Skiing

1/22/2025 |  Cortina Alpine skiing course praised by athletes (Reuters Sports) Jan 22 (Reuters) - With just over a year to go before the Winter Olympics, the Cortina d'Ampezzo Alpine skiing course got the thumbs up from athletes who competed in the resort last weekend.
The Milan-Cortina Games will be held from Feb. 6-22 with the women's Alpine skiing races in Cortina and the men's events in Bormio.
Last weekend's World Cup races were seen as a test event and the 'Queen of the Dolomites', on the main calendar since 1969, pleased the top contenders.

1/16/2025 |  Lindsey Vonn gets up intact after fall toward end of downhill training run in Cortina (Associated Press (AP)) CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn fell toward the end of a World Cup downhill training run on Thursday and appeared slightly banged up.
Vonn got back up and skied to the finish area on the Olympia delle Tofane course but then went inside a medical tent for treatment. She did not break any bones, her team said. 

1/9/2025 |  Striking ski patrollers at the biggest US resort return to work claiming victory (Associated Press (AP)) Two hundred Utah ski patrollers returned to work Thursday after voting to accept a new labor contract and end a nearly two-week strike that closed many trails and caused long lift lines at the ones that remained open during a busy time of year at the country’s biggest ski resort.

1/6/2025 |  Vail stock struggles as strike leads to long lines at Park City Mountain (CNBC Sports)

• A ski patrol strike at Park City Mountain has led to complaints of lines and delays at the popular winter sports destination.
• Shares of Vail Resorts, which owns Park City, have dropped more than 5% in the last five trading days.

12/30/2024 |  World Cup events in Bormio show why men’s downhill at 2026 Olympics will be among toughest ever (Associated Press (AP)) BORMIO, Italy (AP) — The weekend’s ski racing in Bormio showed precisely why the men’s downhill for the 2026 Olympics will be one of the toughest in the past 30 years.
American skier Bryce Bennett says he has “trauma” from racing down the fearsome Stelvio slope, while Italian veteran Christof Innerhofer — who has competed at four Olympics — can’t remember a tougher course.