With just over a year to go before the Winter Olympics, the Cortina d'Ampezzo Alpine skiing course got the thumbs up from athletes who competed in the resort last weekend. The Milan-Cortina Games will be held from Feb.
The Cortina d'Ampezzo ski course has successfully impressed athletes ahead of the Winter Olympics. The course, host to World Cup races since 1969, showed promising conditions. Athletes praised the atmosphere and organization,
Sofia Goggia put on a speed ski masterclass in Saturday's World Cup downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo, delighting fans with a typically fearless display on home snow as Lindsey Vonn had a disappointing run on one of her favourite pistes.
Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia made it a sweep for host Italy on the course for next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics.
US President-elect Donald Trump marked his return to power on Saturday night with a celebration and a fireworks showcase at his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. At the age of 34, Federica Brignone becomes the oldest woman to win a World Cup super-G race.
Sofia Goggia is leading a World Cup downhill on the course that will host women's skiing at next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics, while Lindsey Vonn was in 20th.
Federica Brignone continued her superb season by winning Sunday's super-G at Cortina d'Ampezzo to extend her World Cup lead, as comeback queen Lindsey Vonn crashed out.
Lindsey Vonn has fallen while on pace for a top-5 finish at a World Cup super-G on the course that will host skiing at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics.
With just over a year to go before the Winter Olympics, the Cortina d'Ampezzo Alpine skiing course got the thumbs up from athletes who competed in the resort last weekend. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Italy's Federica Brignone won the super-G race at Cortina on Sunday, her first World Cup win at the Italian course extending her overall lead, while Lindsey Vonn gave the crowd a scare when crashing out on the third sector but emerged unharmed.
Italy's Sofia Goggia has claimed her first win in over a month in the downhill on home soil in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Saturday, while compatriot Federica Brignone took the overall World Cup lead. Goggia's last victory had been at Beaver Creek's super-G on December 15,