17 hours ago · Austria’s Raphael Haaser, center, winner of a gold medal in a men’s giant slalom, celebrates on the podium with silver medalist Switzerland’s Thomas Tumler, left, and bronze medalist Switzerland’s Loic Meillard, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

1 day ago · Italy’s Federica Brignone, center, gold medal in a women’s giant slalom, celebrates on the podium with silver medalist New Zealand’s Alice Robinson, left, and bronze medalist United States’ Paula Moltzan, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

13 hours ago · Austrian Raphael Haaser went from fifth place to win the World Alpine Skiing Championships giant slalom, the first top-level victory of his career. Haaser, 27, prevailed by 23 hundredths of a second over Swiss Thomas Tumler combining times from two runs in Saalbach, Austria, on Friday. The Swiss ...

Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up …

1 day ago · Brignone, 34, broke her own records as the oldest woman to win an individual Alpine skiing world medal and gold medal, taking the giant slalom on Thursday in Saalbach, Austria. She prevailed by nine tenths of a second over Alice Robinson, who became the first Alpine skier from New Zealand to make a world podium.

Jan 12, 2025 · The 27-year-old Odermatt extended his leads in the giant slalom and overall World Cup standings in search of a fourth straight crystal trophy in both. He also leads the downhill and super-G standings ahead of races at nearby Wengen next weekend.

The giant slalom is the most important discipline,” Quario said and added, jokingly: “For me, today, she can quit.” Her daughter, though, has other plans than retiring.

17 hours ago · Norway's Timon Haugan held the first run lead in the world championship giant slalom on Friday, but Swiss title holder and top favourite Marco Odermatt was within striking distance in third.

19 hours ago · SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Austrian skier Raphael Haaser ended the Swiss dominance in the men’s events at the Alpine world championships by winning the giant slalom on Friday. Haaser ...

13 hours ago · SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria -- Raphael Haaser won the men's giant slalom Friday for his second medal at the Alpine skiing world championships. The Austrian skier beat silver medalist Thomas ...