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Para cross-country skier Natalie Wilkie put a bow on 2024 with a World Cup victory on Friday at the season-opening stop in Vuokatti, Finland. CBC | Sports News
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Swiss skier Tumler collects 1st World Cup win at age of 35
Swiss racer Thomas Tumler got his long-awaited maiden World Cup win at the age of 35 on Sunday, taming a challenging Beaver Creek course with a pair of pristine runs in a men’s giant slalom. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Italian skier Federica Brignone wins World Cup season opener in Austria
Italian skier Federica Brignone won the women’s World Cup season opener Saturday in Soelden, Austria, after first-run leader Mikaela Shiffrin dropped to fifth in the giant slalom. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Daniel Yule becomes 1st skier to win World Cup race from 30th position
Switzerland’s Daniel Yule took advantage of a deteriorating course in spring-like conditions Sunday to become the first skier to win a World Cup race from 30th place after the opening run of a slalom race in Chamonix, France. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Skier Beatty, curler Fediuk named Canadian flag-bearers for Winter Youth Olympic Games in South Korea
The opening ceremony will be held Friday at the Gangneung Oval. The Youth Olympic Games — for high-performance athletes aged 14-18 — will continue through Feb. 1. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova wins World Cup slalom in Slovenia
Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova held on to her first-run lead to win a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, after Mikaela Shiffrin failed to finish the opening leg. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian skier Stefanie Fleckenstein injured in crash at World Cup downhill event
Jasmine Flury claimed only her second World Cup win as the Swiss skier triumphed on Saturday in Val d’Isere, France, in a downhill race that was delayed because of a horrific crash for Stefanie Fleckenstein. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian skier Broderick Thompson in hospital with head injuries after training-run crash
Canadian skier Broderick Thompson is in hospital with head injuries after falling Wednesday during training ahead of this weekend’s World Cup races in Beaver Creek, Col. CBC | Sports News
Read More »What comes after a world title? Canadian skier Jack Crawford is about to find out
Two years ago, Canadian skier Jack Crawford left the Beijing Olympics with a bronze medal. Last year, he bumped that up to gold at the world championships. Now facing a season without either major event, the Toronto native says his focus is on consistency. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian moguls skier Brayden Kuroda dies suddenly at 19
Canadian freestyle moguls team member Brayden Kuroda has died suddenly, Freestyle Canada said on Tuesday. He was 19. CBC | Sports News
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