Ted Ligety

Two-time Olympic champion Ted Ligety says he will retire from World Cup ski racing after the world championships.

Marcel Hirscher has turned his domination in the giant slalom into a second gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The 28-year-old Austrian star extended his first-run lead to win by a huge margin of 1.27 seconds over hard-charging Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway. Kristoffersen rose from 10th-fastest in the morning with the quickest time in the second run. Alexis Pinturault of...

After much discussion of Ted Ligety being a medal contender in the giant slalom, the veteran alpine skier falls short. The two-time gold medalist was hoping to stage a comeback after a serious injury in 2016.

Switzerland knocked off top-seeded Austria in the gold-medal race of the Olympic debut of the Alpine team event on Saturday. Norway edged France during the bronze-medal match as the Alpine ski program came to a close at the Pyeongchang Games.

Marcel Hirscher won the men’s combined on Tuesday, finally getting his Olympic gold medal. The 28-year-old Austrian, one of skiing’s greatest racers, used his silky skills in the slalom leg of the event to rise from 12th place after the opening run of the downhill. Hirscher, a six-time overall World Cup champion, skied through a fierce cross wind to post...

Two-time gold medalist Ted Ligety finished with a time of 1:10:71 in his first run in the men’s giant slalom on Sunday. The second giant slalom run is set for later Sunday in Pyeongchang.

Matthias Mayer of Austria has won the Olympic men’s super-G, breaking Norway’s 16-year grip on the title. Mayer won the speed race by 0.13 seconds ahead of Beat Feuz of Switzerland, who added the silver medal to his bronze from downhill on Thursday.

The world’s best skiers can accumulate up to a dozen passport stamps as they travel throughout North America and Europe during the World Cup season. But for the dozens of unfunded U.S. athletes below the “A” team level, travel costs of up to $35,000 per season can be prohibitive. To ease the financial burden, a group of entrepreneurial U.S. skiers...