New world champion Federica Brignone sent the home crowd wild by winning a women's alpine skiing World Cup giant slalom in Sestriere, Italy on Friday despite not training due to illness. US great ...

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World champion Federica Brignone defied poor health again to claim back-to-back giant slalom World Cup victories in her native Italy while American star Mikaela Shiffrin failed to qualify for the ...

Mikaela Shiffrin failed to qualify for a second run in a giant slalom event for the first time since 2012 while competing at a World Cup race in Sestriere, Italy on Saturday, since she finished ...

SESTRIERE, Italy -- Mikaela Shiffrin is not yet competitive in her tentative return to racing in giant slaloms. Federica Brignone is currently close to unbeatable. In just her second GS race Saturday ...

SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) — Sestriere has announced its candidacy for the 2029 Alpine skiing world championships in a bid to bring a major event back to the Italian slopes of the 2006 Turin Olympics.

Val Gardena will be Italy's candidate to host the Alpine World Ski Championships ©Getty Images Val Gardena and Sestriere were the only localities seeking the Italian nomination to stage the ...

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