Park City, UT - It was a match made on the U.S. Ski Team. Two-time Olympian Lindsey Kildow (Vail, CO) and Team alum Thomas Vonn married Sept. 29 at Deer Valley Resort’s Silver Lake Lodge. A fresh dusting of early season snow on the mountains provided the perfect backdrop for the skiers’ nuptials.
(Source)
Skiers tie the […]
It’s not a common practice here in Light the Torch but I thought I’d share some of the things — from rowing to sailing, triathlon to skiing —that’s online right now.
A SINGLE-MINDED PURSUIT OF GLORY
Irish Rowing team to compete in opening World Cup regatta
ISAF World Sailing Rankings
FIS releases 2007-08 sport calendars
Triathlete Robertson to return […]
Hmmm. Bode Miller decides to go off at this whole ski thingie on his own, eh? Brilliant.
(Tell me — is he competing in Vancouver 2010 again? :mrgreen: )
I reckon the mere fact that it’s on the news, it means it’s a big deal. Oh sure, it means he’s free of the *club* rules set by […]
Three-time Olympian Kirsten Clark, the only skier to win four consecutive U.S. downhill titles, will retire after this month’s Alpine championships.
(Forbes)
She’s been in the competitive skiing circuit for the last thirteen years.
The Olympic Games she participated in are the following:
Nagano 1998
Salt Lake City 2002
Torino 2006
Clark won the silver medal in the super-G during the 2003 […]
The super-G could be eliminated as an Alpine discipline to shorten the number of races on the World Cup calendar.
[washingtonpost.com]
According to the article, the reason behind the “contemplation” is because the skiers complain about having to race too many and they’d end up tired and yea, I guess, the risk for injury is higher. Ultimately, […]
2005 FIS World Champion Nina Li successfully defended her title Saturday at the 2007 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships at Madonna di Campiglio. Ranked 4th after the first jump, she reclaimed the gold with a solid second jump as leading athletes made mistakes.
[First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine]
Kudos to China for bagging the gold. It’s a […]
TARVISIO, Italy (AP) — Julia Mancuso won a World Cup downhill Saturday and Renate Goetschl finished second to take the season’s discipline title.
(Read the article)
Winner
Julia Mancuso (1 minute, 52.67 seconds)
1st Runner Up
Renate Goetschl (1 minute, 52.84 seconds)
2nd Runner Up
Emily Brydon (1 minute, 52.88 seconds)
Current World Cup Standings
Marlies Schild (1,148 points)
Julia Mancuso (1,139 points)
Nicole Hosp (1,103 […]
Austrian skier Renate Goetschl did contemplate on retiring around this time a year ago but look at her now — she will be competing as the favourite in the super-G event at the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Are, Sweden this Sunday.
Goetschl has won six races this season and vaulted atop the overall World Cup […]
Bode Miller will defend his downhill title at the World Championships that will be held in Sweden. Miller is also defending his super-G title. Both titles were won at the 2005 worlds in Bormio, Italy.
The American skier had considered skipping the downhill on the Olympia course, which is notorious for its big jumps. It was […]
Kjetil Andre Aamodt received one of Norway’s top sports awards for his surprising gold medal in the super-giant slalom at the Turin Olympics.
[Chron.com]
The Aftenposten newspaper gives the award annually.
For the record, Aamodt already has eight Olympic medals and twelve medals from the World Championships he had competed in. He’s the only Alpine skier to have […]
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Written by Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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