In its simplest terms, alpine skiing is the type of skiing you'd probably describe if you were to try to tell a Martian about the sport. Technically, alpine skiing is just skiing downhill with your ...

Mikaela Shiffrin's road to the Milan Cortina Olympics begins this weekend as the Alpine skiing World Cup starts with races in Sölden, Austria, live on Peacock. Shiffrin headlines the women's giant ...

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Methods Injury cases All head/face injuries reported through the FIS ISS from WC and OWG alpine, freestyle and snowboard competitions during the period 2006–2016 were identified for video analysis. 1 ...

Background Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death for skiers and snowboarders. Fatal head injuries have also occurred at the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup (WC) level. We ...

This year’s FIS World Cup season has already been full of surprises: Lindsey Vonn announced in a video that she will delay her retirement after an injury forced her to miss her favorite stop, Canada’s ...

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