Canadian skier Laurence St-Germain beats Mikaela Shiffrin to slalom gold at worlds
Canadian skier Laurence St-Germain won gold in the women's slalom at the world championships Saturday in Meribel, France, and Mikaela Shiffrin took silver.
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Alpine skiing-Shiffrin sets pace in world championships slalom
MERIBEL, France : Mikaela Shiffrin put herself in pole position to reclaim her slalom title at the world championships with a rock-solid run to lead after the first leg on Saturday.
‘The moment is now’: Michael Norman goes to 100m after winning 400m world title
Through Michael Norman‘s career as a 400m sprinter, from his pre-pandemic USC seasons through winning the world title last year, he stored what three acclaimed college coaches said while he was in high school.
Jordan Stolz heads into speed skating worlds with World Cup success
American Jordan Stolz is rolling into the world speed skating championships.
Alpine skiing-Mexican Prince Von Hohenlohe retires aged 64 after 20th worlds
Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg competed for his country of birth Mexico at a 20th World Championships on Friday aged 64, 41 years after his first in Austria.
Marco Odermatt explains why giant slalom gold was ‘easier’ than downhill at the Alpine World Ski Championships
Marco Odermatt has admitted his second gold medal of this year’s Alpine World Ski Championships was “easier” than winning the downhill. Odermatt was the big favourite to win Friday’s giant slalom but he had 0.48 seconds to find after the first run, which saw Marco Schwarz go fastest. Ad As the penultimate skier out of the start gate in run two, the Swiss skier went quickest by 0.32 seconds from Loic Meillard, before Schwarz could only slot into the bronze medal position.
Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg ends career after 20 Alpine World Ski Championships
At the age of 64, Mexico’s Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe took part in his 20th Alpine World Ski Championships by competing in the men’s giant slalom Hohenlohe failed to finish the first run which turned out to be his last World Championships outing after his first in 1982. Ad He has raced in every World Championships since then apart from 2007 when he broke his leg. World Championships'Even more special!' — Odermatt relishing in his and Meillard's medals in giant slalom2 HOURS AGO “It would have been nice if I had finished,” Hohenlohe told Eurosport after his giant slalom DNF in Courchevel.
Alpine skiing-Odermatt takes his second gold to dash Austrian hopes
COURCHEVEL, France : Marco Odermatt celebrated his second gold of the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday after winning the men's giant slalom in a Swiss one-two with Loic Meillard that dashed Austrian hopes.