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Today: March 26, 2025
Today: March 26, 2025
ANDREW DAMPF

ANDREW DAMPF

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Europe|Sports

Testing begins at Cortina's controversial Olympic sliding track for bobsled, luge and skeleton

Tests are underway at Cortina’s controversial Olympic sliding track

Testing begins at Cortina's controversial Olympic sliding track for bobsled, luge and skeleton
Europe|Political|Sports

Transport strike affecting Olympic test event underscores risks facing Milan-Cortina Games

A transport strike during an official test event for the Milan-Cortina Olympics highlighted why organizers are negotiating with trade unions to avoid a similar scenario during next year’s Winter Games

Transport strike affecting Olympic test event underscores risks facing Milan-Cortina Games
Europe|Sports

It's not just Shiffrin and Vonn. The US Ski Team has multiple medal contenders for the Olympics

A year before the Winter Olympics the U.S. Ski Team just had a performance to remember

It's not just Shiffrin and Vonn. The US Ski Team has multiple medal contenders for the Olympics
Europe|Sports

Snow samba Pinheiro Braathen says 'let’s just keep dancing' after debut for Brazil at skiing worlds

Alice Robinson earned New Zealand’s first medal

Snow samba Pinheiro Braathen says 'let’s just keep dancing' after debut for Brazil at skiing worlds
Europe|Sports

Shiffrin OK with 5th place despite missing a worlds slalom medal for the first time

All that talk about a record-breaking 16th medal

Shiffrin OK with 5th place despite missing a worlds slalom medal for the first time
Europe|Sports

Gold, silver or bronze. Mikaela Shiffrin has never finished off the podium in a slalom at the worlds

Mikaela Shiffrin is chasing a record-breaking 16th medal at the world championships in the slalom on Saturday

Gold, silver or bronze. Mikaela Shiffrin has never finished off the podium in a slalom at the worlds
Europe|Sports

From the same Minnesota hill that produced Lindsey Vonn, Paula Moltzan wins bronze at ski worlds

Finishing fourth when medals are on the line can feel like cruel punishment

From the same Minnesota hill that produced Lindsey Vonn, Paula Moltzan wins bronze at ski worlds
Europe|Sports

Lindsey Vonn says she 'would be proud to race with anyone' in team combined at the Olympics

It’s not just downhill and super-G that Lindsey Vonn wants to compete in at the age of 41 at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics

Lindsey Vonn says she 'would be proud to race with anyone' in team combined at the Olympics
Americas|Europe|Sports

Shiffrin says sharing gold with childhood friend Johnson 'tops the list of any medal I've ever won'

Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson have won gold in the new team combined event at the Alpine skiing world championships

Shiffrin says sharing gold with childhood friend Johnson 'tops the list of any medal I've ever won'
Europe|Sports

Lindsey Vonn says 'I didn’t help myself' with social media posts involving Mikaela Shiffrin

Lindsey Vonn acknowledges that “I didn’t help myself” by firing back on social media after learning that she wasn’t paired with Mikaela Shiffin for the team combined race at the skiing world championships

Lindsey Vonn says 'I didn’t help myself' with social media posts involving Mikaela Shiffrin
Europe|Health|Sports

Shiffrin says she's dealing with PTSD after crash and won't defend giant slalom title at ski worlds

Mikaela Shiffrin says she is dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder following a crash in November and will not defend her gold medal in giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships

Shiffrin says she's dealing with PTSD after crash and won't defend giant slalom title at ski worlds
Europe|Sports

From ‘Sweet Caroline’ to ‘Hopp Suisse,’ Von Allmen steals show with downhill gold at skiing worlds

Franjo von Allmen wins gold in the men’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships to complete a sweep of the speed events by the Swiss team after Marco Odermatt took the super-G

From ‘Sweet Caroline’ to ‘Hopp Suisse,’ Von Allmen steals show with downhill gold at skiing worlds
Europe|Sports

Lindsey Vonn places 15th in downhill at ski worlds. She called it a 'practice run for the Olympics'

Lindsey Vonn finished 15th in the downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships

Lindsey Vonn places 15th in downhill at ski worlds. She called it a 'practice run for the Olympics'
Americas|Europe|Sports

US skier Breezy Johnson marks return from 14-month ban with a gold in world championship downhill

American skier Breezy Johnson has won gold in the women’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships

US skier Breezy Johnson marks return from 14-month ban with a gold in world championship downhill
Business|Celebrity|Entertainment|Fashion and Beauty|Sports

Lindsey Vonn hit pause on her life to 'set a new standard of what’s possible' back on the ski slopes

She helped Salt Lake City secure hosting rights for the 2034 Winter Olympics and designed her own skiwear and goggles lines

Lindsey Vonn hit pause on her life to 'set a new standard of what’s possible' back on the ski slopes
Europe|Sports

US skier Lauren Macuga shows off her 'weird dance moves' to celebrate bronze in worlds debut

First major championship

US skier Lauren Macuga shows off her 'weird dance moves' to celebrate bronze in worlds debut
Europe|Sports

Lindsey Vonn hooks a gate with her arm and doesn't finish her opening race at skiing worlds

Lindsey Vonn hooked a gate and did not finish but avoided injury in her opening race at the Alpine skiing world championships

Lindsey Vonn hooks a gate with her arm and doesn't finish her opening race at skiing worlds
Celebrity|Europe|Health|Sports

Lindsey Vonn feeling sick with 'a cold or the flu' on the eve of her opening event at skiing worlds

Lindsey Vonn is feeling sick with “a cold or the flu” on the eve of her first event at the world championships in her return to ski racing at the age of 40

Lindsey Vonn feeling sick with 'a cold or the flu' on the eve of her opening event at skiing worlds
Celebrity|Europe|Sports

Lindsey Vonn's new titanium knee holds up fine in her 1st training run at the skiing worlds

Big jumps

Lindsey Vonn's new titanium knee holds up fine in her 1st training run at the skiing worlds
Europe|Sports

Lindsey Vonn faces more criticism for competing at age 40 than Tom Brady, Lewis Hamilton

Lindsey Vonn has faced a lot of second guessing about her comeback to ski racing at the age of 40 this season

Lindsey Vonn faces more criticism for competing at age 40 than Tom Brady, Lewis Hamilton
Europe|Sports

Lindsey Vonn falls while on pace for top-5 finish at super-G in Cortina but avoids injury again

Lindsey Vonn has fallen while on pace for a top-5 finish at a World Cup super-G on the course that will host skiing at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics

Lindsey Vonn falls while on pace for top-5 finish at super-G in Cortina but avoids injury again
Europe|Sports

Sofia Goggia earns her 4th downhill win in Cortina while Lindsey Vonn is 20th on the Olympic course

Sofia Goggia solidified her status as the favorite for another downhill gold by winning for the fourth time in Cortina on the course for next year’s Olympics

Sofia Goggia earns her 4th downhill win in Cortina while Lindsey Vonn is 20th on the Olympic course
Europe|Sports

Done partying in St. Anton, new US ski standout Macuga seeks a 2nd World Cup victory in Cortina

The party at St. Anton’s Krazy Kanguruh après-ski bar lasted into the early hours of Monday morning when the U.S. Ski Team’s newest standout celebrated her first World Cup victory last weekend

Done partying in St. Anton, new US ski standout Macuga seeks a 2nd World Cup victory in Cortina
Europe|Health|Sports|US

Shiffrin likely won't have a target date for ski racing return for another 7-10 days, US coach says

Mikaela Shiffrin is back on snow and skiing regularly again at home in Colorado

Shiffrin likely won't have a target date for ski racing return for another 7-10 days, US coach says
Sports

Picking Koepka from LIV Golf was easy for US Ryder Cup captain Johnson. Because everyone wanted him

When U.S. captain Zach Johnson got his Ryder Cup team together for the first time for a training camp at the Marco Simone course outside Rome on Friday, there was no need for a pep talk about team unity with Brooks Koepka coming in from the renegade LIV Golf tour. That’s because it was just about unanimous: Everyone wanted the five-time major champion. Even if he did go chase the riches of the Saudi-backed LIV circuit. “The only thing that was said about Brooks with the guys — specifically the top six that made the team on

Picking Koepka from LIV Golf was easy for US Ryder Cup captain Johnson. Because everyone wanted him

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