The World Cup circuit will make two more ski festival stops in the United States by adding alpine events at Palisades Tahoe in California and Aspen, Colorado.
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“The expansion gives us the opportunity to draw more attention to the game nationally and motivate the next generation of American athletes,” said Sophie Goldschmidt, ski’s president and ceo.
The first leg of the World Cup in the United States this coming season will take a stand when four-time World Cup winner Mikaela Shiffrin reaches the mid-level on Thanksgiving weekend for a women’s slalom and slalom in Killington. A week later, Beijing’s Olympic Super-G silver medalist Ryan Cochran-Siegle and the men’s circuit competed in a supergiant and two races along the Birds of Prey course at Beaver Creek.
As a rule, this is where the shopping list of Americans from the Alps ends when the World Cup tour returns to Europe. But this season, the men will be back. There will be slalom and giant slalom races on February 25 and 26 at Palisades Tahoe. This will be followed by a men’s supergiant and downhill events from March 3-5 in Aspen, according to a calendar provisionally approved by the International Ski Federation (FIS). ).
The last time the Palisades Tahoe site hosted a World Cup was on March 10 and 11, 2017, when Shiffrin won slalom and giant slalom races.
The Aspen courts have hosted several men’s and women’s World Cup events. It was also the site of the 2017 World Cup finals, where Lindsey Vonn finished the moment in the relegation and Shiffrin finished the moment in the slalom.
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