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Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Meillard beats Odermatt for second straight giant slalom win
(L-R) Norway's second placed Henrik Kristoffersen, Switzerland's winner Marco Odermatt and Switzerland's third placed Loic Meillard celebrate on the podium after the Giant Slalom ski racing discipline for the 2024/2025 FIS Alpine season. Christopher Levy/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa Loic Meillard kept his strong form upstaged Marco Odermatt in a Swiss one-two in the final giant slalom of the World Cup season on Wednesday. Maillard held on to a first run lead to beat team mate Odermatt by a massive .95 of a second for a second straight giant slalom success, a third season win and a seventh overall. Odermatt rose from fifth the second and Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen completed the podium in third, 1.14 seconds off the pace. Advertisement Odermatt had already clinched the discipline title before Wednesday's finale, on the podium in all seven races he completed after going out in the first two, for three victories and runner-up spots each, and one third place. He ended the season with eight victories, and heads into the off-season with the same four titles as last year, overall, downhill, super-g and giant slalom. He has four overall and giant slalom titles in his career, three in the super-g and two in the downhill. "I am very happy with a another podium. Loic is in amazing shape, he deserves it and I am super happy, too. This is nice after a slow season start. I was able to keep my level," said Odermatt, who also won the super-g world title last month. "Every globe is super hard to win. The others are pushing me." Advertisement The alpine season concludes on Thursday with slalom races for men and women, and both titles are still up for grabs. Slalom and team combined world champion Meillard can complete a Swiss sweep of all men's titles if he makes up a 47-point deficit on Kristoffersen. "It will be a battle," he told Eurosport, while Kristoffersen said: "It will be painful for the mind."
Euronews
07-03-2025
- Euronews
Ex-Olympic snowboarder accused of running deadly drug ring added to FBI's most wanted list
US authorities have issued a $10 million (€9.2m) reward for information leading to the arrest of Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding. ADVERTISEMENT A Canadian former Olympic snowboarder accused of running a global drug trafficking ring and orchestrating multiple murders has been added to the FBI's most wanted list. The US State Department is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of 43-year-old Ryan Wedding in an operation dubbed "Giant Slalom", the FBI announced on Thursday. Wedding — also known as "El Jefe", "Giant" and "Public Enemy" — is wanted for his role in a billion-dollar operation that trafficked Colombian cocaine from Mexico to the US and Canada, and for four murders linked to the sprawling drug network, US authorities said. The FBI says Wedding may be living in Mexico, and that he should be considered armed and dangerous. "Wedding went from shredding powder on the slopes at the Olympics to distributing powder cocaine on the streets of US cities and in his native Canada," said Akil Davis, the assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles field office. "The alleged murders of his competitors make Wedding a very dangerous man." Wedding was charged by the US Department of Justice last June with murder and drug crimes. Those charges were augmented in September in an indictment that alleged Wedding and others arranged the shipment of some 60 tonnes of cocaine a year using long-haul semi trucks to move the drugs between Colombia, Mexico, Southern California and Canada. In October, the FBI said a dozen people had been arrested in connection with the case. US authorities allege that the criminal network killed two members of a family in Canada in retaliation for a stolen drug shipment in a case of mistaken identity, as well as murdering two other people, according to officials and federal court filings. "Wedding — a former Olympian — led a transnational criminal organization that murdered innocent people and put thousands of kilograms of narcotics on our streets," said Acting US Attorney Joseph T. McNally. "The reward offered today will help bring this defendant to justice in the United States." Wedding represented Canada in the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002, where he finished 24th in the parallel giant slalom event.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Yahoo
Ex-Olympian wanted by FBI on drug ring charges
Former Olympic snowboarder and Canadian national Ryan Wedding, 43, has been placed on the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives list for allegedly running a violent transnational drug trafficking network. Wedding is wanted for allegedly shipping hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and southern California, to Canada and US locations, and for orchestrating multiple murders and an attempted murder to further these drug crimes. The US is offering a reward of up to $10m (£7.7m) for information leading to Wedding's arrest or conviction. Investigators believe he is living in Mexico, but have not ruled out his presence in the US, Canada, other Latin American countries or elsewhere. It was not clear if he has a lawyer. Wedding competed in Giant Slalom snowboarding for Canada during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. His aliases include "El Jefe," "Giant," "Public Enemy," "James Conrad King," and "Jesse King," the FBI said. In June 2024, Wedding and his accomplice Andrew Clark, 34, also Canadian, were charged in California with running a continuing criminal enterprise, committing murder in connection with the enterprise and assorted drug crimes, and conspiring to possess, distribute, and export cocaine. Clark was arrested last October by Mexican authorities and was among 29 fugitives extradited to the US from Mexico last week. The US indictment alleges that Wedding and Clark directed the 20 November 2023 murders of two family members in Ontario, Canada, in retaliation for a stolen drug shipment that passed through southern California. Another family member survived the shooting but was left with serious physical injuries, the FBI said. Wedding and Clark allegedly also ordered the murder of another victim on 18 May 2024 over a drug debt, according to the FBI. "The alleged murders of his competitors make Wedding a very dangerous man, and his addition to the list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, coupled with a major reward offer by the State Department, will make the public our partner so that we can catch up with him before he puts anyone else in danger," Akil Davis, the assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, said in a press release on Thursday. Ex-Olympic snowboarder accused of running killer drug cartel Notorious Mexican drug lord among 29 extradited to US
BBC News
07-03-2025
- BBC News
Ex-Olympian wanted by FBI for allegedly running deadly drug ring
Former Olympic snowboarder and Canadian national Ryan Wedding, 43, has been placed on the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives list for allegedly running a violent transnational drug trafficking is wanted for allegedly shipping hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and southern California, to Canada and US locations, and for orchestrating multiple murders and an attempted murder to further these drug US is offering a reward of up to $10m (£7.7m) for information leading to Wedding's arrest or conviction. Investigators believe he is living in Mexico, but have not ruled out his presence in the US, Canada, other Latin American countries or elsewhere. It was not clear if he has a competed in Giant Slalom snowboarding for Canada during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. His aliases include "El Jefe," "Giant," "Public Enemy," "James Conrad King," and "Jesse King," the FBI June 2024, Wedding and his accomplice Andrew Clark, 34, also Canadian, were charged in California with running a continuing criminal enterprise, committing murder in connection with the enterprise and assorted drug crimes, and conspiring to possess, distribute, and export was arrested last October by Mexican authorities and was among 29 fugitives extradited to the US from Mexico last US indictment alleges that Wedding and Clark directed the 20 November 2023 murders of two family members in Ontario, Canada, in retaliation for a stolen drug shipment that passed through southern California. Another family member survived the shooting but was left with serious physical injuries, the FBI and Clark allegedly also ordered the murder of another victim on 18 May 2024 over a drug debt, according to the FBI."The alleged murders of his competitors make Wedding a very dangerous man, and his addition to the list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, coupled with a major reward offer by the State Department, will make the public our partner so that we can catch up with him before he puts anyone else in danger," Akil Davis, the assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, said in a press release on Thursday.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Yahoo
Former Olympian Ryan Wedding Added to FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List
The FBI announced Thursday that a former Olympic snowboarder has been added to their Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to his capture. Ryan Wedding, 43, is a Canadian national who once competed at the Giant Slalom snowboarding competition during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is wanted for allegedly running a drug trafficking ring that exported significant amounts of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other areas in the U.S. Wedding has also been accused of facilitating several murders in furtherance of his alleged drug operation. 'Wedding went from shredding powder on the slopes at the Olympics to distributing powder cocaine on the streets of U.S. cities and in his native Canada,' Akil Davis, the Assistant Director of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, said in a press conference Thursday. 'The alleged murders of his competitors make Wedding a very dangerous man, and his addition to the list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, coupled with a major reward offer by the State Department, will make the public our partner so that we can catch up with him before he puts anyone else in danger,' he continued. In a press release, the FBI disclosed that investigators believe Wedding may be residing in Mexico, but have also listed the U.S., Canada, Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Rica as other likely places. They added that his aliases include 'El Jefe,' 'Giant,' 'Public Enemy,' 'James Conrad King,' and 'Jesse King.' The $10 million reward was also authorized by Secretary of State Marco Rubio under the Narcotics Rewards Program, an initiative to assist law enforcement with drug busting operations. Wedding's alleged right-hand man, Canadian national Andrew Clark, 34, was arrested last October by Mexican authorities, according to the FBI, and is part of the 29 fugitives Attorney General Pam Bondi announced arrived back to the U.S. from Mexico last week to face their respective charges. If convicted, Wedding faces a mandatory minimum penalty of life in federal prison for his 'continuing criminal enterprise charge' the FBI writes. Murder and drug trafficking charges could subsequently add 20 or 10 to 15 years in prison respectively.
