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Norwegian alpine skier Aleksander Kilde made an emotional comeback to World Cup racing on Thursday, finishing 22nd in the super-G at Copper Mountain, Colorado; his first competitive run in 683 days following a horrific crash in January 2024. The 33-year-old suffered severe injuries to his right lower leg and left shoulder during a high-speed fall on the Lauberhorn downhill in Wengen, Switzerland. Complications arose when he developed sepsis in his shoulder, requiring two major surgeries; one in Austria in August 2024 and another in February 2025. Kilde originally planned to return at Beaver Creek in early December 2025, but accelerated…

Norwegian ski star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde made a triumphant and deeply emotional return to World Cup competition on Thanksgiving Day, exactly 684 days after a horrific crash in Wengen that nearly ended his career and his life. Racing in the season-opening super-G at Copper Mountain, the 33-year-old speed specialist finished in a tie for 24th place with American Kyle Negomir (1:08.95), 1.25 seconds behind winner Marco Odermatt of Switzerland. For Kilde — a former overall World Cup champion, four-time discipline title winner, and one of the most decorated active men on the circuit — simply standing in the start gate…

Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt continued his dominance of men’s alpine skiing Thursday, winning the season’s first super-G on Thanksgiving Day at Copper Mountain and further stamping his authority ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. The three-time defending overall World Cup champion edged Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr by a razor-thin 0.08 seconds, having to charge through the lower section of the demanding Colorado course to snatch victory. It marked Odermatt’s second win in as many speed-discipline races this season, after he opened with giant slalom success in Sölden last month. While Odermatt’s performance sent a clear message to his rivals, the day’s most…

Norwegian skiing star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde returned to World Cup competition on Friday in an emotional comeback, nearly two years after a horrific crash threatened to end his career. His fiancée, American alpine legend Mikaela Shiffrin, was in tears at the finish line as Kilde completed his first race since January 2024. The 33-year-old speed specialist suffered life-altering injuries during a high-speed crash in the Lauberhorn downhill in Wengen, Switzerland, last season. Traveling at around 90 mph (145 km/h), Kilde lost control, flew through safety netting, and sustained a deep laceration to his calf with nerve damage, a dislocated shoulder…

Marco Odermatt, the Swiss superstar and reigning three-time Super-G Crystal Globe champion, has stormed to the top of the leaderboard at the season’s first men’s Super-G of the 2025-26 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup. As the top 15 athletes completed their runs under crisp Rocky Mountain skies, Odermatt’s blistering time set the pace, underscoring his dominance in the discipline and igniting the Thanksgiving weekend crowd at this historic U.S. venue. The 28-year-old Odermatt, fresh off clinching his fourth consecutive overall World Cup title last season, delivered a flawless descent on the challenging 2,100-meter course, clocking an unofficial leading time that…

Legendary guitarist Jake E. Lee (ex-Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands, Red Dragon Cartel) has revealed in a new interview with Tone-Talk that he is once again playing guitar regularly and is eager to return to the stage. Earlier in 2024, Lee believed he was suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome, but after proper X-rays, doctors determined the real issue: he has virtually no cartilage left in his right wrist (and very little in his left), causing painful bone-on-bone contact. Instead of opting for the drastic bone-fusion surgery (an option chosen years ago by Deep Purple’s Steve Morse), Lee is managing the condition with…

In a display of sheer dominance that has become her trademark, American alpine skiing sensation Mikaela Shiffrin etched her name deeper into the annals of the sport, clinching her record-extending 103rd FIS Alpine World Cup victory on Sunday in the picturesque Austrian resort of Gurgl. The 30-year-old slalom maestro powered through two flawless runs to finish in a blistering combined time of 1:48.11, leaving her nearest competitor a full 1.23 seconds adrift—a margin that felt as insurmountable as the snow-capped peaks surrounding the course. The win, in the women’s slalom event, marks Shiffrin’s second consecutive victory in the discipline this…

You think you’ve seen love in sport? You haven’t seen anything yet. Last winter, the alpine skiing world watched in horror as its golden couple crashed within weeks of each other. First Mikaela Shiffrin, then Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. Two devastating falls. Two shredded seasons. Two identical, vicious shoulder infections that refused to heal. What happened next is the most beautiful comeback story nobody saw coming. While the internet speculated about retirements and broken dreams, something extraordinary was happening behind closed doors in Austria. Kilde—himself barely able to walk—became Shiffrin’s rock. Not in the cheesy Instagram-caption way. In the raw, real…

Swiss skiing superstar Lara Gut-Behrami will miss the rest of the 2025/26 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee during a training crash last Thursday at Copper Mountain, Colorado. The 34-year-old overall World Cup champion was preparing for the upcoming North American speed races when the accident occurred on the U.S. Ski Team’s training slope. Gut-Behrami lost control at high speed, crashed heavily, and was airlifted from the mountain for immediate medical evaluation. Subsequent examinations in Switzerland confirmed the full ACL rupture along with additional minor damage that will…

Tomorrow the ski racing world will hold its breath for one of the most eagerly awaited comebacks in recent memory. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, the 33-year-old Norwegian speed king, will pin on a race bib for the first time in 685 days when he lines up for Thursday’s season-opening men’s super-G at the Stifel Copper Cup – exactly 22 months after the horrific crash in Wengen that left him with a dislocated shoulder, deep lacerations, and severe nerve damage. “After 685 days away since his injury, he’s finally ready to charge again and make us dream!” wrote Kilde’s team on social…