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Stage 14 in Semmering (AUT) Women´s Giant Slalom: 1. Julia Scheib 1:56.46 2. Camille Rast 1:56.60 3. Sara Hector 1:56.86 Full Final Results HERE

Stage 13 in Livigno (ITA) Men´s Super-G: 1. Marco Schwarz 1:10.33 2. Alexis Monney 1:10.53 3. Franjo Von Allmen 1:10.58 Full Final Results HERE

I won't write about injuries (Fede) and non-sporting matters (Colturi), but the fact is that Italy has its worst start to the season in alpine skiing in over 10 years... Just one victory, and podiums- if any, they're mostly 3 places. We're also not leading in any of the season standings, no in the women's or men's categories. This isn't be it should be in an Olympic year in your country, where you're having your worst season in many years.

Plaisier blew 3 match darts and Ratajski comes back to win!

should now be qualified in alpine skiing.

Yes, she was unlucky, but it could just as easily have happened during some training, like with Gut, etc. Brignone has been essentially injury-free throughout her long career, which is very rare in this sport. It's unfortunate that this happened after her best season ever and just 1 year before the Olympic Games in home, when she just missing of win the Olympic gold medal in her great career. With the gold in Cortina, she would have become a legend of Italian skiing, on par with Tomba. Now she's still the best Italian woman in history, but the miss of Olympic gold will likely haunt her for the rest of her life.

It sad to see this season, as I remember, that Fede last year was winning everywhere, when she competed and finished and now we haven't even managed a single podium in the giant slalom, and it'll probably stay that way until the end of the season. Without Fede and Bassino, unfortunately, we're out of good cards in this event. For me Goggia should probably skip the giant slalom at all, becouse she has no chance of a podium and she risks further injuries. If even Goggia finish 8th or 10th? What difference does it make? If she couldn't get a podium finish today with so many DNFs at the top skiers, she probably never do. Della Mea is OK this year, but let's be honest, she's not World Cup podium material. Overall, it's a sad picture, and we have a 0% chance of anything in Cortina unless a miracle happens in Brignone return. We have two chances for Goggia in DH and SG + maybe a dark horse in Pirovano/Curtoni in SG. That's all. In technical events, we have a 0% chance for medal and that's sad. Our federation also lost Colturi in this situation... In any normal country, the head of such a federation should be dismissed for disciplinary reasons and this case should be investigated by the minister, or even the prime minister, but not in Italy...

Mikaela Shiffrin off the podium today (Edit: Oops...I thought this was slalom, not Giant Slalom.). Nina Astner entered the 2nd run in 30th place, but had the best second run, jumping up 18 places to 12th.

Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel with a 5th place PB in Semmering GS!

Today RDC will defeat Senegal and Tunisia 0-0 Nigeria

Saturday December 27th, 2025 Preliminary Round Day 2 Schedule Group A Central Standard Time (GMT -6) (CET 20:00) Slovakia vs Germany Period-by-Period: December 27th 2025, h. 13:00, Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul (CET 00:00 - 28.12.) United States vs Switzerland Period-by-Period: December 27th 2025, h. 17:00, Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul Group B Central Standard Time (GMT -6) (CET 22:30) Latvia vs Canada Period-by-Period: December 27th 2025, h. 15:30, 3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis (CET 02:30 - 28.12.) Denmark vs Czechia Period-by-Period: December 27th 2025, h. 19:30, 3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapoli

DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS Czechia 5 - 7 Canada Period-by-Period: 1-2, 2-1, 2-4 December 26th 2025, h. 19:30, 3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis

DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS Germany 3 - 6 United States Period-by-Period: 1-3, 2-3, 0-0 December 26th 2025, h. 17:00, Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul

DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS Denmark 2 - 6 Finland Period-by-Period: 1-3, 0-3, 1-0 December 26th 2025, h. 14:30, 3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis

DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS Sweden 3 - 2 Slovakia Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-1, 1-1 December 26th 2025, h. 12:00, Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul

Tough morning for W Giant Slalom...almost 30% of the field DNFed.

Point for me i reckon 16 year old D'Antonio is set to make her WC debut in tomorrows slalom, without having a single Europa Cup race.

Bakken was found with his altitude mask set at simulating 7000m (while being at around 2000 already)

In his interview he stated that after two years they still have no idea what causes his fall in form. His races are very steady, with no real drop-off in his times, but he just can’t find the speed.

Some names are quite surprising 😯😯

Friday December 26th, 2025 Preliminary Round Day 1 Results Group A Central Standard Time (GMT -6) Sweden 3 - 2 Slovakia Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-1, 1-1 December 26th 2025, h. 12:00, Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul Germany 3 - 6 United States Period-by-Period: 1-3, 2-3, 0-0 December 26th 2025, h. 17:00, Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul Group A Provisional Standing After Day 1 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. United States 1 1(0) 0(0) 6 3 +3 3 Sweden 1 1(0) 0(0) 3 2 +1 3 Switzerland 0 0(0) 0(0) 0 0 0 0 Slovakia 1 0(0) 1(0) 2 3 -1 0 Germany 1 0(0) 1(0) 3 6 -3 0 Group B Central Standard Time (GMT -6) Denmark 2 - 6 Finland Period-by-Period: 1-3, 0-3, 1-0 December 26th 2025, h. 14:30, 3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Czechia 5 - 7 Canada Period-by-Period: 1-2, 2-1, 2-4 December 26th 2025, h. 19:30, 3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis a Group B Provisional Standing After Day 1 a Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Finland 1 1(0) 0(0) 6 2 +4 3 Canada 1 1(0) 0(0) 7 5 +2 3 Latvia 0 0(0) 0(0) 0 0 0 0 Czechia 1 0(0) 1(0) 5 7 -2 0 Denmark 1 0(0) 1(0) 2 6 -4 0

Well, that's the thing about a dangerous sport like Alpine Skiing. As soon as you start thinking that some races are too risky to do, you might as well give up altogether.

The groups have been announced for the 2026 Flag Football World Championship which is due to be held in Dusseldorf from 13-16 August. The women are the current European Champions and will be up against , and . The match against Austria will be interesting as it is a repeat of the 2025 European final. For the men, they are in group with , and .

Good job Mali

Not this year unfortunately, I’m sick with the flu