Browsing entries tagged with Sochi
6 Jul 2015
Ski officials in Slovenia may have been “smitten” by the celebrity status of violinist Vanessa Mae, leading them to succumb to peer pressure and subsequent irregularities in her qualification for the…
11 Nov 2014
Violinist Vanessa Mae and has been banned from competitive skiing for four years, along with five officials from Slovenia and Italy, in a race-fixing scandal that is making headlines around the world.…
24 Oct 2014
We know the ski season is on its way — the latest Warren Miller film is about to be released. “No Turning Back”, Warren Miller’s 65th annual ski film, begins its UK tour in Reading on 10 November,…
14 Jul 2014
Four Slovenian ski federation officials have been suspended for allegedly rigging the points given to violinist Vanessa Mae to allow her to compete in the Winter Olympics. Vanessa competed for Thailand…
10 Mar 2014
Skier Kelly Gallagher has entered the history books in Sochi this morning by winning Britain’s first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal. Gallagher, 28, won the visually impaired super-G on the Rosa Khutor…
14 Feb 2014
With all the excitement over the Sochi Olympics, how about something a little different — the Naked Sledding World Championships? For the first time, Britain is fielding a team at the unusual event.…
7 Feb 2014
The opening ceremony for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games takes place this afternoon at 3pm UK time — with one snowboarder already guaranteed a place in the slopestyle final. British athletes were…
22 Jan 2014
A record number of skiers and snowboarders have been selected to represent Great Britain in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games next month. Chemmy Alcott, James Woods and Katie Summerhayes lead the team…
6 Jan 2014
Just a month ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics, freeskier Rowan Cheshire has won gold in a halfpipe FIS World Cup event in Calgary. The 18-year-old freeskier is the first ever British woman to win the…
11 Dec 2013
Former Pusscat Doll Kimberly Wyatt, broadcaster Anthea Turner and five-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave are among the celebrities taking part in Channel 4’s new winter sports TV show, The…
28 Nov 2013
Skiing is coming to our TV screens in a new guise, The Alpine Games. In the run-up to the Sochi Winter Olympics next year, Channel 4 will be screening a live prime-time show where 12 celebrities get to…
4 Oct 2013
A host of Sochi-themed events take place this weekend at Milton Keynes and Reading, with free lessons on offer from Sir Steve Redgrave, Graham Bell and Chemmy Alcott. Five-times Olympian and BASI qualified…
22 Aug 2013
Details of the first ever Olympic slopestyle course have been released by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The course, for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games (7-23 February 2014), will be 635m…
12 Jun 2013
Britain’s top alpine skier Chemmy Alcott is to train with the Norwegian ski team in the run-up to the Winter Olympics in Sochi next February. Miss Alcott, 30, has trained with the Canadian team for the…
28 May 2013
Professional sailors aren’t allowed to ski, for fear of damaging themselves, but it’s not the same for skiers who want to sail. And so proves freestyle skier Emily Sarsfield, eight times British Freestyle…
10 Mar 2013
Sheffield skier James “Woodsy” Woods continued his run of form yesterday to win silver in the Freestyle World Ski Championships in Norway — the first Brit to do so in 20 years. Woodsy said this morning…
8 Feb 2013
The British Alpine Ski team has a new title sponsor, specialist property advisor Delancey. The sponsorship comes at a critical time for the team’s preparation for next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.…
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