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Alpine Olympics/World Cup

Alpine Olympics/World Cup

Andrew Weibrecht skis the race of his life to take silver in the Super G

{jumiweibrecht-miller.txt} Andrew Weibrecht ripped the Olympic Super G from start to finish to win a surprising silver medal for Team USA....

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Alpine Olympics/World Cup

Julia Mancuso does it again

Clutch performer Julia Mancuso won her fourth Olympic medal in Russia in the super combined by ripping through the downhill in first place, and then hanging on through a tough slalom course...

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Alpine Olympics/World Cup

It took a village to send Mount Hood-raised Jackie Wiles to the Olympics

David Wiles suspected his daughter Jacqueline had serious athletic talent from the age of two, and by the time she was six he had proof....

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Alpine Olympics/World Cup

Jackie Wiles is selected to represent the U.S. (and Mount Hood) at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi

21-year-old local racing star Jacqueline Wiles has earned a spot on the U.S. Ski Team for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia....

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Alpine Olympics/World Cup

Ligety wins super combined in Switzerland (with some throwback footage of his 2006 Olympic win)

Ted Ligety won the world Cup super combined race in Wengen, Switzerland today with the second-fastest slalom run and a solid run on the downhill....

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Alpine Olympics/World Cup

Three Huge Reasons Why the Sochi Olympics are Going to Rock

Yes, Lindsey Vonn is out with an injury. Yes, Bob Costas is pompous. And yes, Vladimir Putin is a tyrant. But none of that will stop the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia next month from...

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Alpine Olympics/World Cup

Lindsey Vonn’s Olympic exit increases the pressure on 18-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin

Skiing superstar Lindsey Vonn’s announcement that she will miss competing in the Olympics next month does more than just prove she is human....

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Alpine Olympics/World Cup

Mikaela Shiffrin handles some nasty race conditions to win back control in World Cup slalom

Mikaela Shiffrin powered through goggle-sticking sleet, massive ruts and a ridiculously turny top section in Bormio, Italy to win her record-tying sixth World Cup slalom race at the age of...

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Alpine Olympics/World Cup

Chodounsky Who?

The top American racer in men’s World Cup slalom races so far in 2013-14 has not been Ted Ligety or Bode Miller, but rather David Chodounsky, who spent part of the summer of 2013...

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Alpine Olympics/World Cup

Ligety and 36-year-old Bode Miller go 1-2 in Birds of Prey GS

Ted the Shred Ligety and 36-year-old Bode Miller ruled last weekend’s Birds of Prey giant slalom race in Beaver Creek with the first 1-2 World Cup finish for American racers since...

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