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Glenwood Springs skier Cooper Cornelius navigates the U.S. Alpine Championship course on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at Aspen Highlands. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times) After missing all of last season due to injury, Cooper Cornelius is still rounding back into form. But the Glenwood Springs ski racer put down some of his best runs of the season Wednesday, finishing just off the podium in the men’s combined at the U.S. Alpine Championships at Aspen Highlands. “I feel great about today. It’...

Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times Aspen local Bridger Gile bounced back from a tough start at the U.S. Alpine Championships by finding his way onto the podium Tuesday in the men’s giant slalom at Aspen Highlands. The 21-year-old, who is a member of the U.S. B team, led after the first run on a day when conditions were again less than ideal. Warm, spring weather again wreaked havoc, this time with gusty, snow-drying winds added into the mix. “The course was pretty long … I’d say I’m prett...

Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times Vermont’s Ben Ritchie was among the few to navigate a tricky course in a warm beginning to the U.S. Alpine Championships on Monday, winning the men’s slalom at Aspen Highlands. The sunny, spring conditions forced race organizers to move up the start to 7:30 a.m. Only 23 racers officially finished, with 33 recording DNFs — did not finish — on the first run alone. Among those were notable names such as Vail’s River Radamus and Steamboat’s Jett Seymour. S...

Ritchie earns inaugural national title in Aspen Steven Kornreich - U.S. Ski Team Under the sunshine at Aspen Highlands, U.S. Alpine Ski Team athlete and 2021 World Junior Slalom Champion Ben Ritchie emerged victorious at the slalom kickoff of the U.S. Alpine Championships. Middlebury College’s Erik Arvidsson was second, and Garret Driller rounded out the podium in third.  Due to the forecasted warm weather, organizers made the decision to move the program up, with an early 7:30 a.m. first...

2021 World Junior Championships alpine team announced February 16, 2021 U.S. Ski & Snowboard has named eight athletes to the 2021 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships Team to represent the U.S. Alpine Ski Team in Bansko, Bulgaria, in six events, from March 3-10. The 2021 squad is derived from the U.S. B, C, D teams, and the U.S. Ski & Snowboard National Development Group, as well as top U.S. Ski & Snowboard club program athletes from across the nation. Headlining this year’s team are 2...

Slalom leader Schwarz gets win in snowy Schladming night race January 26, 2021 SCHLADMING, Austria – Right after finishing his second run and taking the lead in the race, Marco Schwarz held up one finger. There were still five more racers to come down at the World Cup night slalom on Tuesday, but the Austrian held on to his No. 1 position. Schwarz improved from sixth after the opening run to win by a big margin, 0.68 seconds ahead of Clément Noël. Another French skier, Alexis Pinturault, w...

Strasser ends 3-year German drought to win in Zagreb January 6, 2021 ZAGREB, Croatia – Right after becoming the first German skier in more than three years to win a men’s World Cup slalom, Linus Strasser looked up in the air and fought back tears. He knew the winning feeling from a previous victory in a city event, but not from a slalom. “I got a little bit emotional. I don’t really realize it,” Strasser said Wednesday after triumphing in the first men’s race of 2021. The previous G...

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