Sestriere in Italy is hosting the latest women's International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup this weekend, with giant slalom and parallel giant slalom taking centre-stage.
Double Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin will be looking to bounce back from recent disappointment when she competes in the slalom event at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup in Austrian village Flachau tomorrow.
Petra Vlhová produced a superb performance to win the slalom at the International Ski Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup in Zagreb and deny Mikaela Shiffrin a hat-trick of victories.
American star Mikaela Shiffrin will aim for a third straight victory when the International Ski Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup season resumes after the New Year's break in Zagreb this weekend.
Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States chalked up her second victory of the weekend at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup in Lienz, adding victory in the slalom to her triumph in the giant slalom yesterday.
Mikaela Shiffrin earned her first giant slalom victory of the season in the Austrian resort of Lienz, taking her total of International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup wins to 63 and moving her to outright second on the women’s all-time list.
American star Mikaela Shiffrin will be hoping to bounce back from a disappointing performance in Courchevel when she competes in the giant slalom event at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup in Lienz tomorrow.
Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States will miss out on the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup event in the French resort of Val d’Isère.
Olympic bronze medallist Federica Brignone of Italy overcame a first-run deficit to win the women's giant slalom at the International Ski Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup in Courchevel.
Figure skater Nathan Chen and speed skater Joey Mantia have been named the first joint winners of a United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) monthly award since January 2009.
Slovakia's Petra Vlhová took full advantage of the absence of American Mikaela Shiffrin as she triumphed in the parallel slalom event at the International Ski Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup in St Moritz.
Mikaela Shiffrin will be looking to move outright second on the all-time women's list for most International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup wins, when she competes in St Moritz this weekend.
Mikaela Shiffrin claimed the 62nd International Ski Federation Alpine World Cup win of her career with slalom joy in Killington, to move joint second on the all-time women's list.
Mikaela Shiffrin has the chance to move to second on the all-time list of women's World Cup winners in tomorrow's giant slalom and Sunday's slalom at Killington in the United States.
American star Mikaela Shiffrin secured a record-breaking 41st slalom victory at the International Ski Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup in Levi in Finland.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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