 September, and the race is on to get new developments completed before winter arrives properly. This year that includes a modern new gondola and a new shuttle…
29 Jun 2010
Former Alpine racing ace Konrad Bartelski was in action in Austria last weekend, not on skis but leading a British team in an international go-cart race in Ischgl. The thirty-strong teams from all over…
15 Jun 2010
Amy Williams, our only gold medallist winner at the Vancouver Olympics Games in February, has been awarded an MBE for her achievement. Williams 27, from Bath, learned of her award through the Queen’s…
9 Jun 2010
Britain’s top ski racers have secured essential funding at last, in the form of a sponsorship deal. BBC Sport reported that the unnamed sponsor would back the newly formed British Ski and Snowboard…
27 May 2010
Representatives from the Swiss Portes du Soleil region will take part in a UK ski event in Wales next month. Switzerland Tourism and the resorts of Les Crosets and Champéry are sponsoring the Celtic Cup…
25 May 2010
TTR Pro Snowboarding has announced plans for a Snowboarding World Championships, to take place every four years. The new event will start from the 2011/12 winter season and will feature men and women’s…
24 Apr 2010
According to local reports: new records have been set in the Swiss ski mountaineering race, the Patrouille des Glaciers, which takes place on a high alpine route from Zermatt to Verbier – and includes…
21 Apr 2010
Madonna di Campiglio will close out the season with a giant slalom race on 25 April, and with fresh snowfall … It will be the third edition of the Super Grostè, which is organised by the Madonna…
21 Apr 2010
Brits got a taste of the latest snow sport craze last weekend, when Cairngorm Mountain in Scotland hosted the Saab Challenge – the UK’s first national ski and snowboard cross event. There were…
13 Apr 2010
Even this late in the season there are a couple of big snow events taking place in Verbier before the ski area closes, one for speed and the other a monumental test of endurance. They are not for the faint-hearted,…
12 Apr 2010
Saas Fee is preparing to stage the 28th Allalin open downhill races between 16 and 18 April, the world’s highest glacier racing. The Allalin races are open to all and a popular end-of-winter-season attraction…
19 Mar 2010
If you and your chums are in Tignes over the Easter holidays and fancy taking part in a friendly competition, the Ski Club of Great Britain is running a new event open to all: the Dual Slalom. The Dual…
17 Mar 2010
There was more good news from Britain’s Kelly Gallagher at the Paralympic Games this week: a fourth place in the giant slalom. Gallagher just missed out on a podium place in the visually-impaired giant…
15 Mar 2010
The Paralympic Games began in Vancouver at the weekend and British athletes have already put in good performances in the Alpine events. The Games takes place from 12-22 March, with 12 members of the British…
12 Mar 2010
It has been decided: Lyndsey Vonn is the overall Alpine World Cup champion for 2010, with a fabulous win in the super-G race on Friday. Vonn has stormed her way through the super-G to finish with a time…
12 Mar 2010
The Alpine World Cup final races are being decided in Garmisch-Partenkirchen this weekend, and the gap for the overall titles has narrowed in both the women’s and men’s events. American Lyndsey Vonn’s…
11 Mar 2010
The World’s leading mogul skiers are gathering in Åre, Sweden for the bumps’ showdown – the FIS Freestyle World Cup Finals (12-13 March). After a thrilling display in Vancouver, the series is moving…
10 Mar 2010
Carlo Janka of Switzerland is in a strong position to take the men’s overall World Cup title, having won the downhill race in Garmishch Partenkirchen on Wednesday. Janka stormed the Kandahar in a…
9 Mar 2010
Vail Resorts in Colorado has renamed a ski run after Olympic ski racing champion Lyndsey Vonn. Vail is considered Vonn’s hometown, since she and her family moved there in the 1990’s. And when not away…
8 Mar 2010
Lyndsey Vonn looks set to take the overall World Cup women’s title, with another win in downhill that puts her way ahead in the points rankings. The women’s downhill and super-G events took place in…
5 Mar 2010
Fresh from the Olympics, the World Cup racing resumes this weekend with the ladies series in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. The racers are in action on the Nationale downhill course, a long and steepish red…
27 Feb 2010
Italy’s Guiliano Razzoli has won the men’s slalom, the concluding Alpine ski event of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Razzoli delighted the Italian squad with the country’s first gold…
27 Feb 2010
Canada has taken its 13th gold medal of the Vancouver Games, with a win in snowboarding giant slalom. While fog hampered efforts in the Whistler slalom, over on Cypress Mountain the rain was bucketing…
26 Feb 2010
When the men’s Olympic slalom races kick off on Saturday, among them will be one man fulfilling an extraordinary dream – Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, representing Ghana. And what an amazing tale of determination…
25 Feb 2010
Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg has stormed to victory in the women’s giant slalom, moving up from sixth place at the end of her first run. Fog was still affecting the upper part of the course on Thursday,…
25 Feb 2010
Fog in Whistler has forced the women’s giant slalom into another day, with postponement of the second run. The race got off to a shaky start on Wednesday, when poor visibility and intermittent snowfall…
24 Feb 2010
Day 12 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games produced more thrills and spills for the athletes. There was delight for the Swiss in the men’s giant slalom, but medal hopes for Team GB faded in…
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