Skiing

7/24/2024 |  IOC approves French Alps bid backed by President Macron to host the 2030 Winter Olympics (Associated Press (AP)) PARIS (AP) — The French Alps was named as the 2030 Winter Games host by the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, though with conditions attached and signoff required from whoever is the next Prime Minister of France.
French President Emmanuel Macron helped present the bid to IOC members and gave assurances that the national government being formed in office after the 2024 Summer Games in Paris will underwrite all the organizational guarantees that must still be signed. 

7/1/2024 |  Leki USA Taps Ascension Sales for Mountain West (SGB UPDATE) Leki, the manufacturer of skiing, trekking and trail running poles, hired Ascension Sales to cover the trekking and outdoor retail territory in the Rockies and several states in the Midwest.
Ascension Sales represents brands focusing on technical hard goods in the outdoor, climbing, skiing, running, and hunt/fish markets in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota.

6/7/2024 |  Freeride Skiing and Snowboarding Recognized as an Official Discipline by FIS (SGB UPDATE) The International Ski & Snowboard Federation (FIS) has recognized Freeride Skiing and Snowboarding as an official discipline. The decision was made during the FIS General Assembly held in Reykjavik, Iceland, where FIS and National Ski Association members voted on June 5, 2024.

5/13/2024 |  American downhiller Johnson banned 14 months for whereabouts failures (Reuters Sports) May 13 (Reuters) - Olympic alpine skiing downhiller Breezy Johnson was hit with a 14-month ban by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Monday for committing three whereabouts failures over a 12-month span.
One of the top U.S. downhillers, Johnson has collected seven podium finishes in Alpine World Cup races, including three runner-up results in 2021. She was seventh in the downhill at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

3/21/2024 |  Downhill training canceled at World Cup finals to protect slope before speed races (Associated Press (AP)) SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — The men’s and women’s downhill trainings at the World Cup finals were canceled on Thursday.
The sessions on Wednesday went ahead as scheduled but it was decided to cancel Thursday’s trainings in order to protect the slope before the speed races, with elevated temperatures and more rain predicted.