The Ski Racing Podcast

This week, Wengen and the Swiss speed form is incredible even when Odermatt miss fires... his team mates step up! Norway with their second podium clean sweep and over on Cortina the women raced down the Italian Olympic hill giving us a glimpse into what to expect from their own big hitters.

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Not sure where the biggest headlines are coming from this weekend! Vonn, 6th and 4th, Macuga first win, Brignone first DH win, Noel crushing the Slalom, Odermatt 4 Adelboden GS in a row, De Aliprandini with the run of his life on to the podium...

We try and cover it all, oh plus some more doom and gloom for the Austrian Team.

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Just the women in action last time out and what a weekend of performances we were given. Hector was unstoppable in the GS and then in Sundays Slalom Holdener and Ljutic tearing proverbial lumps out of each other with ski racing of the highest quality...

This coming weekend Vonn returns to the Downhill WC tour... it's St Anton, hold on to your hats! The men are back in Adelboden in GS and Slalom.

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Lots to fit in this week, Ed and Ben discuss the conditions in Bormio as well as the racing before dissecting the women's races and Ljutic's first win!

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Pre Christmas schedule complete, Val Gardena throwing some unusual results in the mix. Vonn's comeback races limited to just one, and then Alta Badia with some strange snow conditions to round it off, some athletes struggled but the cream always rises....

Merry Christmas!

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Val d'Isere at its usual best from a piste perspective add to that dark blizzarding conditions, for most and you have one of the toughest races we can remember. The women had much better weather over in the US but Beaver Creek is a great stop on the World Cup speed tour, giving the Worlds best the challenge they deserve!

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More debutants to the World Cup podiums, but the Swiss team was still on fire.

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High drama on US snow this weekend and it ended without the Hollywood big finish. Shiffrin crashes in spectacular fashion, Hector with a second run out of the top draw.

No Shiffrin at the start of the second day and it was Rast that stepped up, building on her from from the start of the season and securing her first ever WC win.

Men are in action this weekend and its time for the real deal, speed is back...

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Second Slalom of the season and the same 2 winners in both the men and women races. Shiffrin and Noel have an unbeaten run on the short skis. Coltouri and Rast first timers onto the podium with some tremendous skiing and mental strength!

We chat about the incredibly tough and icy snow conditions and how to come back from bumps in the road with the likes of Feller with zero points after 2 races surely sees the end of his slalom title chances gone...

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Levi, one of the most exciting stops on the slalom tour for both the men and the women, not the most difficult but it has all the ingredients for the athletes to show their skills and put down a statement to the rest of the slalom racers. Shiffrin delivers again and Noel matches the dominance on the mens side with a huge performance.

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