Overview
- Lindsey Vonn set the fastest time in the first St. Moritz downhill practice and says she added about 5.5 kg of muscle, calling this her best preparation and stressing a calculated, safety‑first approach.
- Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin crashed at over 110 km/h in the second training run, broke through the first safety net and was airlifted to hospital conscious, with the extent of injuries not yet known.
- Johanna Haelhen topped the second training times, with Ester Ledecka next and Italy’s Sofia Goggia and Laura Pirovano placing third and fourth as women’s speed events open this weekend in St. Moritz.
- Italy’s early‑season form features alpine snowboard dominance in China, highlighted by wins from Lucia Dalmasso and Mirko Felicetti and multiple podiums for Maurizio Bormolini.
- Dorothea Wierer won the Östersund biathlon opener, Alex Vinatzer earned a career‑best second in the Beaver Creek giant slalom, and pair Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii set Italian records at the Grand Prix Final.