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O’Brien takes home 8th national title as Ross takes final lap

Despite the fact that weather pushed the slalom portion of the U.S. Alpine Championship alpine combined to Wednesday, organizers were able to get off a successful super-G and U.S. Alpine Ski Team athlete Nina O’Brien walked away with the win, and her career-eighth national title on Tuesday. Fresh off her career-best FIS Ski World Cup […] The post O’Brien takes home 8th national title as Ross takes final lap appeared first on Ski Racing Media. [...]

Taylor: Points aren’t the only measure of success in the season of COVID

The ski racing community is now deep into what is certainly the strangest race season ever, overshadowed, of course, by the Covid-19 pandemic. The predominant emotion I have seen in my work with athletes and in conversations with many more racers on and off the hill is…frustration. For many racers, it feels like a lost […] The post Taylor: Points aren’t the only measure of success in the season of COVID appeared first on Ski Racing Media. [...]

Laurenne Ross: spirit of the world’s best speed team

One of the most fascinating dynamics in ski racing is the cohesion of a team in an individual sport. This week in Aspen, veteran speed skier Laurenne Ross will bid adieu to the daily grind of the white circus. She’ll take with her the friendships from a career with the U.S. Ski Team during a […] The post Laurenne Ross: spirit of the world’s best speed team appeared first on Ski Racing Media. [...]

Ross wins final downhill; Goldberg, Biesemeyer tie for Roch Cup

Day four of the 2021 U.S. Alpine Championships continued on Saturday with downhill day under the sunshine featuring perfect conditions at Aspen Highlands, Colo. While Colorado native and two-time Olympian Alice McKennis Duran took her final lap, U.S. Alpine Ski Team teammate Laurenne Ross won her final career downhill race. On the men’s side, World Cup […] The post Ross wins final downhill; Goldberg, Biesemeyer tie for Roch Cup appeared first on Ski Racing Media. [...]

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