Kriechmayr wins last downhill of men’s World Cup season
March 15, 2023 GMTSOLDEU, Andorra (AP) — It’s been the script all season long in men’s World Cup downhills: If Aleksander Aamodt Kilde doesn’t win, then Vincent Kriechmayr will.
Kriechmayr took advantage of Kilde being slightly off his game at the World Cup Finals on Wednesday to take his fourth race win of the season.
World Cup downhill in Aspen halted due to low visibility
March 3, 2023 GMTASPEN, Colo. (AP) — A downhill race in Aspen, Colorado, was canceled Friday after 24 racers due to the deteriorating weather conditions and with Adrian Smiseth Sejersted of Norway in line for his first World Cup win.
Austrian ski team aims to rediscover its magic at worlds
February 2, 2023 GMTVIENNA (AP) — Only one skier in the 24-member Austrian squad for the upcoming world championships has won on the Word Cup circuit this season.
A star coach left the women’s team mid-January.
And “crisis” has become a common word on the ski-mad nation’s sport pages.
Austrian skier Kriechmayr wins downhill race in Kitzbuehel
January 20, 2023 GMTKITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) — Vincent Kriechmayr won Austria's most storied World Cup race Friday to give the ski-mad nation a reason to celebrate in its otherwise disappointing season so far.
Kriechmayr won the first of two downhills on the classic Streif course and remained the only Austrian skier, male or female, to win a World Cup event this campaign.
‘Always one step ahead’: Swiss skier Odermatt wins again
December 29, 2022 GMTBORMIO, Italy (AP) — Make it five wins in 12 starts for Marco Odermatt this season.
The Swiss skier maintained his dazzling form in the last World Cup race of 2022 by dominating a super-G on one of the tour’s toughest courses.
Austrian skier Kriechmayr excels on Stelvio to beat Kilde
December 28, 2022 GMTBORMIO, Italy (AP) — Vincent Kriechmayr made a two-minute run on one of the world’s most demanding downhill courses look easy on Wednesday.
The world champion from Austria skied the icy and bumpy 2,268-kilometer Stelvio to perfection to win the last men’s World Cup downhill of 2022.
Val Gardena men’s super-G canceled due to fog and rain
December 16, 2022 GMTSELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) — A men’s World Cup super-G slated for Friday in Val Gardena was canceled due to a mixture of fog, rain and warm temperatures.
The start of the race was initially postponed while workers cleared eight inches (20 centimeters) of overnight snowfall off the Saslong course.
Kriechmayr edges Odermatt in shortened Val Gardena downhill
December 15, 2022 GMTSELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) — A double world champion two seasons ago. The winner in Wengen last winter. Vincent Kriechmayr has added victory in the classic Val Gardena downhill to his growing list of career accomplishments.