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For a short period of time it looked as if AJ Ginnis was about to complete the most sensational month in Alpine Skiing history. For those who had forgotten, Ginnis was one of the stories of the recent Alpine World Ski Championships as he stormed to a shock silver medal in the slalom, his country’s first medal at the championships.
It’s a matter of if, rather then when, Mikaela Shiffrin will become the most successful alpine skier of all-time as she returns to World Cup action this week. Prior to the World Championships, Shiffrin broke Lindsey Vonn’s record of the most World Cup wins for a female skier, and she is now just one victory away from equalling Ingemar Stenmark’s benchmark for both men and women. Ad For 34 years, Stenmark’s 86 wins has been targeted by the likes of Vonn and Marcel Hirscher, but neither of them were able to surpass it.
AJ Ginnis lost his maiden Alpine Skiing World Cup win in a dramatic slalom in Palisades Tahoe, with Alexander Steen Olsen instead taking his first victory. Ginnis went fastest in the second run, but appeared to straddle one of the gates. However, on the official timings, he was not disqualified.
Norwegian ski racer Alexander Steen Olsen earned his first World Cup win after AJ Ginnis of Greece was disqualified for missing a gate in a slalom event held on a snowy Sunday at the Palisades Tahoe resort in Olympic Valley, Calif.
Italy's Sofia Goggia roared back from World Championship disappointment to claim downhill World Cup gold in Crans Montana. The 30-year-old took the victory by 0.15 seconds over teammate Federica Brignone whilst France's Laura Gauche claimed third.
Sofia Goggia wins the Crans-Montana downhill for the fourth time in her career to put behind the disappointment of missing podium at the Courcheval-Meribel World Championships. In falling snow, Goggia finished in a time of 1:26.81 and 0.15 seconds ahead of compatriot Federica Brignone who took second to complete the 17th Italian double in the history of women's skiing. Ad France's Laura Gauche, wearing the No.
Austria's Marco Schwarz bested world champion Marco Odermatt for his first giant slalom World Cup victory in Palisades Tahoe. The 27-year-old narrowly pipped Switzerland's Odermatt to gold by 0.03 seconds in California after Odermatt was forced to recover from a shaky start to his second run.
Marco Schwarz of Austria won a tight giant slalom race Saturday as the men's World Cup circuit made a stop at the Palisades Tahoe resort for the first time since 1969.