Manuel Feller: balancing White Circus madness with time out in the wilderness
In their home country, Austrian Alpine skiers cannot walk down the street without being recognised, such is the popularity of the sport.
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Lucas Braathen: "A podium in Beijing would be a Norwegian and a Brazilian result"
One of the recent revelatory athletes in the world of winter sports makes a point of remembering his more tropical roots. He is proud of them. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, 21, is Norwegian like his father, Bjorn, his mother, Alessandra, is Brazilian.
Alpine set for blue and pink F1 livery as BWT becomes title sponsor
BWT has been heavily linked with a switch to Alpine in recent months, but the deal was finally announced by the team on Friday ahead of the new season.
Alpine skiing: Ski diversity push marred by qualifying controversy
YANQING, China: Skier Shannon Abeda, competing for Eritrea in his second Olympics, hopes to see more diversity in an overwhelmingly white sport, but worries that the backlash over the qualification of some nations is tainting a diversity push in Alpine events.
Lindsey Vonn: The US skiing sensation who became the face of winter sports
US skiing sensation Lindsey Vonn doesn’t regret her career in the slightest, but it has come at a cost.
Jack Gower claims Team Ireland’s best ever Alpine skiing result at Winter Olympics
Gower - competing in his first Olympics, started the day strongly with 14th in the Downhill, before going two places better in the Slalom, finishing with an overall time of 2:37.74 and Ireland’s best Alpine Skiing result ever.
Canada's Grondin claims silver in snowboard cross
BEIJING — Eliot Grondin had not been challenged all day.
Winter Olympics 2022: ‘A juju thing’ - How shaving moustache helped skier James Crawford win bronze
‘Marginal gains’ are often mentioned at the Winter Olympics and Canadian Alpine skier James Crawford took that to new levels in Beijing — crediting his bronze combined medal to shaving off his moustache. The 24-year-old competed with the facial hair in the downhill, where he came fourth, and the super-G, finishing fourth, before he got the razor out for the combined event. Ad/> Crawford finished third behind eventual winner Johannes Strolz and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and he says his newly streamlined approach may have helped him overcome the hurdle that had hindered him in his opening event.