Racing

These schools have one mission: To produce ski racers who know as much about science as they do about snow.

From Mikaela Shiffrin's comeback to high-speed nose butters, this World Cup season was one for the books.

The greatest slalom racer in history acknowledges the competition is fierce and the margin for error very, very tight.

She's podiumed in 47 of her last 51 slalom races, but it might still not be enough to clinch her seventh World Cup Slalom Title.

Shiffrin didn't add the GS World Champ Title to her portfolio, but she did collect her third medal of the 2021 World Championships

The 25-year-old has now surpassed Ted Ligety and Lindsey Vonn in World Championship medals.

Johnson didn’t medal, but a herculean recovery after a critical mistake landed her in the top 10.

After only four speed training days in more than a year, Shiffrin made a triumphant return to the super-G World Championship podium.

Who will leave it all on Cortina’s slopes at the Alpine World Championships? Here are SKI’s top picks.

American Breezy Johnson collected her first super-G points of the season.

France's Tessa Worley snagged her first World Cup victory since 2018.

The American finished third in the first of the two downhills in Crans Montana, then followed up with a fifth-place finish.

The victory marks Shiffrin’s 100th World Cup podium and first World Cup slalom victory in more than a year.

Mikaela Shiffrin finished fourth and led two other Americans in the Top 20.

The Swiss skier bested slalom giants Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova to claim her first World Cup slalom victory.

It’s the Vermont skier’s first World Cup win and the U.S. Ski Team's first men’s gold in the event since 2006.

Cochran-Siegle earned his first career World Cup podium in the downhill and Ford finished fifth in giant slalom.

Johnson led the U.S. Women’s Alpine Team in a successful World Cup weekend in Val d’Isere.

The win marks Shiffrin’s first World Cup victory in nearly a year.

The Mt. Bachelor skier moved from fourth with a stunning second run while the women were snowed out in St. Moritz.

The American made a successful comeback to World Cup racing by finishing second and fifth in the opening slaloms of the season.

On Nov. 21, Shiffrin will step into the start gate for the first time in 300 days.

Four American athletes collect World Cup points in the opening Giant Slalom race of the 2021 season.

The 2021 World Cup kicks off in Austria on Oct. 17—without Mikaela Shiffrin.

How the U.S. Ski Team is adapting to the ever-changing COVID-19 times.

A look back at the most exciting races of this FIS World Cup season.

2020 World Cup champions were announced without pomp and circumstance following the cancellation of the World Cup finals.

The American skier stood on his second World Cup podium ever in Yuzawa Naeba.

Shiffrin’s absence from the technical races in Slovenia left the door open for close competitors to take the podium.

The women’s World Cup continued in Garmisch-Partenkirchen amidst an outpouring of grief and sympathy for Mikaela Shiffrin.

Shiffrin now leads the World Cup standings in two disciplines and ranks second in downhill and GS.

In a tight giant slalom in Setriere, Shiffrin was forced to settle for third, just 0.01 seconds behind dual winners.

The Slovakian nabbed her second consecutive slalom win and takes the biggest prize purse on the women’s circuit.

Shiffrin and other leading ladies failed to finish the first Alpine Combined race of the season.

After 60 years, the U.S. Alpine Tech Championships return to Aspen, Colorado.

Shiffrin finished second in Zagreb’s slalom, finally relinquishing the slalom title to her rival from Slovakia.

Shiffrin turned a setback into a comeback to win the Lienz slalom and giant slalom.

Tuesday’s exciting GS race proves that Shiffrin has serious competition for the GS Crystal Globe.

Mikaela Shiffrin clinched her fourth career super-G podium to extend her overall World Cup lead.

The slalom queen lands a second-place finish in downhill, while teammate Alice McKennis stages successful comeback.

The American earned his first World Cup podium and first gold medal on American snow, wrapping up a strong weekend of racing for the men’s U.S. Ski Team.

Thanks to slalom victory No. 42 and a third place finish in GS, Shiffrin continues World Cup Tour wearing the leader bib in both disciplines.

The 24-year-old's first slalom win of the season also marks her 41st World Cup slalom victory, making her the most successful technical skier of all time.

The 17-year-old New Zealander crossed the finish 0.06 seconds ahead of Shiffrin to nab her first World Cup victory; the American men had three finishers in the top 11.

Mikaela Shiffrin and teammates look to pick up where they left off at the official World Cup kickoff in Sölden, Austria.

How a professional setback fueled the downhill skier's most successful racing season yet.

The American ended a record-breaking season with two new World Cup titles.

The 24-year-old adds a 10th World Cup Crystal Globe to her mantle.

With a couple more globes up for grabs, the American’s record-breaking season isn’t over yet.

World Cup racing is back, but it's not all business as usual.

Just three days after collecting gold in the World Championship slalom, Shiffrin is back to dominating on the World Cup.

Shiffrin swept up, Vonn ended her career with a bronze, and Team USA's men saw several top-10 finishes.

Shiffrin battled her way up from third place to win her fourth consecutive World Championship slalom title.

This year’s Super-G World Champion also takes home the bronze in giant slalom.

The most successful female racer of all time takes a bow with a bronze medal in downhill.

Lindsey Vonn skis away from yet another horrific crash in her penultimate race.

With back-to-back wins in Slovenia, the American continues to climb the World Cup record list.

Two more races, and then the best female racer of all time is bowing out.

American Alice Merryweather clinches career-best top 10 downhill finish.

The Italian earned his third downhill win on the Streif and took bronze in the super-G.

Hirscher finished third in slalom with plenty of surprises for the world's fastest men in Switzerland over the weekend.

Lindsey Vonn and 21 others do not finish.

Vonn returned to the start house in Cortina, though not the podium.

The American crossed the finish line in Kronplatz more than a second ahead of her competitors.

Marcel Hirscher swept both events in Switzerland with back-to-back comebacks.

The American finished just behind her Slovakian rival in Flachau, Austria.

The best female and male slalom racers in the world were crowned Snow Queen and King in Croatia.

Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova finally bests Shiffrin in the head-to-head race.

The Italian squeaked ahead of Austrian Matthias Mayer to win the super-G and become the King of the Stelvio.

The Slovakian and American racers battled for the win in Semmering, Austria, and both walked away with a new record.

Italians Paris and Innerhofer go one-two on home ice.

The American becomes the youngest racer in history to win 50 World Cup races.

Zan Kranjec earns his first FIS World Cup gold in the GS.

Shiffrin and Vonn set to return to racing in coming weeks.

American Tommy Ford earns career-best fifth in the giant slalom.

Norwegian Kilde edges out Franz for the win in Italy.

And American Tommy Ford finishes with a personal best in Val d’Isère.

The American collected her second career Super G and parallel slalom wins.

Hirscher takes the win over Kristofferson during a snowy race in France.

Shiffrin wins Lake Louise Super G, becoming the first ski racer to win all six World Cup disciplines.