On a hard, fast, course, Jessie Diggins skated her way to an impressive victory in the women’s 10k freestyle mass start in Stage 3 of the FIS Tour de Ski Friday in Oberstdorf, Germany. 

“I had the best skis in the whole world today,” Diggins said after her second World Cup win this week and 13th overall career World Cup victory. “It was amazing! I’m so proud of our team, they worked so hard, and they gave me some absolute rockets.”

Indeed, she had fast skis, thanks to her tech Jason Cork and all the hard work of the entire U.S. tech team. Her skis were so fast, that at times on some of the long, fast downhills on the Oberstdorf track, it seems she was just along for the ride. In fact, coming into the finish stretch, she never used her poles, opting to remain in a low power-tuck skate, as she let her skis carry her to victory. 

“Being able to trust the draft, and trust my skis, that was the difference-maker,” she added. 

Diggins remained near the front of the field for almost the entire race. After leading out of the start, she settled into a pace among the top 10, but thanks to her fast skis, she found herself gliding into the lead numerous times. 

Heading up the final climb, Sweden’s Frida Karlsson held about a five-meter advantage with Diggins battling for the second position with Russia’s Tatiana Sorina. Down into the finish arena, Diggins took the slingshot around the outside of Karlsson and simply skated away. Karlsson held on for second, with Sorina taking third. 

Julia Kern put in a solid effort and finished 24th, while Katharine Ogden just missed the top 30 by 1.7 seconds, finishing 32nd. Sophia Laukli was 37th;  Alayna Sonnesyn 52nd; and Novie McCabe 54th. Due to a slight cold, Hailey Swirbul did not start Friday’s race.

“It was fast, furious and a lot of fun,” Kern said. “I didn’t have the best energy out there, but it was a hard fight.”

In the men's 15k, Gus Schumacher finished 25th. It was a great result for Schumacher, who was battling a cold last week. “I’m feeling better and better,” Schumacher said. “That cold was slowing me down a little bit, but every day I’m feeling a little more energy and more rested, so I’m looking forward to Val di Fiemme.”

Competing in only his third career World Cup start, Zak Ketterson continued to climb up the results ladder, just missing his first top-30 result by less than five seconds, finishing 36th. “I’m really happy with that (result),” Ketterson said. “The goal for anyone is just to be in the top 30, that is just the first stepping stone. So for me to be close to that today is kind of a dream come true, especially after a couple of rough first races of this Tour, it’s nice to get some positive feedback.” 

Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo outsprinted Russia’s Alexander Bolshunov for the victory. Sjur Roethe of Russia was third. Ben Ogden was 64th; Kevin Bolger 65th; Luke Jager 70th and Logan Hanneman 75th.

Friday’s win moved Diggins back into the overall Tour de Ski lead through three of six stages.  Kerttu Niskanen of Finland, who won Tuesday’s 10k classic, is second overall, 13 seconds back. Russia’s Natalia Nepryaeva is third at 14 seconds back. Kern is 17th overall.

The Tour de Ski kicks off 2022 with a classic sprint in Oberstdorf Saturday, followed by a rest/travel day Sunday and the final two stages in Val di Fiemme, Italy, Monday and Tuesday.

RESULTS
Women’s 10k freestyle mass start
Men’s 15k freestyle mass start

STANDINGS
Women’s Tour de Ski overall
Men’s Tour de Ski Overall
Women’s World Cup overall
Men’s World Cup overall
Women’s World Cup distance
Men’s World Cup distance

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST

Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022
6:00 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Tour de Ski Stage 4 Men and Women’s Classic Sprint - LIVE Oberstdorf, GER, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

Monday, Jan. 3, 2022
6:40 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Women's 10km Mass Start - LIVE, Val di Fiemme, ITA,   Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
8:50 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Men's 15km Mass Start - LIVE, Val di Fiemme, ITA, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022
5:30 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Women's 10km Mass Start - LIVE, Val di Fiemme, ITA, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
9:25 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Men's 10km Mass Start - LIVE, Val di Fiemme, ITA, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
 

U.S. Freeski Team athletes Hanna Faulhaber and Alex Ferreira both took second place in a frigid nighttime final at the FIS Snow Rodeo halfpipe World Cup. This is the first of two nighttime U.S. Olympic qualification halfpipe events at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. 

In the men’s competition, Alex Ferreira hit the gas on his second run to earn his top score of the night of 94.80 with a left dub 1260 tindy, into a right dub flat 900 safety, comboing a left cork 720 tail into a switch right 720 Japan, and finishing with a full-throttle left 1080 tail.

Ferreira, the 2018 Olympic Winter Games silver medalist, is coming off back-to-back wins at the Dew Tour and the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix in the Woodward halfpipe at Copper Mountain. 

The Canadian Team earned the two other podium spots with Calgary’s own Brendan Mackay taking the win with a score of 97 and Simon d’Artois in third with a 94.4. 

Rounding out the U.S. Men’s Freeski Team, Lyman Currier took fifth place, Dylan Ladd in seventh, two-time reigning Olympic gold medalist David Wise in eighth and Cassidy Jarrell took tenth. This stacked field are all competing to earn one of the four men's halfpipe spots on the U.S. Olympic Team. 

In the women’s competition, Hanna Faulhaber, the 17-year-old from Aspen, Colorado displayed the amplitude that is fast becoming her trademark to earn second place and her first World Cup podium. Faulhaber was the second-place qualifier coming into finals and kept that momentum going despite the cold temps, putting down three solid runs. Her top-scoring run included a boosted straight air rail grab on the first hit into, left and right side flair safety grabs, an incredibly clean cork 720 safety, finishing with a switch right 360 Japan, and a left 540 mute grab. 

Faulhaber said, “It’s a crazy one for sure. I am insanely stoked to have put down a run and be able to walk away. I took a pretty decent slam yesterday during training and I’m just happy to be okay after that and be able to compete today.” As for her second consecutive podium, she has this to say: “It’s great to be able to put down consistently and I’m just happy to keep it going. I don’t really know what to say, I’m just excited for how it’s going and it’s unbelievable – I never thought that I would be here.” 

This result at the Calgary Snow Rodeo comes on the heels of her third-place finish at the Dew Tour, and a fifth-place finish at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountain the week prior.  

Eileen Gu, competing for China, continued her winning streak, earning first place with a score of 96.8, and Canada’s Rachael Karker earned third place with a score of 90.2. 

Head Freeski Halfpipe Coach Mike Riddle is happy with today's results, "I’m always happy with the team in general, some weren’t able to get the runs they wanted in finals. The conditions here are tough." Riddle noted the challenge of maintaining a halfpipe in sub-zero conditions, "Right now the pipe is undervert, so the athletes are having trouble going large and getting back in the pipe. The deck is a real threat. No one is doing their hardest run.” 

Despite the challenges, the team is rising to the occasion says Riddle, "Hanna is skiing awesome, that amplitude is definitely something that’s hard to learn, she’s got it on lock right now and that’s going to bode well for her. And Alex is on a tear this year, he was on a tear at training camps all last season and it’s paying off. He’s skiing amazing.”

Leading U.S. Freeski athletes Brita Sigourney and Aaron Blunck both opted out of this event, looking ahead to the upcoming Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain.

Stay tuned for the second FIS World Cup halfpipe event of the Calgary Snow Rodeo, scheduled for New Year’s Day, Saturday, January 1st. Expect to see another duel between U.S. and Canada for the podium, and yes, more sub-zero temps. 

RESULTS
Women’s Results
Men’s Results 

HOW TO WATCH
*All Times EST

Saturday, Jan 1, 2022
5:00 p.m.  FIS Freeski Halfpipe World Cup- LIVE, Calgary, CAN, Streaming Peacock

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Casey Andringa has no regrets. The 2018 Olympian defined his mogul skiing career by giving it his all. He fought through years of injuries and rehabs, only to return to a full-length mogul course and realize he could give no more. After four years representing the United States, Andringa has officially hung up his competitive skis, closing a career that includes seven top-10 World Cup finishes, one World Championships team, and one Olympic appearance.
 

 

 

 

 

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Born in Wisconsin, the Andringa family had their kids on skis from the get go. Andringa was only 18 months old when his parents first pushed him down the hill at Tyrol Basin. When he was three, the whole family packed up and moved to Colorado, where they could get out and play in the mountains on skis every weekend. But it wasn’t until the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games that Andringa had any professional aspirations. 

“I have this vivid memory of watching it on TV. [Jonny Moseley] got fourth but [the dinner roll] was the coolest moment in sports I had ever seen.” The next day Andringa asked his parents to sign him up for the Winter Park Freestyle Team. Jonny Moseley’s dinner roll sparked a journey that would define the next two decades of Andringa’s life. 

Andringa worked his way up the development pipeline, skiing for Winter Park Freestyle Team from 2003 to 2014 and Ski & Snowboard Club Vail from 2014 to 2018. Despite collecting  11 NorAm podiums, he felt like he was never the next “it” guy to make the U.S. Ski Team. Plagued by small injuries and illness, Andringa was so close, yet so far from his dream of competing at the Olympics. 

In 2017, a 21-year-old Andringa finished second overall in the NorAm Cup, but again failed to make the national program. “I was 21 years old, had just skied the best season of my life and if this didn’t do it, then what am I even doing? [At that point] I hung my head and said ‘I’m done.’”

In the face of contempt and self-doubt, Andringa thought his Olympic dreams were shattered. d Then  a heart-to-heart with his father, Jeff, changed his tune. “He said it’s only eight months away, and if you really feel like you’re one of the best in the U.S., go out and prove it.” With that, Andringa doubled down on his training. Trying to picture what training would look like, Andringa made a joke about living in the woods. Two weeks later Jeff came home with a pop up camper he bought off of Craigslist. A month after that Andringa and his brother Jesse moved to Steamboat, lived in the woods and trained three times a day all summer. 

“It was an all or nothing thing,” Andringa reflected. “I realized what I really wanted to do was make sure that whether or not I won Selections to get a World Cup start, I walked away without a single regret. That there was nothing I would have done differently. 

At that point all I wanted was to wear a Team USA jacket. My whole life had been built up around being able to ski for the U.S. As you get older, you realize how hard that is with the timing, getting lucky and doing well at the right time.”

In order to make his dream a reality Andringa had to win both days of U.S. Moguls Selections to earn World Cup spots to even make a run for qualifying for the Games. He did just that and made a statement with a fifth place finish at the 2018 Deer Valley World Cup. His Deer Valley result granted him one more World Cup start in Mont Tremblant, Canada, where he finished 24th. At a team meeting after the Tremblant event Andringa was told he was the third of four men to make Team USA. “I thought it was an unofficial thing, that it didn’t mean anything. But Riley (Andringa’s coach at the time, now a U.S. Ski Team coach) came up to me and told me ‘you did it.’ I still didn't believe him, but that was the moment it set in. I called my parents and I was crying and it just did not feel real at all.”

 

 

 

 

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Andringa recalls feeling the pressure during the first few days of Games training. “Everything went from light-hearted to pretty serious. I started taking it too seriously.” After resetting on an off day in between the two days of qualifications, Andringa qualified in first, putting him in eleventh position overall. Going into Super Finals Andringa was third.

At this point Andringa realized he had a shot of medaling in third with the run he was skiing and how the judges were scoring. But during the Olympic prep camp Andringa trained a few cork 10 grabs, a trick no one had done at a FIS competition. “It was more precautionary, if I found myself in need of a bigger trick, it wasn’t really something I ever expected to use [at the Games].”

Riding up the chairlift for his Super Finals Olympic run Andringa thought about eight-year-old him watching Jonny Moseley on TV. “I realized that if you get to ski in the Games and you have a shot at a medal you ski to win, not ski to get third.” Andringa went for it, but came up short, finishing in fifth place overall, the best male American mogul finish since Bryon Wilson’s bronze medal in 2010. Of course he wishes he would have landed but Andringa was thrilled to have put it all out on the snow.

“I think the beauty of being the underdog was that nobody had any expectations for me to medal or anything, everyone was just surprised I was there. You always want to win, but it was so not about that at that point in time. I realized this was the moment I had been dreaming about for my entire life and I wasn't going to let anything get in the way of enjoying every second of it. 

“The real kicker is that Jonny Moseley was the guy who was announcing my run at the Games, which was so full circle. It was one of those moments that didn't seem real, seemed like something out of a movie. He was the reason I wanted to ski moguls and now I’m meeting him after I skied my run at the Olympics - that’s insane.”

 

 

 

 

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Andringa and his brother Jesse were officially nominated to the U.S. Ski Team for the 2018-19 season and the brothers had dreams of competing for Team USA together in 2022. Unfortunately that dream will not be realized with Casey stepping back from competition. 

At the team’s annual October Zermatt camp Andringa skied a full mogul course for the first time since 2019. He remembers skiing two good top to bottom runs and being excited about the muscle memory coming back. But on the tram ride down the initial adrenaline wore off. 

“I was thinking about where I was and how my knee felt and where I needed to be in order to not only ski a World Cup but be competitive. I realized that I could do it and that was really important to me. But I also realized it wasn't worth it. I was going to have to push my body even further and risk more injuries. What I really wanted was to heal and keep feeling better so I can ski for the rest of my life and not just another three months to the Games.”

Andringa walked away knowing he did everything that he could, and that helps him sleep a little better at night. He’s excited to cheer his brother on this season, but admits he has no idea what’s next. In December Andringa graduated with a Bachelor’s in Business from University of Colorado Boulder. “It’s cool to say I retired from skiing and graduated in the same semester, I’m proud of that.”

When asked what he hopes he’s left the mogul skiing community Andringa talks about inspiring the next generation, like Jonny did for him. “I think that Jesse and I being able to do it together has allowed us to leave our mark on the sport in a unique way. I hope other people coming up [through the pipeline] see just because everyone is doing it one way doesn't mean that's how they have to go through it.”

“While every young athlete dreams of winning gold at the Olympics, my goal for my entire life was just to ski for the USA. To be able to wear that jacket with an American flag patch, and get to do the thing I love most in this world, for my country. Getting to stand at the top of a mogul run, under the lights, and stare down at thousands of people all screaming and chanting USA, USA, USA; and realize that I’d accomplished that dream is all I ever wanted. And I got to do that. That feeling, of realizing that you’ve achieved a lifetime goal, something that had continuously evaded you, brought you to tears countless of times, knowing that it truly took every ounce of your being to get, is the greatest thing in this entire world. And thanks to mogul skiing, I got to experience that.”

Andringa would like to thank his parents, his brother, Jesse; his sister, Heidi; his girlfriend, Roma; and all of his coaches and staff, especially Riley Campbell. “Without that crew of people there is not a chance in hell I would have been able to live out this dream.”

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Due to the warm weather at Bormio, Italy, the second men's FIS Ski World Cup super-G—a rescheduled super-G from Lake Louise, Canada's canceled race—was canceled. Additionally, due to the present situation on the race hill and unfavorable weather forecast the women's World Cup races in Maribor, Slovenia scheduled on January 8-9, 2022 have been canceled. A possible replacement for both will be communicated in due course.

 

 

 

 

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On a day with heavy, wet snow falling, the classic Lenzerheide, Switzerland track presented challenging conditions throughout the day as Jessie Diggins led the way with a 16th-place result in Stage 2 of the FIS Tour de Ski. Hailey Swirbul was close behind in 18th, and for the men, Gus Schumacher was 38th.

“Overall, a good day,” noted Head Coach Matt Whitcomb. “I’m pleased with our team, and really pleased with the service staff. We tried every wax under the sun and at the end of the day, it is always a bummer when you flip to zeros.” 

“For Jessie to be 16th, and Hailey to be 18th, and some of our other women right around the top 30, that’s good,” he added. “What we’re trying to avoid on a challenging day like this is a big time bleed, and we didn’t sustain that, so we can take this and be fine with it. We have two very strong days coming up (mass-start freestyle Friday, and classic sprint Saturday).”

“We had some crazy conditions,” said Diggins, who dropped to second in the overall Tour de Ski standings. “It went from clear, to rain, to snow, from klister and wax to zero.”

Finland’s Kerttu Niskanen won the women’s 10k race and moved into the overall Tour de Ski lead, 0:29 seconds ahead of Diggins. Sweden’s Ebba Andersson was second, followed by Russia’s Natalia Nepryava in third. Novie McCabe was 34th; Katharine Ogden 35th; Julia Kern 41st; Sophia Laukli 44th, and Alayna Sonnesyn was 66th.

Two years ago at the same venue under similar conditions, the wheels came off the bus for the U.S. Team and ruined the overall chances for the team in the Tour de Ski standings. But this time around, a positive vibe kept spirits high, and a hard-working tech team powered through the challenges.

“I was really, really proud of the team,” Diggins said. “Everyone stayed calm and collected on a day when it would have been really easy to panic and waste a ton of energy. Working on the process and zoning in on the process goals have always been a big thing for me, and days like this are when it is very clear why it is so important.”

With heavy wet snow picking up in intensity, the men took to the same course for a 15k under fading afternoon light. Both Schumacher and Luke Jager, who finished 84th, took to the race with improving health as they both recover from colds the past week. 

“It’s good to see them feeling good again,” Whitcomb said. “Gus back to being close to the top 30 is a very good sign.”

Finland’s Iivo Niskanen won the race with Russia’s Alexander Bolshunov second, and Norway’s Paal Golberg in third. Ben Ogden was 44th, just 14 seconds out of the top 30. “That was a very hard-fought fight for Ben out there today,” Whitcomb said. 

Kevin Bolger was 65th, Logan Hanneman was 70th, and Zak Ketterson was 85th in his second career World Cup start.

The Tour de Ski has a travel day Thursday to Oberstdorf, Germany - the site of the 2021 World Championships last March. Friday’s Stage 3 is a freestyle mass start 10k for the women, 15k for the men. Saturday’s Stage 4 is a classic sprint.

RESULTS
Women’s 10k classic
Men’s 15k classic

STANDINGS
Women’s Tour de Ski Overall
Men’s Tour de Ski Overall
Women’s World Cup overall
Men’s World Cup overall
Women’s World Cup distance
Men’s World Cup distance

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST

Friday, Dec. 31, 2021
6:55 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Tour de Ski Stage 3 Women’s 10k Freestyle Mass Start - LIVE, Oberstdorf, GER, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
9:25 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Tour de Ski Stage 3 Men’s 15k Freestyle Mass Start - LIVE, Oberstdorf, GER, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022
6:00 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Tour de Ski Stage 4 Men and Women’s Classic Sprint - LIVE Oberstdorf, GER, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

Paula Moltzan was the top American for the second day in a row in Lienz, Austria, taking 20th in the FIS World Cup slalom to close out the series. Mikaela Shiffrin, who has won the Lienz slalom twice in the past, did not race again after announcing she had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the week.

It was the first slalom race since the Killington World Cup over Thanksgiving weekend—a long break between events—and the weather warmed up to above freezing, making the course rough with ruts and bumps throughout the day. Petra Vlhova of Slovakia dominated the second run of the race to take the win by more than half a second over 2021 slalom World Champion Katharina Liensberger of Austria, who had just returned to the World Cup tour after recovering from COVID. Michelle Gisin of Switzerland was third, .68 seconds behind Vlhova.

Moltzan had hurt her wrist before the races in Courchevel and found out that it was fractured before the races in Lienz. But the injury didn’t stop her from racing—she taped her pole to her hand and threw down two runs of gutsy skiing to take 20th place. Her second run was the ninth fastest, showing that she has the speed, even with a wrist injury.  

"Today was definitely challenging physically and mentally," said Moltzan. "I am happy to have crossed the finish line twice all things considered. I didn’t think I would even be able to race today. The conditions here were awesome and we are definitely missing all the people who are not here."

Vlhova still leads the World Cup slalom standings, with her win boosting her to a 120-point advantage over Shiffrin. She also accumulated more points toward the overall standings, given Shiffrin’s absence and Italian Sofia Goggia sitting out the slalom. Shiffrin still maintains the overall lead in the standings by 93 points over Goggia. Vlhova sits in third, behind by 135 points.

The rest of the Americans did not make second run, battling a rough and rutty first run course. Lila Lapanja and AJ Hurt straddled, while Katie Hensien skied out. Nina O’Brien, who was having a fast run that would have given her a second run, got tossed out of the course going over the breakover and did not finish.

The women next head to Zagreb, Croatia for another slalom after the new year.  

RESULTS
Women’s slalom

STANDINGS
Slalom
Overall

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.

Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021
5:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Super-G - LIVE, Bormio, ITA, Streaming Peacock

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Cochran-Siegle grabbed a season-best fourth place in the first of two FIS Ski World Cup super-G races in Bormio, Italy to lead two Americans into the top 20. 

Cochran-Siegle, who snagged his career-first win last season at the super-G in Bormio, had the podium in his sights today, as he held the position until Austria’s Raphael Haaser came down to steal the podium spot and bump Cochran-Siegle to fourth place. Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde handily won with a margin of .72 seconds over Haaser in second place, with Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr rounding out the podium in third, .85 off the pace.

Cochran-Siegle missed the podium by five one-hundredths of a second, but this was a huge leap forward for him. In flat light, with relatively warm conditions, Cochran-Siegle showed that he’s back on track as the White Circus heads into the classics on the calendar and with the Olympics on the horizon. It was a good step forward after his top-20 in the downhill on the Stelvio on Tuesday. 

“I think, just, it’s good to be a goldfish and forget the past and really just focus on what’s before you,” Cochran-Siegle reflected. “So today I was just trying to reassess, go about a good warm-up and get a good feeling prior to the race and trust my inspection and my ability. I know I’ve done well here on this hill, so I know how to ski it well, you just have to go out and execute.” 

Cochran-Siegle spent the evening before the race watching video and contemplating his set-up with his coaches aiming to create a set-up for super-G that allowed more freedom under the foot, where he could be more playful and ski more free. It seems Cochran-Siegle and his coaches/serviceman were spot on, because he skied a lot more free in the first of two super-G races. 

“I definitely felt better today,” he added. “I was allowing myself to, kind of, go with the hill more, less holding on. I think, too, with my skiing you can see I had a good amount of risk and was pushing. So I think for tomorrow, just try to keep that same mentality and just ski the way I can ski and not think too much beyond that.”

Cochran-Siegle will undoubtedly watch video tonight as he preps for Thursday’s super-G. He gave up a little time on the San Pietro jump, but rest assured, his skiing is looking very similar to the Cochran-Siegle who won the super-G last year and was the fastest in the world prior to fracturing his neck in the downhill at the Hahnenkamm in Kitzbuehel, Austria. With a little more confidence to trim the line, Cochran-Siegle will be back on the podium. 

Travis Ganong also finished in the points, grabbing a solid 18th place. Other American starters included Steven Nyman, who landed in 37th, Jared Goldberg 40th, Erik Arvidsson 43rd, and Bryce Bennett 46th. 

Up next will be the second of two super-G races on Thursday—a replacement from the canceled Lake Louise super-G and the final race in the Bormio, Italy series. 

RESULTS
Men’s super-G

STANDINGS
Super-G
Overall

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.

Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021
5:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Super-G - LIVE, Bormio, ITA, Streaming Peacock

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Jessie Diggins kicked off the FIS Tour de Ski in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, with a victory in Tuesday’s freestyle sprint, leading five of her Davis U.S. Cross Country teammates into the top 29, including Julia Kern. The latter just missed the podium in fourth.

“I'm so proud of our team,” Diggins said following her 12th career World Cup victory. “(We) had really amazing skis…they were flying out there and we had a great day as a team.” 

Diggins’ parents Clay, Deb, and her sister Mackenzie were in the crowd to cheer her on, making the win all the more special. “It was so special for me to have my family here,” said Diggins, who spent the Christmas break with her family. “That just means so much. I had such a wonderful Christmas break, it was such an incredible burst of happiness and a wonderful reset. And for me, happiness is fast. I came into (Tuesday’s race) in a good place, rested and ready to go!”

Along with Diggins and Kern, Hailey Switbul, Kevin Bolger, Logan Hanneman, and Ben Ogden qualified for the heats. Both Swirbul and Diggins raced in the opening qualifying heat, but near the end of the first lap, Diggins was in the lead, with Switzerland’s Nadine Faehndrich sitting second and Swirbul in third. Faehndrich caught an edge and went down coming into the downhill corner, forcing Swirbul to the outside, where she crashed into the sponsor boards lining the exterior of the course. Fortunately, she wasn’t injured but did not move into the semifinals. Diggins won and moved into the semifinals, where she took her second win of the day to advance to the finals. 

Meanwhile, Kern won both her quarterfinal and semifinal heats with a combination of smart tactics and fast sprinting. “I had a pretty dialed strategy based on looking at footage from previous years (of sprints at Lenzerheide)” Kern said, adding that being near the front, while trying to ski a chill first lap, and passing on the right were her keys to victory in the opening heats. 

In the women’s final, both Diggins and Kern positioned themselves well on the first lap, with Diggins charging into the lead on the second lap and powering up the final climb. Kern was right behind her, but Norway’s Mathilde Myhrvold and Slovenia’s Anamarija Lampic snuck around her on the downhill to take the final two podium spots. However, with her fourth-place result, Kern did achieve the criteria (top eight individual World Cup finish) to be nominated to Team USA to compete at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. 

“Our skis were awesome today,” said Kern, who also had her parents Dorothee and Gunther, and her sister Nadja in the crowd cheering her on. “A lot of fun energy out there and great support from our staff. So it was a great day to kick off the Tour.” 

Tuesday's victory was not only a big result for Diggins but a tremendous result for the entire U.S. Team at the Tour de Ski. “We have an amazing support team here on the Tour this year,” Diggins said. “So many resources and so many people helping us get the most out of this Tour.” 

For the U.S. men, Ogden finished fifth in the qualifier, with Bolger in ninth and Hanneman sneaking into the final spot in 30th. In the opening heats, Bolger finished fourth, while both Hanneman and Ogden were fifth in their respective heats. 

The usual cast of characters populated the podium, with Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo taking the win, followed by Richard Jouve of France in second, and Lucas Chanavat of France in third. Bolger was 16th, Ogden 21st adn Hanneman 25th. 

Stage 2 of the Tour de Ski features a 10k classic individual start for the women and a 15k classic individual start for the men Wednesday in Lenzerheide.

RESULTS
Stage 1 Tour de Ski
Women’s Freestyle sprint
Men’s Freestyle sprint

STANDINGS
Women’s Tour de Ski Overall
Men’s Tour de Ski Overall
Women’s World Cup Overall
Men’s World Cup Overall
Women’s World Cup Sprint
Men’s World Cup Sprint

HOW TO WATCH 
All times EST

Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021
7:30 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Tour de Ski Stage 2 Women’s 10k Classic Individual Start - LIVE, Lenzerheide, SUI, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
9:05 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Tour de Ski Stage 2 Men’s 15k Classic Individual Start - LIVE, Lenzerheide, SUI, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

Friday, Dec. 31, 2021
6:55 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Tour de Ski Stage 3 Women’s 10k Freestyle Mass Start - LIVE, Oberstdorf, GER, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
9:25 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Tour de Ski Stage 3 Men’s 15k Freestyle Mass Start - LIVE, Oberstdorf, GER, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022
6:00 a.m. FIS Cross Country World Cup Tour de Ski Stage 4 Men and Women’s Classic Sprint - LIVE Oberstdorf, GER, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock

Paula Moltzan led the U.S. Alpine Ski Team women in the giant slalom in Lienz, Austria, finishing 22nd. Mikaela Shiffrin did not race due to a positive COVID-19 test.

The sun was out, but the track in Lienz was bumpy, and the light was flat. Conditions didn’t bother French skier Tessa Worley, who wore bib one and never gave up first place—winning the first run and maintaining her lead in the second run to take the overall win. With the victory, Worley became the third female skier with at least 15 World Cup giant slalom wins, following Vreni Schneider of Switzerland (20) and Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proll (16). Petra Vlhova of Slovakia had an aggressive second run to ski into second place, and Sara Hector of Sweden, even with two big mistakes on her second run, had a stellar day to take third—her third straight World Cup podium.

After finishing 24th first run, Moltzan had a strong second run to push her into 22nd place. It was her fifth consecutive points score in giant slalom.  

The race felt 2x Olympic champion Shiffrin’s absence, who has podiumed seven times at the Austrian venue throughout her career. Though she couldn’t be there in person, she watched from quarantine. “I’m super psyched to watch my teammates race,” said Shiffrin. “And as far as the overall globe goes, we’re just taking it day by day. Obviously, this is a blow to the points and chances there, but if we’ve learned anything this season so far, it’s that anything can happen. I’m just focused on getting better and getting back to racing ASAP, and we’ll let the chips fall where they may. Can’t worry too much about globes and titles with everything going on with COVID.”

Shiffrin maintains the overall World Cup lead with 750 points to Italian Sofia Goggia’s 657 points. Goggia finished 12th in the Lienz GS. Shiffrin still leads the GS standings by 18 points, with Hector in second.

World Champion Lara Gut-Behrami was still absent from the World Cup tour after testing positive for COVID on December 17.

Nina O’Brien and AJ Hurt also started the race but did not qualify for a second run. The women slipped into second in GS in the Nations Cup hunt but still maintain the lead in slalom.

Up next, the women race slalom on Wednesday in Lienz.

RESULTS
Women’s giant slalom

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.

Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021
4:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Lienz, AUT, Streaming Peacock
5:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Super-G - LIVE, Bormio, ITA, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
7:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Lienz, AUT, Streaming Peacock

Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021
5:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Super-G - LIVE, Bormio, ITA, Streaming Peacock

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Travis Ganong led three Americans into the top 20 on the ominous, unforgiving Stelvio track in Bormio, Italy in eighth, his best downhill of the season so far.

Despite dark and difficult conditions, Italy’s fearless racehorse Dominik Paris was once again victorious in Bormio, with Swiss powerhouse Marco Odermatt in second, and teammate Niels Hinterman in third—his second consecutive third-place finish in downhill. The victory is Paris’ sixth career World Cup downhill win in Bormio, including 2012 and four successive between 2017 and 2019. This surpasses the men's record for most World Cup downhill wins at a specific ski resort, which was previously five by the Swiss legend Didier Cuche in Kitzbuehel, Austria.

There’s such a high level of skiing on the men’s speed circuit, that when the athletes encounter a track as ominous as the Stelvio, success follows the guys that got up and were willing to ski and push. Tuesday’s race unfolded as anticipated, with Paris executing on his home hill and taking the decisive victory. Surprisingly, Switzerland’s Beat Feuz skied out, making it the first time he’s DNFed in a World Cup downhill since Kitzbuehel in 2017. 

“It's so icy and so different from all of the downhills we've been on all season, so it's like the first real test of the year in downhill,” reflected Ganong. “It's gnarly, it's scary, it's bumpy—people pulled out of the race because of the conditions...classic Bormio style."

Ganong tested a new pair of skis, with a new plate and a new binding, after skiing on them in the second training run. He said, "...it was different but in a good way. After one run on them, I thought 'OK, I know what to expect now,' and it was the right choice, obviously, because I had a good feeling on the snow today and I felt like I could play with the hill, which is not easy to do in Bormio because most of the time you're just playing catch-up and not in charge, and it's a fight. The feeling I had today was more like I was in charge and I was able to play with the hill. In one section, particularly coming into the traverse...I totally changed my plan mid-turn and went dead-straight, threw the skis sideways for a sec and locked in and from there down I was second from that split all the way to the finish behind Odermatt.”

”It was a really solid run," Ganong added. “I think Bormio is where I had my first top 10 in my career and my first World Cup points, I believe, in downhill...I've had a lot of good races here over the years."

Jared Goldberg snagged 15th, making it his best result of the season so far, while Ryan Cochran-Siegle landed in 20th. Steven Nyman finished just outside of the points, in 31st by one-hundredth of a second. Erik Arvidsson was 37th, Bryce Bennett 39th, and Sam Morse 46th. 

Up next, the men will take on back-to-back super-G races on the Stelvio. Cochran-Siegle won last season's super-G in Bormio. This marks the American men's only World Cup super-G win in the last 15 years. AfterBennett's win in the Val Gardena, Italy downhill, the American men could win a men's downhill and super-G event in a single World Cup season for the first time since the 2007 season.

RESULTS
Men’s downhill

STANDINGS
Downhill
Overall

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.

Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021
4:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Lienz, AUT, Streaming Peacock
5:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Super-G - LIVE, Bormio, ITA, Streaming Ski and Snowboard Live, Streaming Peacock
7:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Lienz, AUT, Streaming Peacock

Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021
5:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Super-G - LIVE, Bormio, ITA, Streaming Peacock

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