David Wise (Reno, Nev.) battled through wind and snow to claim victory at the FIS Freeski World Cup halfpipe under the lights Saturday night at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

“Conditions were challenging, but the skiers still showed up and gave it their best here in Calgary,” said Wise. “I haven’t won a contest with my first run in a long time, so it feels like a double win for me. Stoked to share the podium with Nico and Noah, they both crushed it in tonight’s halfpipe.”

Wise, despite the wind and snow, displayed huge amplitude on run one and stomped a perfect run earning a score of a 90.00. As he caught his breadth in the finish carral, Wise said, “that took everything I had.” His first run score would hold as the top score of the night.

Wise put together what looked to be another stellar run on his second attempt, but lost his ski upon landing his last hit. Just like the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, he would have to push through an equipment malfunction, but this time around he had the luxury of sitting in first place.

Wise has laced together quite the season thus far with a third-place finishes at the U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountain, Colo., and the Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Colo., as well as a silver medal at X Games in Aspen, Colo.

U.S Rookie Team member Hunter Hess (Bend, Ore.) also skied very well landing his third and final run to jump into fourth place just missing the opportunity to collect his second ever World Cup podium. New Zealand’s Nico Porteous finished second and Canada’s Noah Bowman was third.

For the ladies, Brita Sigourney (Carmel, Calif.) put on a great show, but was unable to reach the podium. She was in podium contention until the third and final run where China’s Kexin Zhang put all the pieces together to slide into third ahead of Sigourney. Sigourney was in the fourth position with one more opportunity to find her way back to podium contention, but she was unable to do so. U.S. Rookie Team member Svea Irving (Winter Park, Colo.) performed very consistently landing her first two of three runs with solid amplitude down the halfpipe.

Sharpe topped the podium for her first World Cup win of the season. Karker finished second and Zhang closed out the podium in third.

Competition in Calgary has mixed up the FIS World Cup freeski halfpipe standings. Sigourney moved from eighth into fifth and Karker is now the cup leader. For the men, following his win, Wise moves from seventh to third putting him in contention for the Crystal Globe with one more competition to go at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain, Calif., March 6-9. Also, Hess moved up one spot from fifth to fourth. New Zealand’s Nico Porteous is the current leader.

RESULTS
Men’s halfpipe
Women’s halfpipe

CUP STANDINGS
Men’s halfpipe
Women’s halfpipe
 

Lindsey Vonn - the most successful female ski racer in history - wrapped up her illustrious 18-year career a with a bronze medal in the downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Are, Sweden, on Feb. 10, 2019

In victory, defeat, battling back from crashes and injuries, Vonn will be remembered as a vicious competitor and true champion, who brought the sport of alpine ski racing to the mainstream of American sports.

She left everything on the hill in her final race in her typical - all or nothing - fashion that over her 18-year career brought her 82 World Cup victories; eight World Championship medals, including two gold in downhill and super-G at the 2009 World Champs in Val d’Isere, France; three Olympic medals, including the downhill gold at the 2010 Games in Whistler, Canada; and a record 20 FIS Ski World Cup titles. 

"Anything is possible if you work hard enough!"

- Lindsey Vonn

“Lindsey Vonn will be celebrated as not only the greatest U.S. female skier of all time, but as an athlete who has inspired people around the world, both in and out of the sport of ski racing, for many years,” said Tiger Shaw, President and CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard. “We have been so lucky to have been able to share many of Lindsey’s extraordinary achievements, but now the time is right for Lindsey to call time on her incredible career. On behalf of everyone in the U.S. and throughout the global ski racing community, thank you Lindsey. You have consistently raised the bar, you have created a legacy that will live forever, and you have given us all some of the greatest memories in our sport.”

Here is a look back on Vonn's outstanding career.

The first of two FIS-level Toyota U.S. Rev Tour freeski-snowboard slopestyle and halfpipe competitions took place at Copper Mountain, Colo. Feb. 10-14, and a list of young U.S. freeski and snowboard athletes found great success.

The week kicked off with freeski slopestyle competition on Feb 11. where Ben Barclay of New Zealand finished first, and Americans James Kanzler (Wanship, Utah) and Danya Manyak (Granby, Colo.) finished second and third respectively. In women’s freeski slopestyle, Japan’s Yuna Koga finished first, American Lauren Bendixen (Keystone, Colo.) finished second, and Connie Brogden of Great Britain closed out the podium in third-place.

On Tuesday, Feb 12., freeskiers continued competition in the halfpipe where Hunter Carey (Winter Park, Colo.) claimed the victory. “I feel really good walking away with the win,” said Carey. “I got to watch all the homies send it and to come away on top is amazing. I want to continue having fun, progressing my tricks, and do better and better at more elite level competitions.”

Americans Trista Feinberg (Aspen, Colo.) and Matthew Labaugh (Avon, Colo.) completed the American sweep finishing second and third respectively. In women’s freeski halfpipe, Hanna Faulhaber (Aspen, Colo.) won the competition. “It feels amazing to get first,” said Faulhaber. “it’s super cool to reach the podium, I’m so stoked. It would be great to keep going in the sport of freeskiing and slowly climb the ladder.”

Brogden finished second and Samantha Johnston of New Zealand added to the country’s Rev Tour success with another top-three finish in third.

Next, the snowboarders took to the slopestyle course on Wednesday. Feb. 13. where Ryoma Kimate of Japan topped the podium, Will Healy (Riverside, Conn.) finished second, and Fynn Bullock-Womble (Mebane, N.C.) finished in third. For the women, U.S. Rookie Team member Ty Schnorrbusch (Monroe Township, N.J.) took the victory. “It feels pretty good after being in a competitive slump to finally land a run and come home with the gold,” said Schnorrbusch. “It would be pretty awesome to go to the X Games and the Olympics one day.”

Hinari Asanuma from Japan finished second, and U.S. Rookie Team member Courtney Rummel (West Bend, Wisc.) finished in third.

On Thursday, Feb 14., the final competition went down at the Rev Tour with snowboard halfpipe. American Kolman Lecroy (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) took the win.

“It feels really good to come in first today,” said Lecroy. “I would love to go to the X Games or the Olympics one day. In addition, I also have goals outside of competition to start backcountry filming.”

Bullock-Womble finished second and Fletcher Craig of New Zealand finished in third. For the women, U.S. Rookie Team member Tessa Maud (Carlsbad, Calif.) earned the top spot, Kalli Shafer (Temecula, Calif.) finished second, and Athena Corneau (Rutland, Mass.) finished in third.

The passion and motivation amongst Rev Tour athletes is undeniable. With the improved athlete pipeline throughout the Rev Tour Series, athletes have a chance to compete at the correct level of competition against their peers, continue to improve and climb the competition ladder in an enjoyable atmosphere. The future of snowboarding and freeskiing seems bright with all winning athletes having goals to reach the Olympics, X Games and continuing to progress.

The second and final FIS sanctioned Rev Tour will be held at Seven Springs, Penn. Feb 25. - Mar. 1 with snowboard and freeski slopestyle and halfpipe competitions. In addition, the final Nor-AM sanctioned Rev Tour ElITE event is just around the corner at Mammoth Mountain, Calif. March 12-17 featuring freeski and snowboarding slopestyle, halfpipe, and big air competitions.

RESULTS
FREESKI
Men’s slopestyle
Women’s slopestyle
Men’s halfpipe
Women’s halfpipe

SNOWBOARD
Men’s slopestyle
Women’s slopestyle
Men’s halfpipe
Women’s halfpipe

PHOTOS
https://www.instagram.com/usrevtour/
 

It was a huge day for the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team as Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) won Saturday’s FIS Cross Country World Cup sprint to lead six U.S. women into the top 30 in Cogne, Italy. Simi Hamilton (Aspen, Colo.) finished fourth to lead four U.S. men into the top 30.

Diggins advanced through the quarterfinal and the semi-final heats in the lucky loser position to advance to the finals. “Man I’m glad they do lucky loser.  Honestly, there have been lots of ups and downs this year, you don’t know what going to happen, but you have to believe in yourself and keep pushing the whole way.”

Three U.S. athletes qualified for the finals including Hamilton, and Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash.), who finishing in fifth.

“I was really thrilled to have finished fifth today,” said Bjornsen. “After a long camp of solid training in Davos, (Switzerland)  it feels good to know my plan to ‘focus my top form on the Championships’ is working out. Any time I make a sprint final means I’m in a place to fight for the podium. A few more days of sharpening up and a mind that is ready to dig even deeper is exactly what I was dreaming of for this time of year.”

Julia Kern (Waltham, Mass.) posted a career-best World Cup result finishing 11th, followed by Sophie Caldwell (Stratton Mountain, Vt.) in 17th; Ida Sargent (Craftsbury, Vt.) 24th; Rosie Brennan (Anchorage, Alaska) 27th; and Kelsey Phinney (Boulder, Colo.) in 33rd.  Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, Vt.) was 23rd; Logan Henneman (Fairbanks, Alaska) 27th; and Kevin Bolger (Sun Valley, Idaho) 30th.

“Crazy racing out there today,” said Hamilton. “I think people expected less clustered racing because the course was quite hard and at altitude, but there was for sure some wild heats where the pack was just in constant contact with each other.  The final was tough… it’s always tricky coming from the second semifinal with such a short turnaround into the finals, but I’m proud of how I skied it and although fourth is a frustrating place to be, I think it’s a good sign leading into World Champs.”

Italian local Federico Pellegrino won the men’s race, followed by fellow countryman Francesco De Fabiani in second and Lucas Chanavat of France in third. Germany’s Sandra Ringwald was second behind Diggins, followed by Sweden’s Johanna Hagstroem in third.

The team has one final classic distance race in Cogne before heading to the World Championships in Seefeld, Austria, Monday.

RESULTS
Men’s sprint
Women’s sprint

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST
*Same-day broadcast

Sunday, Feb. 17
3:45 a.m. - Women’s classic 10k - Cogne, ITA - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
6:30 a.m. - Men’s classic 15k - Cogne, ITA - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
9:15 a.m. - Women’s SuperTour freestyle interval start - Minneapolis, Minn. - U.S. Ski & Snowboard Streaming
11:00 a.m. - Men’s SuperTour freestyle interval start - Minneapolis, Minn. - U.S. Ski & Snowboard Streaming
2:00 p.m. - Women’s classic 10k - Cogne, ITA - Olympic Channel-TV*

Mikaela Shiffrin (Avon, Colo.) won a record fourth-straight FIS Alpine World Ski Championships slalom title with an amazing come-from-behind victory in Are, Sweden, Saturday. Shiffrin’s win was even more impressive considering she was battling not only the best slalom racers in the world but a new opponent - a nasty chest cold.

“Halfway down the (second) run, I ran out of oxygen,” she said. “It was tough today.” It was so tough that at one point before the second run, she coughed so hard that her stomach went into spasms and she couldn’t breathe. Her mother, Eileen Shiffrin, said to her: “You don’t have to do this!”

In the end though, Shiffrin “just figured I had to be tough” for 60-seconds and she credited her team with the victory. “My whole team was around me all day and helping to make sure I was drinking...resting... and not wasting energy” she said.

After finishing third in the opening run, Shiffrin toughed it out and found her groove under the warm afternoon sunshine to absolutely nail the second run, moving into the lead by .72 seconds over Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova, and putting significant pressure on the final two racers - Sweden’s Anna Swenn-Larsson and Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener.

“I knew I had to fight really hard the second run because Anna and Wendy are too strong, and the girls who were behind me were also really close,” Shiffrin said.

On the second run, Swenn-Larsson was fast up top but lost time to Shiffrin on the lower part of the course. Holdener, meanwhile, held a .15-second lead over Shiffrin, but quickly lost that and much more when she missed a gate just seconds into her run and was forced to ski back uphill in order to make the gate. She eventually finished 17th.

Swenn-Larsson held on to win the silver, her first World Championships medal, and Vlhova won the bronze, her third medal of the 2019 World Championships. With the win, Shiffrin goes down in the history books, becoming the first-ever athlete - male or female - to win in a specific discipline in four consecutive World Championships. Shiffrin’s slalom gold is her fourth-straight, including 2013, 2015 and 2017 World Championships. It is also her third medal of the 2019 World Championships, including the super-G gold and giant slalom bronze.

Paula Moltzan (Prior Lake, Minn.) finished 18th, and Nina O’Brien (San Francisco, Calif.) skied an impressive first run, but missed a gate in the second and was forced to hike. She finished 34th.

Up next, the FIS Ski World Cup circuit resumes with a city event in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday.

RESULTS
Women’s World Championships slalom

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST
*Same-day broadcast

Saturday, Feb. 16
1:00 p.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom - Are, SWE - NBC*

Sunday, Feb. 17
5:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - NBCSN*
8:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s slalom run 2 - Are, SWE - NBCSN OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

Tuesday, Feb. 19
11:30 a.m. - Men and women's city event - Stockholm, SWE - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
11:30 p.m. - Men and women's city event - Stockholm, SWE - NBCSN*

All streams are available via desktop (NBCSports.com/Live, NBCSports.com/Gold andOlympicChannel.com) as well as mobile, tablet and connected television platforms. The NBC Sports app, NBC Sports Gold app and Olympic Channel app are available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. Exclusive commercial-free coverage will be available for subscribers of the NBC Sports Gold Pass.
 

Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah) led three Americans with an 11th-place giant slalom finish at the 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Are, Sweden, Friday. Tommy Ford (Bend, Ore.) was right behind in 12th, and Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.) was 21st.

“That course was just a gunner. It was so, so straight. It’s far from my specialty, that’s for sure.” said Ligety, a three-time giant slalom World Champion, who made an impressive second-run recovery, after going through a panel, to hold on and finish.

“I was going for it...when it’s a night race, with this kind of snow, this much terrain, I was taking a lot of risks,” he said. “I had just one huge mistake that probably cost me the lead at this point. It probably would not have been enough to get a medal. I was just trying to cut line and be clean. There is no margin for error when you’re probably going 60 miles per hour in there. I just got hooked inside a little bit and went through the middle of the panel. When you’re going that fast and something grabs you like that, it just throws you offline. I thought for sure I was going to fall, and then the next thing I knew I was like ‘I’m still in it, I guess.’ That’s just a testament to how straight and open the course was, I still had room to get back in it.”

After finishing fourth in the GS at the 2017 World Champs in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen surprised pre-race favorites Marcel Hirscher of Austria, and Alexis Pinturault of France, to take his first career World Championships gold. Hirscher - who has been ill and had to cancel his press conference earlier this week - held on for second, as first-run leader Pinturault took the bronze.

Athletes were challenged by warm conditions, similar to what the women’s faced in their GS Thursday - without the swirling wind. But in the end, it came down to the course set for Ligety.

“Some courses fit you and some don’t,” said Ligety, who was competing in his seventh World Championships. “I definitely need to work on my straighter course sets because my bread and butter has always been turning, and (straighter course sets) has definitely been more of the trend.”

Ford’s result was a career-best for him after finishing 19th in the giant slalom at the 2015 World Champs in Beaver Creek, Colo., and 14th in the super-G in Garmisch, Germany, in 2011. Cochran-Siegle also posted a career-best World Champs GS result. His previous best was 25th at the 2017 World Champs.

Up next, the men compete in their final event of the 2019 World Championships in slalom Sunday.

RESULTS
Men’s World Championships giant slalom

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST
*Same-day broadcast
**Next-day broadcast

Saturday, Feb. 16
5:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - NBCSN*
8:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom run 2 - Are, SWE - NBCSN OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
1:00 p.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom - Are, SWE - NBC*

Sunday, Feb. 17
5:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - NBCSN*
8:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s slalom run 2 - Are, SWE - NBCSN OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

All streams are available via desktop (NBCSports.com/Live, NBCSports.com/Gold andOlympicChannel.com) as well as mobile, tablet and connected television platforms. The NBC Sports app, NBC Sports Gold app and Olympic Channel app are available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. Exclusive commercial-free coverage will be available for subscribers of the NBC Sports Gold Pass.
 

U.S. Ski & Snowboard wishes to extend our heartfelt wishes to U.S. Ski Team alumna Eva Twardokens for a speedy recovery from the injuries sustained in a plane crash in Watsonville, California on Saturday, Feb. 9. 

A two-time Olympian, and 1985 World Championship giant slalom bronze medalist, Twardokens is in the ICU and faces a long road to recovery, and a GoFundMe page has been set up to help Eva with her recovery.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Eva. She was an extraordinary ski racer and we know her strength will help her through this,” said Tiger Shaw, U.S. Ski & Snowboard President and CEO.

Another U.S. Ski Team alumna, Edie Thys Morgan, shared the following notes about Twardokens:

"You probably know about her long World Cup skiing career, her World Champs bronze medal at age 19, her two Olympics, first seed in three events, three podium and 34 top 10 finishes.  

Her parents both came to the states from Poland. Her father George was an Olympic fencer who defected while competing in the states. Her mother, Halina, came over later and they settled in Reno, where George was a professor and PhD in Kinesiology.  Eva started as a freestyle skier and was quite successful as a junior. I first heard of her when she was featured in SKI magazine at age 9, for her freestyle skiing. She switched to alpine shortly thereafter, joined the Squaw Valley Ski Team, and the rest is history. Known by her teammates as 'The Bulldog' for her ferocity and tenacity, Eva finished second in her first Europa Cup, from a bib number in the 80s. 

Eva also became an expert windsurfer in the sport's early days, which drew her to Santa Cruz, where she settled. After ski racing, Eva became one of the pioneers of CrossFit and then the Paleo diet. She also got her pilots' license and a few years ago bought 'Buttercup' a two seat Citabria airplane, in which she stared doing aerobatic competitions."

Friends and family are asking for two strong families - the ski and CrossFit communities - to spread the word and rally around Twardokens in this challenging time.

Friend and fellow CrossFitter Annie Sakamoto set up the GoFundMe, and also posted this on Instagram:

We are asking for your support of a beloved member within our community—Eva Twardokens—who was badly injured in a plane crash last Saturday. Eva is one of the original “Nasty Girls” in CrossFit, and is also the namesake of the benchmark workout "Eva." Her injuries have placed her in the ICU, currently battling a long road to recovery.

Aside from her accomplishments in CrossFit, Eva is a two-time Olympic alpine skier and an avid surfer, someone who positively impacts the lives of everyone she meets.

This Saturday, Feb. 16, please sweat with us in support of her recovery by completing the workout "Eva" in her honor at your local affiliate. A GoFundMe account has also been created to help with her overwhelming medical and recovery expenses. Any contribution would be greatly appreciated.

Sending love, strength and prayers to Eva.

Please use the hashtag #evaforeva

HOW TO HELP

• Visit her GoFundMe page
• Visit Eva's caring community, which has daily updates and ways to help
• Check out the CrossFit WOD fundraiser in her honor, with the hashtag #EvaforEva

Sometimes you ski like the wind, other times you ski straight into it. Mikaela Shiffrin (Avon, Colo.) experienced both scenarios in Thursday’s FIS World Alpine Ski Championships giant slalom in Are, Sweden, on her way to winning a bronze medal, her second medal of the 2019 Championships.

“Everyone was dealing with wind, and it was kind of a strange race with tough conditions,” said Shiffrin. “It’s an outdoor sport - weather is one of the many variables you can’t control. The wind was challenging, but the surface was also soft. It kind of reminded me of the Semmering (Austria) GS. I was thinking in between runs how bummed I was after Semmering, where I ended up fifth. It was a terrible race for me...so I wanted to fight for it. So today it was like redemption for that, in a way. As far as the weather goes, it is what it is.”

But it wasn’t just Shiffrin who had to battle the stiff, swirling winds that were blowing straight up the mountain. France’s Tessa Worley faced a full-on gust in her second run that was so strong it blew over a volunteer who was trying to hold onto one of the sponsor banners. Race officials also removed the overhead finish line banners for the second run due to the wind.

Starting bib 3, Shiffrin finished fourth in the opening run, .44-seconds off the pace set by Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg. In the second run, she displayed her usual hard-charging finishing form to take the lead with three racers remaining as the swirling wind continued. Norway’s Ragnhild Mowinckel was first, but she couldn’t knock Shiffrin out of the lead and eventually finished fourth. Up next, Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova laid down an ace to knock Shiffrin back to second and put the pressure on Rebensburg. However, the German lost a considerable amount of time in the last split and came up 0.14-second short and settled for the silver medal. The gold for Vlhova was her first career World Championship victory, adding to the silver medal she won in the alpine combined last week in Are.

Having a bronze is quite exciting,” said Shiffrin, after earning her sixth World Championships medal dating back to 2013. “At times, for me, if it’s not gold it feels disappointing, but bronze doesn’t feel like that for me today. Sometimes a bronze medal feels as sweet as gold.”

Nina O'Brien (San Francisco, Calif.), competing in her first World Championships, finished 28th. 

Shiffrin has one more opportunity for a medal at the 2019 Championship when she goes for a record-fourth-straight gold in Saturday’s slalom.

RESULTS
Women’s World Championships giant slalom

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST
*Same-day broadcast

Friday, Feb. 15
8:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s giant slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
11:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s giant slalom run 2 - Are, SWE - NBCSN, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

Saturday, Feb. 16
5:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - NBCSN*
8:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom run 2 - Are, SWE - NBCSN OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
1:00 p.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom - Are, SWE - NBC*

Sunday, Feb. 17
5:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - NBCSN*
8:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s slalom run 2 - Are, SWE - NBCSN OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

All streams are available via desktop (NBCSports.com/Live, NBCSports.com/Gold andOlympicChannel.com) as well as mobile, tablet and connected television platforms. The NBC Sports app, NBC Sports Gold app and Olympic Channel app are available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. Exclusive commercial-free coverage will be available for subscribers of the NBC Sports Gold Pass.
 

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships return to the forefront this week as Mikaela Shiffrin (Avon, Colo.), already with one gold medal in her pocket from last week’s super-G, competes in giant slalom Thursday, and slalom Saturday.

Shiffrin will aim for a record fourth-straight slalom World Championship title Saturday, while she’ll take on giant slalom on Valentine’s Day - which she was a silver medalist in at the 2017 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Shiffrin’s super-G win was her fourth world title, equalling Bode Miller in second-place among Americans. Only Ted Ligety (5) has won more World Championships titles. Paula Moltzan (Prior Lake, Minn.) and Nina O’Brien (San Francisco, Calif.) - who is making her World Championships debut - will join Shiffrin in the tech events.

Meanwhile, Tommy Ford (Bend, Ore.), who has been posting numerous career-best results this season, will take on the giant slalom on Friday along with Olympic and World Champion Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah), Brian McLaughlin (Waitsfield, Vt.), and Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.). Cochran-Siegle was 11th in the super-G and 12th in the downhill last week, and his 1972 Olympic gold medal-winning mother, Barbara Ann Cochran, was here to watch him ski the second-fastest run in the downhill portion of Monday’s alpine combined.

NBC will offer live coverage of the World Championships Thursday through Sunday on four television and streaming platforms, including the NBC Sports Network, the Olympic Channel - Home of Team USA - OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold.

Fresh off the 2019 FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, where U.S. athletes won 14 medals - five of them gold - the U.S. Snowboard and Freeski Teams head to Calgary, Alberta, for World Cup halfpipe competition. Qualifying takes place Wednesday and Thursday, with the snowboard finals Friday night, followed by freeski finals Saturday night. NBC will broadcast both finals live on the Olympic Channel and offer live streaming on OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold.

FIS Freestyle World Cup aerials return to Moscow for a city event Saturday night. U.S. athletes have performed well in the Russian capital the past with Kiley McKinnon winning last year. Jon Lillis (Park City, Utah) was fourth in Moscow in 2017, and second in 2016.

Live streaming of the Moscow event will kick off at 11:30 a.m. Saturday on OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold. A one-hour recap show will air on the Olympic Channel Saturday at 8:00 p.m. EST.

This weekend is the final FIS Cross Country World Cup in Cogne, Italy, before the 2019 FIS Cross Country World Championships kick off next week (Feb. 20-March 3.) in Seefeld, Austria. The U.S. Cross Country Team will be represented by 12 athletes, including Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.), Sophie Caldwell (Stratton Mountain, Vt.), Simi Hamilton (Aspen, Colo.) and Erik Bjornsen (Anchorage, Alaska) in Saturday’s freestyle sprint, and Sunday’s 15k classic for the men and 10k classic for women.

The Olympic Channel will broadcast Saturday’s sprint, while live streaming will be offered on OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold. Sunday’s classic races will stream live on OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold, while a one-hour recap show will air on the Olympic Channel Sunday at 2:00 p.m. EST.

World Cup start positions will be on the line in Minneapolis, Minn., this weekend with stop No. 5 of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard SuperTour, featuring freestyle sprint Friday, classic mass start Saturday, and freestyle interval start Sunday. All events are taking place in Wirth Park, site of the 2020 FIS Cross Country World Cup, and will be streamed live through U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s partnership with Central Cross Country.

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST
*Same-day broadcast
**Next-day broadcast

ALPINE
Thursday, Feb. 14
8:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s giant slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
10:30 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s giant slalom run 2 - Are, SWE - NBCSN, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

Friday, Feb. 15
8:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s giant slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
11:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s giant slalom run 2 - Are, SWE - NBCSN, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

Saturday, Feb. 16
5:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - NBCSN*
8:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom run 2 - Are, SWE - NBCSN OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
1:00 p.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships women’s slalom - Are, SWE - NBC*

Sunday, Feb. 17
5:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s slalom run 1 - Are, SWE - NBCSN*
8:00 a.m. - FIS World Alpine Championships men’s slalom run 2 - Are, SWE - NBCSN OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

FREESKI
Saturday, Feb. 16
5:30 a.m. - Men and women’s skicross - Feldberg, GER - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
9:00 p.m. - Men and women’s halfpipe, Calgary, Alberta, CAN - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

Sunday, Feb. 17
5:30 a.m. - Men and women’s skicross - Feldberg, GER - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

FREESTYLE
Saturday, Feb. 16
11:30 a.m. - Men and women’s aerials - Moscow, RUS - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
8:00 p.m. - Men and women’s aerials - Moscow, RUS - Olympic Channel-TV*

CROSS COUNTRY
Friday, Feb. 15
10:45 a.m. - Men and women’s SuperTour freestyle sprint qualification - Minneapolis, Minn. - U.S. Ski & Snowboard Streaming
1:15 p.m. - Men and women’s SuperTour freestyle sprint finals - Minneapolis, Minn. - U.S. Ski & Snowboard Streaming

Saturday, Feb. 16
6:30 a.m. Men and women’s freestyle sprint - Cogne, ITA - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
9:45 a.m. - Men’s SuperTour classic mass start - Minneapolis, Minn. - U.S. Ski & Snowboard Streaming
11:50 a.m. - Women’s SuperTour classic mass start - Minneapolis, Minn. - U.S. Ski & Snowboard Streaming

Sunday, Feb. 17
3:45 a.m. - Women’s classic 10k - Cogne, ITA - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
6:30 a.m. - Men’s classic 15k - Cogne, ITA - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
9:15 a.m. - Women’s SuperTour freestyle interval start - Minneapolis, Minn. - U.S. Ski & Snowboard Streaming
11:00 a.m. - Men’s SuperTour freestyle interval start - Minneapolis, Minn. - U.S. Ski & Snowboard Streaming
2:00 p.m. - Women’s classic 10k - Cogne, ITA - Olympic Channel-TV*

SKI JUMPING
Friday, Feb. 15
9:45 a.m. - Men’s team event - Willingen, GER - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
6:30 p.m. - Men’s team event - Willingen, GER - Olympic Channel-TV*

Saturday, Feb. 16
7:00 a.m. - Women’s individual - Oberstdorf, GER - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
9:15 a.m. - Men’s individual - Willingen, GER - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
5:00 a.m. - Women’s individual - Oberstdorf, GER - Olympic Channel-TV*
6:30 p.m. - Men’s individual - Willingen, GER - Olympic Channel-TV*

Sunday, Feb. 17
7:00 a.m. - Women’s individual - Oberstdorf, GER - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
10:00 a.m. - Men’s individual - Willingen, GER - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
5:30 a.m. - Women’s individual - Oberstdorf, GER - Olympic Channel-TV*
7:00 p.m. - Men’s individual - Willingen, GER - Olympic Channel-TV*

SNOWBOARD
Friday, Feb. 15
9:00 p.m. - Men and women’s halfpipe, Calgary, Alberta, CAN - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
12:00 a.m. - Men and women’s parallel giant slalom - PyeongChang, KOR - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

Saturday, Feb. 16
12:00 a.m. - Men and women’s parallel giant slalom - PyeongChang, KOR - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

All streams are available via desktop (NBCSports.com/Live, NBCSports.com/Gold andOlympicChannel.com) as well as mobile, tablet and connected television platforms. The NBC Sports app, NBC Sports Gold app and Olympic Channel app are available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. Exclusive commercial-free coverage will be available for subscribers of the NBC Sports Gold Pass.

U.S. Athletes led the medal count at the 2019 FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in Utah with 14 medals, including five gold. Relive some of the top moments from an amazing 10 days of world-class ski and snowboard competition below.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Mick Dierdorff (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) earned his first-ever top-level international competition victory - and it was a big one - winning the snowboardcross title at the 2019 FIS Snowboard World Championship.
• Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, Vt.) and Mick Dierdorff (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) earned the gold for U.S. Ski & Snowboard in the inaugural mixed-team snowboardcross at the 2019 FIS Snowboard World Championship.
• Julia Krass (Hanover, N.H.) won the freeski big air silver medal in front of a capacity crowd in the Canyons Village at Park City Mountain, Utah.
• Robert Burns (Mount Shasta, Calif.) battled snowy conditions and raced his way into finals at the 2019 FIS Alpine Snowboard World Championships at Park City Mountain, Utah.
• Two-time Olympic medalist Nick Goepper (Lawrenceburg, Ind.) added a second World Championship medal to his collection, grabbing the slopestyle bronze medal.
• Reigning Aerials World Champion, Ashley Caldwell (Ashburn, Va.) led the U.S. Aerial Ski Team with a fifth-place finish.
• U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s Jaelin Kauf (Alta, Wyo.) finished the night’s competition in sixth, the highest position of U.S. athletes on the first night of moguls competition at Deer Valley.
• Chloe Kim (Torrence, Calif.) took home the halfpipe gold as U.S. Snowboard teammate Maddie Mastro (Wrightwood, Calif.) grabbed the bronze. For the men, Toby Miller (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) finished in fourth.
• Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, Colo.) defended the FIS World Freeski Championship halfpipe title he won in 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain. Also, U.S. Ski & Snowboard teammate Brita Sigourney (Carmel, Calif.) added to the U.S. team’s victorious day, earning the bronze medal in a competition stacked with amplitude and progressive skiing.
• America stomped it out on home snow at Deer Valley at Saturday’s FIS Dual Moguls World Championships. The crowd was electric as Jaelin Kauf (Alta, Wyo.) claimed silver, Tess Johnson (Vail, Colo.) skied to bronze and Bradley Wilson (Butte, Mont.) took his second consecutive silver World Championships dual moguls medal. Kauf added her to her World Championships hardware as well, as she took bronze in duals in 2017.

PHOTO AND VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS BELOW