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Otago Daily Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Go behind the scenes with champion racer
Queenstown ski racer Alice Robinson, and one of her coaches, Tim Cafe, are the main attractions at a QAST fundraiser next month. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Queenstowners will have a rare chance to hear from champion ski racer Alice Robinson, and one of her home-grown coaches, at a special fundraising event next month. Robinson, 23, and Tim Cafe will be the guest speakers at Arthurs Point's Cargo Brew Hall for 'A Night Behind the Scenes: Chasing World Cup and Olympic Glory' on August 14, from 6pm. The in-depth conversation will give some insights into what it takes to compete, and succeed, at the pinnacle of world sport, with Robinson and Cafe sharing their journey to international podium success. QAST programme director Celine Arnold says the event will take a "deep dive" into Robinson's recent remarkable northern hemisphere world season, in which she won New Zealand's first-ever FIS Alpine World Championship medal, bringing home a silver in giant slalom, and finishing second overall in the world champs and World Cup standings. "It all started for Alice with QAST, and we're very proud of what she has gone on to achieve," Arnold says. Cafe, who's also a former QAST athlete, has also had a successful ski career, culminating in his selection for the 2010 Winter Olympics. "He will outline his role from a coaching perspective, and discuss the planning, training, setbacks, challenges and triumphs involved in chasing World Cup podiums, world championship medals and Olympic dreams. "It's an opportunity for the whole community to celebrate such an acclaimed local sporting duo and at the same time meet some of Queenstown's up-and-coming ski talent and help support the next generation of champions as they pursue their world stage ambitions," Arnold says. Tickets, via cost $165 per person, which includes food and drink, with a fundraising auction also planned. All proceeds will go to QAST to support its programme and athletes.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Robinson crashes out of World Cup giant slalom, Brignone eyes season title
Alice Robinson's bid for an historic alpine World Cup giant slalom crown took a massive hit Tuesday as she crashed out of the first leg at the World Cup finals, opening the door to rival Federica Brignone. Robinson came into the final race of the season with a 20-point lead over Brignone and a chance to become the first New Zealander to win a World Cup crystal globe. But after surviving an early wobble early on the first run she lost her balance on a deep turn on the bottom of the course and couldn't recover -- one of six skiers among the 28 who started that failed to finish the first leg. That left Brignone, second-fastest in the first leg at 45-hundredths of a second behind Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami, poised to strike to add the giant slalom season title to the World Cup overall and downhill titles she secured on Saturday. The 34-year-old Italian needed to finish 13th or better to seize the giant slalom season crown. Brignone, skiing first, stormed through the upper reaches of the course before finding trouble on the lower section and having to fight to finish the run. Sweden's Olympic champion Sara Hector was third after the first leg, 68-hundredths of a second back. rg/bb/dj
Washington Post
16-02-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Snow samba Pinheiro Braathen says 'let's just keep dancing' after debut for Brazil at skiing worlds
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Alice Robinson earned New Zealand's first medal. Dave Ryding posted Britain's best result in recent memory at age 38. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen put Brazilian skiing on the map simply by showing up. Add in the bronze-medal performance in downhill last weekend for multitalented Czech athlete Ester Ledecka , and it was a breakout Alpine world championships for non-traditional skiing nations.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Kiwi Robinson happy to punch above her weight with world silver
Alice Robinson expressed her pride at ensuring New Zealand again punched above its weight after she bagged a world silver medal in the women's giant slalom in Saalbach on Thursday. Robinson came down second fastest after Italian winner Federica Brignone, with American Paula Moltzan claiming bronze, to make good on a couple of disappointing seasons. The New Zealander became her country's youngest-ever Winter Olympian when, at the age of 16 years and 70 days, she took part in the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, finishing 35th in the giant slalom. Robinson was then one of the breakout stars of the World Cup in 2019-20 season, winning the opening giant slalom of the campaign in Soelden, Austria, at the age of 17, and backing it up with another victory four months later in the Slovenian resort of Kranjska Gora. Then followed a barren patch. Currently in her eighth year on the circuit, the now 23-year-old is seemingly ready to cash in on her obvious talent. After five podium places in the giant slalom last season, Robinson has already notched up four more this year and touched down in Saalbach on the back of victory in Kronplatz -- her first since March 2021. Her previous best result at a world championships was fourth in the giant slalom in Cortina in 2021. "It's so cool, I feel like I've been in such good form, felt so good on my skis all year," said the Sydney-born skier whose family are based in New Zealand's South Island resort town of Queenstown. "It's super cool to get another medal and it's really awesome to medal in a sport like alpine ski racing to bring a country like New Zealand to the medal table. "It's just pretty surreal but it's just really exciting, I don't really know what more to say." - Maiden Kiwi medal - Her silver was a first ever by a New Zealand skier at a World Ski Championships. "I didn't even know until this morning that we hadn't had a world championship medal until today!" said Robinson, one of the rare racers outside North America and the European powerhouses to be properly competitive. "New Zealand, it's a small country in the middle of nowhere, but we punch well above our weight in terms of sports so it's cool that winter sports are starting to become like that as well. "It's like in the summer Olympics, we do so well for the small country we are and I mean in winter it's just getting better and better." Looking back on her career, Robinson said the journey had been "insane". "I was someone who had so much raw talent and I won a race when I was 17, I was really good in certain conditions," she said. "I had a lot of raw speed, but I didn't fall into ski racing by accident, I came to Europe for the first time when I was 16 and then won a race a year later. "I just had no idea what I was doing, but I had this natural talent and I really struggled actually after winning so young and if things didn't go the way I wanted, it was hard to understand. "I struggled for a couple of years with no podiums and really didn't know what to do and I feel like this last season and this season I've been just finally breaking through and understanding the sport more and knowing what it means to be an all-rounder." Robinson added: "It's been such a journey, I've learnt so much and it's cool to be here today, win the silver medal at the world championships and hopefully there's a lot more years ahead of me." lp/dmc
