Feb 06 Skier Mikaela Shiffrin fails to complete 1st race in world championships By Associated Press Shiffrin is competing in her first major event since failing to win a medal in six starts at last year’s Beijing Olympics. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 5:49 American Mikaela Shiffrin makes history as most successful female World Cup skier By William Brangham American skier Mikaela Shiffrin is making history as she now holds more World Cup wins than any female alpine skier. Shiffrin was a teenage prodigy when she burst on the scene more than a decade ago, now she's a two-time… Continue watching
Feb 18 Gu skis her way to gold and the history books in the women's halfpipe final By Eddie Pells, Associated Press Eileen Gu captured Olympic gold in the women’s ski halfpipe final to become the first action-sports athlete to pick up three medals at the same Winter Games. Continue reading
Feb 10 How Olympic ski jumpers toe the line between falling and flying By Amy Pope, The Conversation Ski jumpers do everything they can to counteract the effects of gravity and fly as far as they can down hills. Continue reading
Feb 09 How competing on fake snow affects the performance of Olympic skiers and snowboarders By Peter Veals, The Conversation Snowmaking machines can produce enough snow to cover a run, but artificial snow is very different from natural flakes that fall from the sky. Continue reading
Feb 09 Out in 2 of her best events, Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin tries to figure out what went wrong By Howard Fendrich, Associated Press Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate early in the first run of the slalom at the Beijing Games and is out of the event. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 8:57 Olympian skier Lindsey Vonn on what drove her success, and the 'heavy price' of her career The Beijing Winter Olympics are a week away. Judy Woodruff talks about the upcoming games with Lindsey Vonn, the Olympic gold medal-winning Alpine skier. She holds four overall World Cup titles, and is one of only six women to have… Continue watching
Jan 19 French actor Gaspard Ulliel dies in skiing collision By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Associated Press French actor Gaspard Ulliel has died after a skiing accident in the Alps, according to his agent's office. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 7:00 How Italian ski resorts are trying to reopen safely using vaccine passports By Adam Raney Many of Italy’s ski resorts reopened this month for the first time since march 2020 when they were forced to close as COVID swept across the country. The industry as a whole lost billions. Even with a spike in cases,… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 1:51 COVID-19 shutdowns bring new popularity to old winter pastime By PBS NewsHour After months of shutdowns and restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, some ski resorts are cautiously reopening in the U.S. and Europe. But not in France. Worried about outbreaks, French ski resorts can’t use their chair lifts or open their chalets. Continue watching