Saturday, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Jackie Wiles made a symbolic return to the venue that once shook her Olympic dreams, finishing 21st in the downhill and matching her best result at the venue.

Four years ago, Wiles found herself in a similar position at the start of the Kandahar, with drastically different results. She crashed hard in the final downhill competition before the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, suffering fractures to her tibia and fibula, as well as cruciate ligament tears. Her crash was devastating to the then 25-year-old, who had been riding a season of career highs following a podium in Cortina and a top-five in Lake Louise.

Wiles spent years fighting to recover from her injuries, just to make it back on snow. At one point in her recovery, she wasn’t sure she would ever be able to ski again. Posting a point-scoring finish in Garmisch on the brink of the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022 shows just how far the now 29-year-old has come.

“Today meant a lot to me,” commented Wiles. “Coming back, racing the Garmisch downhill four years later after my crash pre-Olympics, feels like I can finally put it behind me. I was happy with my skiing today and had some fast sections. It wasn’t the result I had entirely hoped for, but excited to take confidence and momentum into Beijing.”

Wiles' teammate Alix Wilkinson also posted a point-scoring finish, in 24th. In the absence of Breezy Johnson, who had to withdraw from the upcoming Winter Olympic Games due to a persistent knee injury, 21-year-old Wilkinson will punch her ticket to the Games for the first time. Wilkinson carries the momentum of a top 25 in Garmisch and a top 20 finish in Cortina in the Games, two of her best results she has seen in the World Cup downhill thus far.

In the notable absence of both Johnson and current downhill leader Sofia Goggia of Italy, due to injury, Saturday saw Switzerland’s Corrine Suter and Jasmine Flury take the top two spots on the podium, followed by Austria’s Cornelia Huetter in third. American Keely Cashman finished outside the points by seven hundredths in 31st. Tricia Mangan finished 36th.

Following Sunday’s super G in Garmisch, the women’s speed circuit will join their fellow competitors in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games before returning to the World Cup circuit in March.

RESULTS 
Women’s downhill

STANDINGS
Women’s downhill
Women’s overall

HOW TO WATCH

Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022
5:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Super-G - LIVE, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

Current television broadcast and streaming schedules for all sports are available here.

Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

• Alpine
• Cross Country
• Freeski
• Freestyle
• Ski Jumping
• Nordic Combined
• Snowboard

Broadcast and streaming are updated on the U.S. Ski & Snowboard website throughout the season.

Streaming services and apps are third-party services and subject to such parties’ terms of use and data privacy. U.S. Ski & Snowboard disclaims any and all liability for use of third-party services and apps.

United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, in conjunction with U.S. Ski & Snowboard, today announced the addition of alpine skier Alix Wilkinson to the 2022 U.S. Olympic Team. 

She replaces the quota spot previously held by Breezy Johnson, who was injured on Jan. 21 in a downhill training run crash at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

Wilkinson, 21, hails from Mammoth Lakes, Calif., and skied for Team Palisades Tahoe. She recently scored her first FIS Ski World Cup points, with a top 20 (18th place) finish in the Cortina d’Ampezzo downhill in just her seventh career World Cup start. She followed that up with some more World Cup points and a solid finish in 24th in Saturday's Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany downhill. 

Updated rosters can be found here, or at TeamUSA.org.

Watch Team USA compete on the networks of NBC throughout the Olympics, February 4-20, 2022. 

FOLLOW THE TEAM 
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U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced today an additional nomination of Decker Dean for the U.S. Olympic Ski Jumping Team to represent Team USA at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. 

Dean hails from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where he was a part of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. Dean’s career highlights include a second-place finish at the Continental Cup in Willington, Germany in 2021 and finishing third overall at the U.S. Olympic Team Ski Jumping Trials in Lake Placid, New York in December.

Dean’s nomination was granted following a reallocation of quota positions by the International Ski Federation (FIS). Once the quota was expanded to add an athlete from the United States, Dean was selected based on results from domestic and international competitions.

Ski jumping’s action-packed schedule kicks off Saturday, February 5 with the first of three medal events, the Individual Normal Hill competition, followed by the final round on Sunday, February 6. Friday, February 11 hosts the Individual Large Hill, with the final round taking place the following day. Team Ski Jumping will take place on Monday, February 14. 

2022 U.S. OLYMPIC SKI JUMPING TEAM
(Name, hometown; birthday; club; past Olympics)`

• *Decker Dean, Steamboat Springs, Colorado; 08/08/00; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club

*Denotes first-time Olympian 

Watch Team USA compete on the networks of NBC throughout the Olympics, February 4-20, 2022. 

FOLLOW THE TEAM 

Instagram @usskiteam 

Facebook @usskiandsnowboard

TikTok @usskiandsnowboard

Twitter @usskiteam 

ATHLETE QUOTE:
Decker Dean
“I’m insanely grateful and excited to be part of this Olympic Team. A lot of work, time and emotion has been put into this and I’m so stoked this childhood dream is actually happening! None of this would be possible without my parents, friends and coaches sticking by my side through the good and the bad. See you all in China!”

COACH QUOTE:
Bine Norcic - Men’s Ski Jumping Team Director
“We are looking forward to getting the full team there for the Olympics. It was an intense couple of days waiting and now we finally got it. We are ready for action.”

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About U.S. Ski & Snowboard

U.S. Ski & Snowboard is the Olympic National Governing Body (NGB) of ski and snowboard sports in the USA, based in Park City, Utah. Tracing its roots directly back to 1905, the organization represents nearly 200 elite skiers and snowboarders in 2021, competing in seven teams; alpine, cross country, freeski, freestyle, snowboard, nordic combined and ski jumping. In addition to the elite teams, U.S. Ski & Snowboard also provides leadership and direction for tens of thousands of young skiers and snowboarders across the USA, encouraging and supporting them in achieving excellence. By empowering national teams, clubs, coaches, parents, officials, volunteers and fans, U.S. Ski & Snowboard is committed to the progression of its sports, athlete success and the value of team. For more information, visit www.usskiandsnowboard.org 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Riley Elliott
Nordic Combined/Ski Jumping Olympic Press Officer
riley@usanordic.org

U.S. Ski & Snowboard announces today that AIRPHX, a leader in air purification technology, is now an official supplier.  

AIRPHX has provided air purification and complete indoor disinfection technology to U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s USANA Center of Excellence in Park City since 2020, reducing infection risk throughout the sports medicine, administrative and weight/training facilities within the team’s headquarters. AIRPHX air purification technology will also travel with the team to reduce airborne and other infection risks for athletes on Team USA that are competing in Beijing. 

“We are very excited to kick off our relationship with AIRPHX during an important season,” said U.S. Ski & Snowboard Chief Revenue Officer Michael O’Conor. “Given their validated track record in reducing infection risks in professional and intercollegiate athletic facilities and the USANA Center of Excellence itself, we are proud to call them an official air purification supplier.” 

“We are honored to be an Official Supplier to U.S. Ski & Snowboard as our Team USA athletes travel to and participate in the most exciting and important competitions of their lives,” said AIRPHX President William Pommerening. “We are proud to reduce the risk to our athletes as they travel overseas in this time of heightened infection risk.”  

About AIRPHX:  
AIRPHX provides patented air purification technology that continuously eliminates airborne and surface pathogens. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, AIRPHX has expanded rapidly into intercollegiate sports, counting almost 20% of the Power Five conference athletic programs as customers, professional sports, health care facilities and other industries. The company’s technology has been validated in active athlete, staff, patient and customer environments including the USANA Center of Excellence. The company has also received independent clinical data demonstrating reduced infections in health care facilities including reductions in central line infections, antibiotic resistant bacterial and viral infections and toxic mold infections. AIRPHX products are protected by issued and pending patents and trade-secrets. AIRPHX products are proudly Made in America and are unique in the market. For more information on AIRPHX, please visit www.airphx.com.  

About U.S. Ski & Snowboard 
U.S. Ski & Snowboard is the Olympic National Governing Body (NGB) of ski and snowboard sports in the USA, based in Park City, Utah. Tracing its roots directly back to 1905, the organization represents nearly 200 elite skiers and snowboarders in 2022, competing in seven teams; alpine, cross country, freeski, freestyle, snowboard, nordic combined and ski jumping. In addition to the elite teams, U.S. Ski & Snowboard also provides leadership and direction for tens of thousands of young skiers and snowboarders across the USA, encouraging and supporting them in achieving excellence. By empowering national teams, clubs, coaches, parents, officials, volunteers and fans, U.S. Ski & Snowboard is committed to the progression of its sports, athlete success and the value of team. For more information, visit www.usskiandsnowboard.org. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT 
Courtney Harkins
Elevate Communications/U.S. Ski & Snowboard
charkins@elevatecom.com

Bill Pommerening
President, AIRPHX
wpommerening@airphx.com

U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced 24 athletes to represent the United States at the FIS Junior & U23 World Cross Country Championships Feb. 22-27 in Lygna, Norway.

“Following a year filled with constant changes, I am so pleased to see a team fielded with such depth among our roster,” said U.S. Ski & Snowboard Head Cross Country Development Coach, Greta Anderson. “We have several spots on this team that were declined because of athletes who are headed to the Olympic Games next week. This progress speaks volumes about our upcoming athletes ability not only to adapt but to thrive in uncertain environments and seize opportunities when they present themselves. We are taking this team to Norway, the ‘homeland’ of skiing, and cannot wait to see what they can do at the Championship.” 

The following athletes have been selected to represent the United States at the upcoming FIS U23 and Junior World Nordic Championships.

U23 World Championship Team

Women

• Abigail Jarzin (University of Utah/Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Lucinda Anderson (University of New Hampshire/Golden Valley, Minnesota)
• Anabel Needham (Michigan Tech University/Houghton, Michigan)
• Rena Schwartz (Dartmouth Ski Team/Middlesex, Vermont)
• Novie McCabe (University of Utah/Winthrop, Wash.) **
• Sophia Laukli (University of Utah/Yarmouth, Maine) **

Men

• Zanden McMullen (Montana State University/Anchorage, Alaska)
• John Steel Hagenbuch (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation/Ketchum, Idaho)
• Noel Keeffe (University of Utah/Steamboat Springs, Colorado)
• JC Schoonmaker (Auburn Ski Club/Tahoe City, Calif.)**
• Benjamin Ogden (University of Vermont/Landgrove, Vt.)**
• Gus Schumacher (Alaska Winter Stars/Anchorage, Alaska)**
• Luke Jager (University of Utah/Anchorage, Alaska)**

Junior World Championship Team

Women

• Sydney Palmer-Leger (University of Utah/Park City, Utah)
• Kate Oldham (Middlebury College/Carbondale, Colorado)
• Nina Seemann (DartmouthCraftsbury, Vermont)
• Nina Schamberger (Summit Nordic Ski Club/Leadville, Colorado)
• Samantha Smith (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation/Sun Valley, ID.)
• Annie McColgan (University of Vermont/Bend, Oregon)

Men

• Finn Sweet (University of Vermont/Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club/Waterbury, Vermont)
• Will Koch (University of Colorado/Peru, Vermont)
• Michael Earnhart (APU Nordic Ski Center/Eagle River, Alaska)
• Brian Bushey (University of Utah/Green Mountain Valley School/Waitsfield, Vermont)
• Walker Hall (University of Utah/Methow Valley Nordic Ski Education Foundation/Winthrop, Wash.)
• Alexander Maurer (University of Colorado/Anchorage, Alaska)

** - Denotes a ‘Decline’ of their respective spot on the team roster due to scheduling conflicts between the Olympic Winter Games & NCAA Regional Championships

The following staff has been nominated for the JWC, and U23 World Championships, led by US SKI TEAM Development Coach Greta Anderson and Sport Manager Bryan Fish.

The Junior World / U23  Championships will be held in Lygna, Norway on February 21-27th, 2022.

Staff:

• Greta Anderson (US SKI AND SNOWBOARD)
• Bryan Fish  (US SKI AND SNOWBOARD)
• Julia Hayes (Bridger Ski Foundation)
• Olof Hedberg (Summit Nordic Ski Club)
• Elizabeth Larkins (Montana State University)
• Anson Moxness (Nordic Ski Association Anchorage)
• Jack Novak (Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center)
• Patrick O’Brien (Stratton Mountain School)
• Paul Smith (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation)
• August Teague (Aspen Valley Ski Club)

*Trip Supported by Medical Staff: Dr. Kate Eichten & Dr. Elizabeth Smith*

Mikaela Shiffrin led three Americans into the top 20, finishing fifth in the giant slalom on the challenging Erta slope in Kronplatz, Italy – the final FIS Ski World Cup women's tech race before Beijing 2022. Nina O'Brien fought back into the top 15, finishing 15th, while teammate Paula Moltzan was 17th. 

Shiffrin's Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova led the way first run, charging hard from bib 1, with Sweden's Sara Hector in second, followed by Shiffrin in third. France's Tessa Worley had a solid second run to move up to third, with Vlhova falling to second and Hector continuing her dominance in the discipline with her second-straight win and third victory of the season. 

Following the race, Shiffrin reflected on her performance. "Unfortunately, today’s race may have been a very big decider in the GS globe. But I suppose that the “race” is not over yet, so I’ll keep pushing," she said. "Now we fully shift focus to the Olympics. It’s been a stressful and tiring few weeks trying to get everything prepped for the trip to Beijing, with so much more to do than previous Games in the time of Covid and different travel logistics than we’ve dealt with before, plus trying to get it all sorted while on the road as foreigners in Europe since November. I’m looking forward to getting there safely—fingers crossed—and to finally be passed the 'organizational & prep' part of the process, and on to the actual skiing part of it."

 

 

 

 

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Shiffrin continues to lead in the overall standings, with 1,026 points to Vlhova's 1,009. Hector extended her lead to 462 points in the giant slalom standings, while Worley jumped to second with 367, followed by Shiffrin in third with 361.

AJ Hurt also started for the Americans but narrowly missed qualification first run. Allie Resnick, who started in her first World Cup giant slalom race, did not finish the first run. The women's tech crew will take a few days off before heading to Beijing to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. 

RESULTS 
Women's giant slalom

STANDINGS
Overall
Giant Slalom

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST

Please note: Streaming services and apps are third-party services and subject to such parties’ terms of use and data privacy. U.S. Ski & Snowboard disclaims any and all liability for use of third-party services and apps.

Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022
5:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Downhill - LIVE, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live
6:30 a.m. FIS Snowboarding World Cup Snowboard Cross - LIVE, Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live

Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022
5:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Super-G - LIVE, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live

Current television broadcast and streaming schedules for all sports are available here.

Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

• Alpine
• Cross Country
• Freeski
• Freestyle
• Ski Jumping
• Nordic Combined
• Snowboard

Broadcast and streaming schedules are updated on a daily basis throughout the season.

Both Ben Ritchie and Luke Winters scored points for the United States in Tuesday's slalom under the lights in Schladming, Austria. 

Ritchie entered the second run sitting in 11th, wearing bib 44 – the highest-ranked bib that qualified for the second run. Some trouble on the course led him to end the day in 23rd, the first World Cup points of his career. Ritchie, who started his first World Cup in 2019, had struggled to finish a World Cup slalom until Tuesday.

"I feel pretty good after a long season of DNF's so far," said Ritchie. "I was happy with the first run and second run I was skiing well, had some mistakes...but it's nice to get some points under my belt and pick up a little momentum. But now that slalom January is over, I have to wait for a little while."

Winters, representing the U.S. men's slalom team at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, finished the day in 26th after edging his way into the flip. First run, Winters finished 30th.

In a magnificent conclusion to the men's jam-packed "slalom January," Linus Strasser became the first German ever to win the Schladming night slalom. Norway's Atle McGrath earned his first World Cup podium finishing second. Manuel Feller dominated the second run, jumping ahead 25 positions to end the day in third after finishing 28th first run.

Fellow American Jett Seymour did not finish. George Steffey and Alex Leever did not qualify for a second run.

Men's alpine will return to the World Cup circuit following Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, kicking off with two slalom races in Garmisch-Partenkirchen the weekend of Feb. 26-27.

RESULTS
Men's slalom

STANDINGS
Overall
Slalom

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST. 

Please note: Streaming services and apps are third-party services and subject to such parties’ terms of use and data privacy. U.S. Ski & Snowboard disclaims any and all liability for use of third-party services and apps.

Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022
5:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Downhill - LIVE, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live

Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022
5:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Super-G - LIVE, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live

Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

• Alpine
• Cross Country
• Freeski
• Freestyle
• Ski Jumping
• Nordic Combined
• Snowboard

Broadcast and streaming schedules are updated daily throughout the season.

Sadly, downhiller and Olympic medal hopeful, Breezy Johnson, announced on Tuesday that she will sit out of the upcoming Olympic Games due to a knee injury sustained at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. 

In a post on Instagram, she shared, 

I have to announce that I have unfortunately injured my knee and must withdraw from the Olympics. It was the pleasure of my life to represent @teamusa at the Games in 2018. And all I have wanted ever since was to come back, stronger, faster, to win a gold medal. But I crashed in Cortina the other day and immediately felt a massive crack in my knee. It was a large chunk of cartilage that is partially dislodged. I was given the option to try to compete on it. But I don't think that that is realistic or smart. I could do more damage and I certainly don't think I will be skiing my best.

Johnson, who was seventh in the downhill at PyeongChang in 2018, was a favorite—along with Italy's Sofia Goggia, who was also injured recently at Cortina—for the downhill win in Beijing.
 

 

 

 

 

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As Bill Pennington from the New York Times wrote in his exclusive, 

The recovery Johnson faces will not be her first comeback from serious injury. She had to recover from a tibial plateau fracture to make the U.S. ski team competing in Pyeongchang. Seven months after those Olympics, she ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee in training and missed the entire World Cup season. In June 2019, she tore two ligaments in her left knee.

Now facing another reconstructive knee surgery, Johnson said she was motivated to make another comeback because so many other top racers had done so and gone on to record their greatest accomplishments. As an example, she mentioned Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who had his anterior cruciate ligament rebuilt last year after a fall in training and is having a dominant season this winter.

“You see that and we’re all optimists, we all hope this injury is the last one,” Johnson said. “You go through periods of time where it breaks your heart and it crushes you because the sport will never love you back. It just can’t because it’s a sport. But you love it so much you do it anyway.”

Johnson will be cheering on her teammates and looking ahead on her road to recovery, once again. 

Read the full story at NYTimes.com.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced today its nomination of Anna Hoffmann by the U.S. Olympic Ski Jumping Team to represent Team USA at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. 

Hoffmann hails from Madison, Wisconsin, where she was a part of the Blackhawk Ski Club. She is a 2021 World Championship qualifier and a four-time Junior World Championship team member. Last month, Hoffmann also won the Olympic Trials in Lake Placid, New York. 

Hoffmann’s nomination was granted following a reallocation of quota positions by the International Ski Federation (FIS). Once the quota was expanded to add an athlete from the United States, Hoffmann was selected based on her victory at the Olympic Trials event in Lake Placid and her World Cup and Continental Cup results.

Women’s ski jumping has one medal event at the 2022 Olympics: the Individual Normal Hill competition. The event will be two rounds. Both the first and final rounds are scheduled for Saturday, February 5.

2022 U.S. OLYMPIC SKI JUMPING TEAM
(Name, hometown; birthday; club; past Olympics)`

• *Anna Hoffmann, Madison, Wisconsin; 03/28/00; Blackhawk Ski Club

*Denotes first-time Olympian 

Watch Team USA compete on the networks of NBC throughout the Olympics, February 4-20, 2022. 

FOLLOW THE TEAM 

Instagram @usskiteam 

Facebook @usskiandsnowboard

TikTok @usskiandsnowboard

Twitter @usskiteam 

ATHLETE QUOTE:
Anna Hoffmann
“I’m so honored to be able to have this opportunity to represent the USA at the 2022 Olympics. This has been a lifelong endeavor and I could not be happier. It is so surreal to finally be able to achieve this dream. I’m so excited to be a part of Team USA! Thank you to my mom, dad, and all my coaches who have gotten me this far.”

COACH QUOTE
Blake Hughes - Women’s Ski Jumping Team Director
“This nomination for Anna is a testament to her work ethic and commitment to the sport. Anna has become a true leader for her team and it has been a privilege to watch her progress over the past few years as she has become an elite athlete. I am proud that she will get the honor to represent the United States of America at the highest level of competition.”

About U.S. Ski & Snowboard

U.S. Ski & Snowboard is the Olympic National Governing Body (NGB) of ski and snowboard sports in the USA, based in Park City, Utah. Tracing its roots directly back to 1905, the organization represents nearly 200 elite skiers and snowboarders in 2020, competing in seven teams; alpine, cross country, freeski, freestyle, snowboard, nordic combined and ski jumping. In addition to the elite teams, U.S. Ski & Snowboard also provides leadership and direction for tens of thousands of young skiers and snowboarders across the USA, encouraging and supporting them in achieving excellence. By empowering national teams, clubs, coaches, parents, officials, volunteers and fans, U.S. Ski & Snowboard is committed to the progression of its sports, athlete success and the value of team. For more information, visit www.usskiandsnowboard.org 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

NAME

TITLE

email@usskiandsnowboard.org

U.S. Ski & Snowboard today announced its continued partnership with airweave as the Official Bedding Supplier of the organization and the title partner of the airweave Sleep Center in U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s USANA Center of Excellence headquarters.  

airweave, the Japanese bedding brand built on innovation and sleep research, has partnered with U.S. Ski & Snowboard since 2018 to help the teams perform at the highest level. The sponsorship now extends to the airweave Sleep Center, an area in the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team’s USANA Center of Excellence headquarters designed for sleeping, allowing for crucial recovery for athletes as they train for World Cups and the upcoming Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Athletes will be utilizing airweave’s newest customizable bed designs and airweave MattressFit technology for a personalized sleep experience developed to promote deeper sleep and recovery for every body type. airweave will provide customizable mattress toppers and pillows for U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team athletes and staff attending the 2022 Olympics, bringing both the comforts of home and a competitive edge to Beijing.  

“Our athletes are consistently on the move between travel, training and competitions,” said U.S. Ski & Snowboard Chief Revenue Officer Michael O’Conor. “Sleeping well is extremely important, and one we prioritized by partnering with airweave four years ago. Having airweave on board with our team through another Olympic Games is a crucial part of ensuring our athlete’s preparation.” 

In addition to sponsoring the team, airweave is also partnering with four U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes as ambassadors: 2018 Olympic silver medalist freeskier Alex Ferreira, freestyle skier and World Cup winner Winter Vinecki, snowboardcross rider and three-time Olympian Faye Gulini, and retired two-time Olympic alpine skier Alice (Mckennis) Duran. U.S. Ski & Snowboard is part of airweave’s history of supporting elite athletes and teams, which includes Team JAPAN, figure skating champion Nathan Chen and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as the Official Bedding Partner.  

“I am very pleased to join the airweave family as an ambassador and as representative for how important sleep really is,” said Ferreira. “Being in the most comfortable bed and producing the best possible sleep will be indicative to my success in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. I will sleep hard so that I can ski harder!” 

“We are proud to announce our continued support for the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team,” said airweave Founder and CEO Motokuni Takaoka. “airweave’s story has always been with the athletes, as they were the first group of users who noticed improvements in their sleep. We are excited to see the U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes compete and win this season, knowing we are supporting them with our latest design concept and technology.” 

For more information on airweave, please visit www.airweave.com.  

About airweave:  
airweave is the Japanese bedding manufacturer known for their unique mattress core material airfiber® and built on scientific research. Offering optimum breathability, even pressure distribution and support, airfiber® is the latest in sleep surface technology while also being 100% washable and eco-friendly. Airweave is the only mattress brand with sleep research accepted into major research journals, with studies that suggest airfiber® can offer deeper sleep and improve athletic performance over traditional foam and spring mattresses. airweave aims to be recognized as a global sleep solution brand, designing innovative products for use at home, while traveling and everywhere in between. 

www.airweave.com  

About U.S. Ski & Snowboard 
U.S. Ski & Snowboard is the Olympic National Governing Body (NGB) of ski and snowboard sports in the USA, based in Park City, Utah. Tracing its roots directly back to 1905, the organization represents nearly 200 elite skiers and snowboarders in 2021, competing in seven teams; alpine, cross country, freeski, freestyle, snowboard, nordic combined and ski jumping. In addition to the elite teams, U.S. Ski & Snowboard also provides leadership and direction for tens of thousands of young skiers and snowboarders across the USA, encouraging and supporting them in achieving excellence. By empowering national teams, clubs, coaches, parents, officials, volunteers and fans, U.S. Ski & Snowboard is committed to the progression of its sports, athlete success and the value of team. For more information, visit www.usskiandsnowboard.org. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Courtney Harkins, Elevate Communications/U.S. Ski & Snowboard, charkins@elevatecom.com
Vanessa Rojas, airweave, vanessa_rojas@airweave.jp  

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