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Alpine Skiers Cautiously Look Ahead to Beijing 2022 02/23/21 (ATR) Cortina d’Ampezzo passed the International Ski Federation flag to Courchevel Méribel as the next host of the Alpine World Ski Championships for 2023. Mikaela Shiffrin talks to media in Cortina after winning her fourth medal in slalom on Sunday. (ATR) As the two-week flagship event concluded on Sunday in the 1956 Olympic resort. some ski racers started to discuss and look forward, cautiously, to the sport’s next major ch...

“I needed to go full, full, full, even if I will go out,” Ando told Ski Racing Media in the Cortina finish area. The 24-year-old Japanese racer clocked 50.45 seconds, on the future 2026 Olympic slalom hill, nabbing seventh place, out of the 24th start position. “I didn’t expect that – I was really surprised and I’m really, really happy,” Ando said about her run. Ando pumped her fists and punched the air emphatically, an outpouring of emotion confirming her satisfaction with the r...

The 24-year-old achieved a best-ever result for a Japanese woman at the worlds, beating Emiko Okazaki's 13th-place runs at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics.