STOCKHOLM (AP) — Olympic slalom champion Frida Hansdotter will retire from Alpine skiing's World Cup next week, ending a years-long rivalry with Mikaela Shiffrin.

GENEVA (AP) — Call it a case of bad timing, in Switzerland of all places.

In a nation renowned for precision clocks and Alpine skiing, Swiss timekeepers of a World Cup race got things so...

MONACO (AP) — Tiger Woods, Novak Djokovic, Lindsey Vonn and the France national soccer team were among the winners at the Laureus World Sports Awards, with Woods claiming the Comeback Award 19 years after he was first recognized.

Woods, who won the inaugural World Sportsman of the Year award in 2000, won the Tour Championship in September for his 80th PGA Tour title and his first since August 2013.

ARE, Sweden (AP) — Maybe Alpine skiing won't be so lost without Lindsey Vonn and Aksel Lund Svindal after all.

One week after Vonn and Svindal retired by claiming medals in their final races, Mikaela Shiffrin and Marcel Hirscher both showed true grit by fighting through debilitating sickness to claim the slalom titles at the world championships that everyone expected them to win.

ARE, Sweden (AP) — A proud and storied Alpine skiing nation, Austria headed into the final event of the world championships in danger of finishing without a gold medal for the first time in a generation.

Trust Marcel Hirscher to deliver when it matters the most.

In perhaps his last race at the worlds, Hirscher produced one of the best runs of his decorated career to set up a big lead in the slalom, then coasted to victory and a record-tying seventh career gold medal at the event.

ARE, Sweden (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin will be able to choose her program from seven events at the next world championships.

The International Ski Federation says it is adding an individual parallel event for the 2021 worlds in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and will keep the Alpine combined on the program.

There had been concern that the combined, Alpine skiing's original Olympic event introduced at the 1936 Games, would be eliminated.

ARE, Sweden (AP) — Switzerland has now won gold in all 11 events in the history of the Alpine skiing world championships.

The Swiss completed their medal collection by narrowly beating rival Austria to win the team event Tuesday.

Ramon Zenhausern edged Marco Schwarz in the final run as the Swiss followed up their Olympic title from last year's Pyeongchang Games.

Wendy Holdener, who won the combined on Friday, gave Switzerland its first point.

ARE, Sweden (AP) — The Latest on the Alpine skiing world championships (all times local):

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P.K. Subban of the NHL's Nashville Predators has done his best to welcome home Lindsey Vonn and into retirement.

Subban tweeted out video Tuesday of Vonn returning to Nashville, Tennessee, saying she was back in the mix and officially retired.

ARE, Sweden (AP) — With the Alpine combined possibly getting axed from major skiing championships, Alexis Pinturault had one final chance to assert his long-time dominance of the event.

He didn't waste it.

The French skier produced the second-fastest slalom leg to rise from 24th place after the downhill portion and win by 0.24 seconds at the world championships on Monday.

It was Pinturault's first individual gold medal at a major championship.

ARE, Sweden (AP) — The Latest on the Alpine skiing world championships (all times local):

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Lindsey Vonn has no regrets about retiring after "pushing through the pain one last time" to win bronze in the final race of her career.

Vonn says "every athlete has their own obstacles and I faced mine head on today and I conquered them."

The American skier says winning bronze was "the best I could have done today" because "there's not another gear."

ARE, Sweden (AP) — The Latest on the Alpine skiing world championships (all times local):

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Kjetil Jansrud narrowly beat Norwegian teammate Aksel Lund Svindal in the final race of Svindal's career.

Amid a crowd of thousands of flag-waving Norwegian fans, Jansrud finished 0.02 seconds ahead of Svindal in the men's downhill.

Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria came third, 0.33 behind.

ARE, Sweden (AP) — The Latest on the Alpine skiing world championships in Are, Sweden (all times local):

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Norwegian skier Kjetil Jansrud says he hopes to race in the super-G at the world championships on Wednesday, two weeks after breaking two bones in his left hand in a crash in downhill training in Kitzbuehel.

WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — For a skiing event that risks losing its Olympic status next month, Alpine combined put on a good show Friday.

Marco Schwarz won the men's World Cup race watched by 18,000 spectators at storied Wengen, using a solid downhill run to retain his first-leg advantage in slalom.

Schwarz was 0.42 seconds ahead of Victor Muffat-Jeandet, the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in combined. Games silver medalist Alexis Pinturault was third, 1.12 behind the winner.

WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Only by Norway's stellar standards in men's Alpine skiing has this World Cup speed season been low key.

Less than a year after long-time stars Aksel Lund Svindal and Kjetil Jansrud finished 1-2 in the Pyeongchang Olympic downhill watched by Norway's crown prince , results in the marquee event have been elusive.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — After months of agonizing over a decision she would have preferred not to have to make, skier-snowboarder Ester Ledecka has finally chosen to compete in the Alpine skiing world championships next month instead of the snowboard worlds.

ADELBODEN, Switzerland (AP) — Once more in his stellar career, Marcel Hirscher was racing against Alpine skiing's history book on Sunday.

The Austrian great almost inevitably won a World Cup slalom, his ninth victory at Adelboden, to set a men's record on the 52-year circuit for most wins by one skier at a single venue.

"It is really a special place," said Hirscher, who noted he got his first World Cup top-10 finish at Adelboden as a teenager in the January 2008 slalom.

SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) — Olympic skiing and snowboarding gold medalist Ester Ledecka led the second training session Monday for a World Cup downhill by a comfortable margin.

Competing two days after winning a parallel giant slalom snowboarding event in nearby Cortina d'Ampezzo, Ledecka finished 0.40 seconds ahead of Selva native Nicol Delago of Italy.

Nicole Schmidhofer, the Austrian who won this season's opening two downhills, was third, 0.43 behind.

VIENNA (AP) — The season-opening men's World Cup race that was canceled in Soelden over the weekend has been rescheduled for another Austrian resort in December.

The international ski federation says the giant slalom will be held in Saalbach-Hinterglemm on Dec. 20, four days after another GS is set for Alta Badia and two days before a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio.

Saalbach-Hinterglemm hosted the 1991 Alpine skiing world championships and last staged World Cup races in February 2015.

SOELDEN, Austria (AP) — Marcel Hirscher's offseason preparations have been seriously hindered for a second straight year.

But few doubt it will affect the Austrian's chances of winning his eighth overall World Cup title in a row, with the new Alpine skiing season getting underway this weekend.

Last year, Hirscher fractured an ankle bone during his first day on snow in August, forcing him to sit out the entire prep period.

MILAN (AP) — Italy will launch a three-city bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Turin and Cortina.

The Italian Olympic Committee announced the move on Wednesday, having decided a joint bid was more cost effective. It was unanimously voted for by the CONI board.

Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala, however, has criticized the decision and says that while his city would still be willing to host Olympic events, it will not be involved in the governance of the bid.

PRAGUE (AP) — Ester Ledecka has received a hero's welcome in the Czech capital after winning an unprecedented Winter Olympics double in snowboarding and Alpine skiing.

"Ester, Ester," chanted thousands of Czechs who braved freezing temperatures to see Ledecka at Prague's picturesque Old Town Square on Monday.

Her victory in the super-G ranks among the unlikeliest in the history of skiing. She came from nowhere to beat a field including Lindsey Vonn and defending champion Anna Veith.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):

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Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic won the second leg of an unprecedented Winter Olympics double, taking the gold medal in snowboarding's parallel giant slalom to pair with her surprise skiing victory in the Alpine super-G a week earlier.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Czech snow star Ester Ledecka won the second leg of an unheard-of Olympic double, taking the gold medal in snowboarding's parallel giant slalom to go with her surprise skiing victory in the Alpine super-G a week earlier. Norway's third-place finish in the new Alpine skiing team event gave the country a record 38 medals at a single Winter Olympics. And the U.S. beat Sweden 10-7 for a decisive upset in the men's gold medal curling game.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Now it is clear exactly how much it hurts Marcel Hirscher not to have an OIympic title in slalom.

After a stunning early exit in his best event, the 28-year-old Austrian star was ready to publicly rewrite his career plans.

"I need a gold medal in slalom," Hirscher told reporters Thursday, minutes after failing to get halfway down a first-run course set by his own coach.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — For about 20 minutes during the Olympic giant slalom, Ryan Cochran-Siegle was in the leader's box, soaking up the spotlight. By the end of the race Sunday, he had slipped into a tie for 11th.

That's just about par on the icy course for the U.S. men's Alpine skiing team at these Winter Games.

The squad wasn't really expected to do all that well — and it hasn't.

NEW YORK (AP) — Highlights from media coverage of the Pyeongchang Olympics:

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Happy New Year! South Korea is celebrating its biggest holiday Friday with fireworks, cultural events and more curling. There will be lots of other Olympic feats of greatness. Here's what to look for (all times Eastern):

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):

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American Mikaela Shiffrin finally made her Pyeongchang Olympic debut on Day 6 of the Winter Games, speeding to gold in the women's giant slalom after several days of weather delays.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — After several weather delays, Mikaela Shiffrin finally made her Pyeongchang Olympic debut, speeding to gold in the women's giant slalom. Aksel Lund Svindal won the men's downhill, making the 35-year-old Norwegian the oldest-ever Olympic gold medalist in Alpine skiing. And the German pairs figure skaters Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot won gold with a flawless free skate.

Here are some highlights of Day 6 from Associated Press photographers.

JEONGSEON, South Korea (AP) — Inadvertently, the Crown Prince of Norway picked a good day to head up the mountain to watch Alpine skiing.

The heir to the throne was in attendance Thursday when Norwegian teammates Aksel Lund Svindal and Kjetil Jansrud took gold and silver in the men's downhill — one of the marquee events at the Winter Olympics.

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — Sharp, gusting wind forced the temporary closure of the Olympic Park in Gangneung on Wednesday, the latest blow from wild weather that has affected the games for several days.

Sustained winds of 23 mph (37 kph) with stronger gusts howled through the Olympic Park near the coast, knocking over tents, signs and even small refrigerators. The conditions have repeatedly forced the postponement of events in the mountains to the west, notably Alpine skiing.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The start of Mikaela Shiffrin's bid for multiple medals at the 2018 Olympics was delayed yet again when the women's slalom was postponed from Wednesday to Friday because of strong winds.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):

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Chloe Kim's win in the women's halfpipe final was the early highlight before attention moved to Alpine skiing and Marcel Hirscher's victory in the men's combined. Tuesday finished with a rush of six gold medals.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Alpine skiing is fast and dangerous and offers must-see races at the Pyeongchang Olympics — when they finally get started at this year's wind-buffeted games.

The downhills — ski racing's equivalent to track and field's 100-meter dash — and American star Mikaela Shiffrin's slalom title defense are all scheduled in prime time for U.S. TV audiences.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin's pursuit of gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics will start on a different day than everyone expected — and in a different event, the slalom, which is her forte.

Of course, that's assuming they ever get around to doing any racing at all in Alpine skiing. Each of the first two contests were postponed because of dangerous winds that exceeded 25 mph (40 kph) and the forecast predicts more of the same on Tuesday and Wednesday.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's Alpine skiing coach says it's an "honor" to compete at the Pyeongchang Olympics, though he doesn't expect much from any of his three athletes.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The women's giant slalom featuring Mikaela Shiffrin has been rescheduled for Thursday, the same day as the men's downhill at the Pyeongchang Olympics.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — With the men's downhill postponed because of whipping wind Sunday, it'll be the women — and, notably, U.S. star Mikaela Shiffrin — who get their first chance in more than 30 years to open the Alpine skiing show at the Olympics.

JEONGSEON, South Korea (AP) — Folks who only tune in to Alpine skiing every four years, when the Olympics roll around, are probably familiar with past gold medalists such as Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin. Fans of the sport know all about World Cup overall champions Marcel Hirscher and Aksel Lund Svindal.

There are several Maine athletes participating in the Winter Olympics, but only one carried a nation's flag into the opening ceremonies.

Dinos Lefkaritis, who carried the flag for Cyprus on Friday, is a junior at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.

The Sun Journal reports that he's an engineering and economics major and the 12th Bates College Olympian.