A statement has been released Norwegian Olympic medallist Audun Grønvold has died aged 49 after being struck by lightning. Grønvold competed in the event of ski cross in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in which he won a bronze medal. The news of his death was announced by the Norwegian Ski Federation in a statement […]

8 months ago

The F1 icon suffered severe brain trauma back in 2013 Eight years on from the skiing accident that shook the world, Mick Schumacher delivered a heart-wrenching update on his father Michael‘s condition in a Netflix documentary. After stepping away from one of most decorated careers in sports history, Formula One sensation Schumacher took his teenage […]

10 months ago

An investigation is underway A British woman has died following a “violent collision” with another skier on a black run in the French Alps. The 62-year-old reportedly crashed into a stationary male skier, who is also British, on the Aiguille Rouge mountain in the south-east resort of Les Arcs. The tragic incident happened on Tuesday […]

1 year ago

The actress was handed $1 in damages Gwyneth Paltrow has won a high-profile court case against a man who claimed she crashed into him while skiing. The actress had been accused by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson of crashing into him on a Utah ski slope in 2016. He had sought $300,000 in damages after he […]

3 years ago

A ski village at Neom will host the tournament Saudi Arabia is set to host the 2029 Asia Winter Games in a mountain resort that doesn’t even exist yet. The Gulf Arab state announced it has won a bid to host the tournament at its yet-t0-be-built Trojena development within the $500 billion flagship Neom project. […]

3 years ago

That’s got to hurt A freestyle skier competing in the halfpipe event at the Winter Olympics on Thursday had a moment to forget as he crashed into a camera operator. Finnish athlete Jon Sallinen was over halfway through his run before he misjudged one of his tricks – leading to a calamitous error which left […]

4 years ago