Whew…that was a busy 10 days. The first chunk of races are finished! The first Downhill race in Lake Louise was quite the success for me. I had my best ever World Cup career result (8th place) and it was in my first race back from my injury. I can’t explain how happy I am with that result. It meant so much to me to get back in the races so soon let alone get a top ten. I was hoping that I would place top 20 but I had my doubts that would even happen. It is a huge weight off my shoulders to know that when I dial things in and execute I can still be fast, it’s hard to know if you can still do it when it’s been almost a year since your last race. After only getting 10 days in gates before the race I was feeling ready but not totally confident in my skiing, after Lake Louise I feel a lot better about my skiing but I know I still have a lot of things to work on.
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(skiracing.com) - Thirty-six percent of the ski racing stars Head introduced at its pre-season press conference at Solden, Austria Thursday (Oct. 25), were Americans. That is not an accident according to Head boss Johan Eliasch.
Does it speak to the strength of the US team, we asked? “It does,” Eliasch responds. “We don't select our athletes by nationality. We pick them by personality and performance.”
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One year after missing out on her fourth World Cup overall championship by just three points, American ski racer Lindsey Vonn finally reached that goal and has left no doubt as to who is the top woman in the sport today (March 9) as she set several U.S. records and claimed her 52nd career World Cup win with a GS victory in Are, Sweden.
Vonn, who won the first World Cup GS of her career at this season's opening race in Soelden, Austria in October, had just a 0.07-second lead in the first run today. 
A women’s World Cup downhill scheduled for today (Feb. 25) at one of the world's best ski resorts in Bansko, Bulgaria was canceled due to persistent, high-speed winds.
Canadians dominated the podium today (Dec. 9) on home snow in Nakiska, AB at a men's NorAm Cup super combined. 
There was a lot to like about the first men's super G of the season, the Winterstart event at Lake Louise Sunday (Nov. 27). Norwegian veteran Aksel Lund Svindal won the race for the third time in his career, unseating Saturday's downhill winner Didier Cuche from the winner's box and Frenchman Adrien Theaux got his country's second podium of this early season.
