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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…

On Wednesday, the 35-year-old reigning World Cup overall champion posted a short video from the Stubai Glacier in Austria with the caption “After 237 days, @federicabrignone is back on the snow 🤩🇮🇹.” The clip showed her carving smooth, confident turns in perfect late-November conditions, marking her long-awaited return following the serious leg injury that ended her 2024–25 season last March. Brignone had dominated the previous winter, clinching the big crystal globe along with the giant slalom and downhill discipline titles, before a crash in the Saalbach World Cup finals forced her into surgery and months of intensive rehabilitation. “Finally!!!” wrote…

After an eight-year absence from racing in her home state, Mikaela Shiffrin will headline the Stifel Copper Cup this Thanksgiving weekend when FIS Alpine Ski World Cup action returns to Copper Mountain for the first time in nearly 25 years. The four-day event, running Thursday through Sunday, serves as the only U.S. stop on the women’s World Cup calendar this season and a crucial early test ahead of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics. Shiffrin, a Vail Valley resident, last competed on Colorado snow in 2017. Fresh off back-to-back slalom victories in Levi (Finland) and Gurgl (Austria) — extending her streak to…

For the first time since 2001, Copper Mountain will host FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races this Thanksgiving weekend, marking the only U.S. stop for women on the 2025–26 tour and a rare home appearance for the American team ahead of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics. The Stifel Copper Cup kicks off Thursday with men’s super-G, followed by men’s giant slalom on Friday, women’s giant slalom on Saturday, and women’s slalom on Sunday. The events were relocated from Killington, Vermont, due to chairlift construction on the usual race hill. Mikaela Shiffrin arrives in red-hot form after winning both slalom races so…

American skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin will return to racing in her home state of Colorado for the first time in eight years when the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup visits Copper Mountain for the Stifel Copper Cup over Thanksgiving weekend. The two-time Olympic champion and reigning slalom world leader tops the women’s field in Saturday’s giant slalom and Sunday’s slalom, the only U.S. stops on the women’s World Cup calendar this season. Copper Mountain has not hosted a women’s World Cup event since 2017 or any World Cup races since 2001. Shiffrin arrives in dominant slalom form, having won the…

Mikaela Shiffrin, the undisputed queen of alpine slalom, is riding a wave of momentum as she returns to her home state of Colorado for the inaugural Stifel Copper Cup. Fresh off a commanding victory in Gurgl, Austria—her 103rd career World Cup win—the two-time Olympic champion is poised to dazzle on familiar snow at Copper Mountain Resort this Thanksgiving weekend. Shiffrin’s latest masterclass came on Sunday in the Austrian Alps, where she crushed the women’s slalom field by 1.23 seconds, finishing in a blistering 1:48.11. The 30-year-old Edwards native led both runs, extending her lead over Albania’s rising star Lara Colturi,…

Fresh off her commanding slalom victory in Gurgl, Austria, that marked her 103rd career World Cup win, Mikaela Shiffrin sat down with USA TODAY and delivered a clear message to anyone wondering if the next generation is closing the gap: bring it on. Far from feeling threatened by the surge of talented young skiers, the 30-year-old American icon says she’s genuinely thrilled by the depth of competition emerging in women’s slalom. “I’m excited,” Shiffrin said with a smile. “I’m excited for all the amazing slalom skiing that’s happening right now and what’s possible for the future. So it’s only amazing.”…

American ski superstar Mikaela Shiffrin continued her sensational start to the 2025-26 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season on Sunday, claiming her second consecutive slalom victory in just seven days with a commanding performance in Gurgl, Austria. The 30-year-old two-time Olympic champion was untouchable across both runs, posting a combined time that left her 1.23 seconds clear of rising Italian teenager Lara Colturi, who finished second. Switzerland’s Camille Rast rounded out the podium in third. The result mirrored Shiffrin’s victory the previous weekend in Levi, Finland, where she also beat Colturi by a comfortable margin. With Sunday’s triumph, Shiffrin now…