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Mar 16, 2012

Aksel Lund Svindal Wins His Third World Cup Super-G | Skiing Mar 16, 2012

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The Red Bull-backed Norwegian has grabbed World Cup Super-G gold for the third time this week… despite coming in 16th place.

Feb 29, 2012

AKSEL LUND SVINDAL BLOG | COVER STAR Feb 29, 2012

Aksel Lund Svindal powering down the slopes
by Aksel Lund Svindal

The last month has been exciting for Aksel Lund Svindal. Skiing through Moscow, watching Champions League football and now he is a magazine cover star. Catch up with the Norwegian below...

Jan 24, 2012

Aksel Lund Svindal blog | The wrong kind of snow Jan 24, 2012

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by Aksel Lund Svindal

It's been a frustrating couple of weeks for Aksel Lund Svindal through illness and now even the snow has turned against him, as he explains in his latest blog...

Jan 16, 2012

Aksel Lund Svindal blog | 'Sucks To Be Sick' Jan 16, 2012

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by Aksel Lund Svindal

It's been a rough start to the year for Aksel Lund Svindal as he battles illness and fights the impulse to get out on the slopes...

Jan 4, 2012

Aksel Lund Svindal blog | Back To Work Jan 4, 2012

Aksel pops a cork
by Aksel Lund Svindal

After flying home for Christmas, it was back to hard training and competition for Aksel Lund Svindal. Here are his latest diary entries…

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Event Details

Location
Aspen, USA (Map this address )
Start
NOV 26, 2011 at 12:00 AM
End
NOV 27, 2011 at 11:59 PM
About
The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is one of the top international ski competitions in the world. Second only to the quadrennial Winter Olympics, it was launched back in 1966 and soon backed by International Ski Federation (FIS) president Marc Hodler. It became an official FIS event in the spring of 1967 and the first World Cup ski race was held in Berchtesgaden, West Germany, on January 5th of the same year. Races are held primarily at ski resorts in the Alps in Europe, with regular additional stops in Scandinavia, North America, and east Asia. Competitors attempt to achieve the best time in four disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, Super G, and downhill. The fifth event, the combined, employs the downhill and slalom. The racer with the most points at the end of the season is declared the World Cup champion, and inherits the coveted 9kg crystal globe trophy. Many consider the World Cup to be a more valuable title than the Olympics or the biennial World Championships, since it requires a competitor to ski at an extremely high level in several disciplines throughout the season, and not just in one race.

Ajax, as the locals call Aspen Mountain, is a tourist hot spot populated by the rich and famous. It has hosted World Cup events as far back as the 1966/67 season. To celebrate 40 years of World Cup competition in the Rockies, the downhill returned after a 20-year absence in 2008 and although Julia Mancuso and Lindsay Vonn were among the home favorites to win, the US skiers had to step aside for Canada's Britt Janyk as the world's best skiers turned on the style once again to deserve their firework display send-off.