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14-02-2025
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Raphael Haaser stuns to win Alpine worlds giant slalom, ends Swiss men's bid for gold sweep
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 finished second, third (Loic Meillard) and fourth (defending world champion Marco Odermatt). Haaser ended the Swiss bid to sweep the men's golds at worlds after they won the first three events. There is still a slalom on Sunday. ALPINE SKIING WORLDS: Results | Broadcast Schedule Haaser was fifth place after the first run, 62 hundredths behind leader Timon Haugan of Norway. Haaser had the fourth-fastest second run, while none of the top four men from the first run finished in the 19 of the second run. Haaser, who has yet to win on the World Cup circuit, now has a world championships medal of every color (super-G silver last Friday, plus a combined bronze in 2023). River Radamus was the top American on Friday in 17th. Worlds continue Saturday with the women's slalom featuring Mikaela Shiffrin, live at 3:45 and 7:15 a.m. ET on Peacock. Nick Zaccardi,
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11-02-2025
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Mikaela Shiffrin, Breezy Johnson win world championships team combined; Shiffrin ties medal record
Americans Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson won the first team combined race in World Alpine Skiing Championships history as Shiffrin earned a record-tying 15th career world medal. Johnson, who won the downhill world title last Saturday, had the fourth-fastest downhill run on Tuesday. Shiffrin was third-fastest in the slalom. They prevailed by 39 hundredths of a second over Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami and Wendy Holdener. Shiffrin tied the all-time record with her 15th career world championships medal. Shiffrin already held the modern-era record since worlds became a biennial event after World War II. In the 1930s, worlds were held annually. ALPINE SKIING WORLDS: Results | Broadcast Schedule Shiffrin raced for the second time since being sidelined for two months after tearing oblique muscles in a Nov. 30 giant slalom crash. The other U.S. pairs placed fourth (Lauren Macuga, Paula Moltzan), 10th (Jackie Wiles and Katie Hensien) and 16th (Lindsey Vonn and AJ Hurt) on Tuesday. Vonn placed 21st in the downhill run, 2.51 seconds behind Macuga, as she continues her comeback from a five-year retirement. Vonn plans to retire for good after the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, should she make the team next winter, which would make the team combined her final world championships race. Vonn will not race the last two individual events at worlds, Thursday's giant slalom and Saturday's slalom. The team combined is making its world championships debut this year and its Olympic debut next year, replacing the individual combined. Nations field up to four teams of one downhill skier and one slalom skier for one run each. Final standings are determined by combined times. The U.S. pairings for worlds were determined by what U.S. Ski and Snowboard called 'data-driven selection criteria,' including 'matching the top downhill skier with the top slalom skier based off of season-best results, then moving down the list of athletes to create four potential teams.' Worlds continue Wednesday with the men's team combined, live at 4 and 7:15 a.m. ET on Peacock. Nick Zaccardi,
NBC Sports
10-02-2025
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Mikaela Shiffrin world champs schedule update: in for team combined, out of giant slalom
Mikaela Shiffrin updated her race schedule for the World Alpine Skiing Championships this week, saying she will contest Tuesday's team combined (in addition to Saturday's slalom) and will miss Thursday's giant slalom. Shiffrin, working her way back from tearing oblique muscles in a Nov. 30 giant slalom crash, feels 'quite far away' from being able to race GS. 'I've poured all of my energy into getting my giant slalom in shape to be prepared to start World Champs GS in Saalbach on Thursday,' was posted on her social media. 'The long-story-short is…I'm not there. Right now, I feel quite far away. I'm currently working through some mental obstacles in order to return to the GS start with the intensity required for racing. 'Honestly, I really didn't anticipate experiencing so much of this kind of mental/PTSD struggle in GS from my injury in Killington. Like always, I tried diving into the challenge, hoping to get there by Worlds. I figured my passion and longing to compete would outweigh the mental barriers. Maybe that will be the case over time, but I'm not there yet. Coming to terms with how much fear I have doing an event that I loved so dearly only 2 months ago has been soul-crushing. ALPINE SKIING WORLDS: Results | Broadcast Schedule 'One of my teammates—who knows this experience well—said that the only thing you can do is keep trying. So that's what I will do.' Shiffrin originally hoped to race both Thursday's GS and Saturday's slalom at worlds. Under that plan, she would have missed Tuesday's team combined to prioritize GS training. 'Since we have now realized that the GS is not in the cards just yet, that re-opens up the opportunity for me to join my teammates in the Team Combined,' Shiffrin posted. In the combined, each nation can enter up to four teams of two skiers each — one for a downhill run and one for a slalom run — with the standings determined by the best combined time. The event is making its world championships debut this year and makes its Olympic debut next year, replacing the individual combined event. While the official start list has not been posted yet, Shiffrin said she will pair with newly crowned world downhill champion Breezy Johnson in the team combined. 'I'd feel lucky and grateful to partner with any of my incredible Speed teammates—and our coaches have now informed us that Breezy and I will paired together for the event,' she posted. 'After becoming World Champion in downhill Saturday, Breezy told me 'If you want to do the TC, I would be honored to pair with you. Not because of the medal, but because this sport is crazy fun, and it would be fun to bring it full circle after all these years.' What a wise woman. Breezy and I have been racing together since we were 11. We were at Whistler Cup and Topolino together. 'We've been roommates, competitors, friends. And she's right…it will be so so cool to bring this full circle. What a journey she has been on…she knows the mental challenges of this sport better than anyone. She has fought tooth and nail to get here, and now she is World Champion…her journey and grit and determination has inspired the heck out of me. I'm so honored to partner with her on our little Team Atomic (*USA) for my first start of Saalbach 2025.' Shiffrin is the most successful skier in modern world championships history — seven gold medals (tied for the most since World War II) and 14 total medals (most since World War II outright) in 17 individual race starts dating to 2013. 'It is really exciting to team up with someone who I have been racing with since I was a little kid,' Johnson posted on social media. Nick Zaccardi,
