Valentina Greggio has once again rewritten the record books, setting a new women's speed skiing world record of 248.270 km/h, surpassing her own long-standing mark of 247.083 km/h from 2016.
Pogacar made his decisive move just as he had done two years ago on the Monte Sante Marie gravel section. His UAE Team Emirates colleagues had put the hammer down heading into that section and once Pogacar attacked on a tough climb, he quickly distanced everyone else. Seixas was the rider who resisted the longest even briefly dragging back Pogacar before the world champion accelerated again and disappeared over the horizon for good.
It's much more fun to be able to do that after school with your friends than alone in a clinic. Peterson said this about skiing becoming her physical therapy when she began experiencing dystonia symptoms at age thirteen, highlighting how the sport provided both therapeutic benefit and social engagement compared to traditional clinical rehabilitation approaches.
South Korea doesn't immediately come to mind when you picture world-class singletrack, but with South Korea being mostly mountains, it makes sense that there would be plenty of mountain biking to uncover. When Giant Bicycles athlete Sascha Kim touched down in Seoul, he found himself connecting with a mountain bike scene bursting with life, a tight-knit community, and some seriously great trails.
In an exclusive interview released by the Olympics, Italian alpine skier and two-time medalist Sofia Goggia shared that quieting the mind is an essential part of her approach to training as well as life. "Meditation is a moment of centering, being here and now, and observing thoughts as they pass through my mind without any judgement," she explains in her native Italian."I think meditation gives you...an inner sense of balance."
I call myself an artist-athlete, because both are really important in how I live my life, though I do put "artist" first in that configuration on purpose! I've been an artist for as long as I can remember, whereas athletics came a little later, and art is a little more reliable in the sense that even when I'm injured, I can focus on my artwork.
A high-energy NST Dream Ticket qualifier went down this weekend in the hills above Queenstown, with five riders earning the final Dream Ticket invitations into the 27-rider roster for Natural Selection Bike 2026. In total, five riders-four international competitors and one New Zealand local-punched their tickets in front of a packed crowd, closing the door on last-chance qualification and setting the final puzzle pieces for competition on Mt. Dewar.
Sam Hill is a name that almost anyone my age would recognize. The 8-time World Downhill MTB champion and flat pedal enthusiast is an icon in the sport of mountain biking, and has ridden for some of the most legendary brands in the industry. From Specialized Bicycles to the late Iron Horse and the now revamped Nukeproof, Hill has always been a topic of conversation.
The first ever FIS Freeride World Championships went off yesterday, squeezing almost all of the competitors into a tight weather window on the Basser Negre face at Ordino Arcalis in Andorra. More than a couple of feet of new snow led to a significant weather delay at the start of the event, and hid many of the smaller rocks throughout the steep, technical face, which would plague competitors for most of the event.
Jonas Vingegaard crashed during training on Monday. Fortunately, he is OK and did not sustain any serious injuries, read a team statement. In general, as a team we would like to urge fans on bikes to always put safety first. For both your own and others' wellbeing, please allow riders to train and give them as much space and peace as possible.
Whether she is walking a fashion runway, amping herself up at the top of a mountain or digging into one of those physics lessons she takes for fun, Olympic champion Eileen Gu can probably boil down her main goals to these: Do her best. And bring as many people along for the ride as possible.
BackcountryFor most skiers, "all-inclusive" means a lift ticket and a buffet. Forrest Schmidt means something very different: a hot titanium stove in a tipi, filet mignon next to a steaming hot spring, and ancient araucaria trees holding cold smoke over a perfectly set skintrack. Schmidt, a 44-year-old "East Coast kid" from rural New York, runs APEX Andes (Andes Puro Exploraciones) out of Malalcahuello in Chile's Araucanía region. His guide service is small by design with
The win was an emotional one for Rast, who competed wearing a black armband in remembrance of the victims of the recent fire in Crans-Montana. The Swiss skier hails from Vétroz, just 20 miles from the resort, and dedicated her victory to the victims and families, stating in her post-race interview that she hoped her win gave a smile to those at home during this difficult time.
If you wanted a reminder of just how unforgiving Super-G can be, Tarvisio delivered it on Sunday, December 18. On a demanding Italian track with a foggy top-section that asked for every speed skill in the book-glide, edge control, nerve, and timing-Germany's Emma Aicher put together another statement run, taking the win and continuing what has quickly become one of the most impressive breakout seasons on the women's World Cup.
