LEVI, Finland (AP) — Practice made perfect for Petra Vlhova on Saturday, beating Mikaela Shiffrin in the first World Cup slalom of the season. The Slovakian overall champion had been training for three weeks in Finnish Lapland and skipped a…
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Approaching a race weekend where she can set yet another Alpine skiing World Cup record might sound like business as usual to Mikaela Shiffrin. This time, it’s not. The American double Olympic champion has arrived in Levi, Finland, after dealing…
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COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — Mikaela Shiffrin is once again putting her mending back through extreme tests: double training sessions filled with twists, turns and crouching into a tuck position to generate more speed. Outside of a little stiffness — “Nothing…
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Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin is not able to ski and prepare the way she would like to currently because of a hurt back that she likened to “a very severe muscle spasm or kind of a strain” in…
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Three Front Range ski areas are open, Trail Ridge Road and Independence Pass have closed until spring and fallen leaves are blowing in the wind. Another harbinger of winter arrives this week when the annual Warren Miller ski and snowboard…
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Thanks to weeks of good snow-making conditions and a couple of generous winter storms, Loveland Ski Area will open this Saturday. The Chet’s Dream lift will start running at 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 30, offering skiers one top-to-bottom run, officials…
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Skiers on the Front Range, grab your goggles: Arapahoe Basin will open this Sunday after receiving more than a foot of fresh snow this week. Snowmakers have been running the guns since last Saturday, but recent storms offered some welcome…
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Wolf Creek ski area near Pagosa Springs will be the first in Colorado to open this season thanks to a winter storm that dumped 14 inches of snow on mountains in the southwest part of the state. The Nova and…
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The first serious storm of the season is knocking on our doorsteps, and is set to deliver 65 mph winds and more than a foot of snow to some mountain locations. The storms could even bring a few flakes to…
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The countdown to ski season in Colorado is officially on as wintry weather inspired several Front Range resorts to begin making snow over the weekend. Snowmakers at Arapahoe Basin, Keystone Resort and Loveland Ski Area fired up the guns on…
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