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CALGARY — World champions Laurence St. Germain and James Crawford headline Canada's alpine ski team as athletes prepare for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Alpine Canada named 53 athletes to its 2024-25 alpine, ski cross and para-ski teams Thursday. St.

SOELDEN, Austria (AP) — Two ski stars coming out of retirement have put the spotlights in the buildup to the World Cup season on Brazil and the Netherlands, two nations usually not associated with top-level racing.

Norwegian ski star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde will miss the entire 2024-25 season because his injured left shoulder requires surgery again, nine months after he crashed badly in a downhill in Switzerland.

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin won’t race downhills in the upcoming World Cup season in which she aims for her 100th career win.

ZURICH (AP) — Swiss downhill racer Niels Hintermann has been diagnosed with lymph node cancer and will miss the entire ski season.

A decade-long saga involving planned workforce housing for the Vail ski resort on land inhabited by Colorado's bighorn sheep has been resolved, with the resort agreeing to build in another part of town.

GENEVA (AP) — Facing a long-time crisis in winter sports because of climate change, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation teamed up with the United Nations weather agency on Thursday.

Valérie Grenier is confident she can return to top form after a serious injury early this year. After all, this isn't her first time overcoming a major setback.

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian cross-country skiing star Therese Johaug is returning to the sport after retiring two years ago, she said on Wednesday.

NICE — The Canadian women's soccer team is still alive at the Paris Olympics. Canada, with a second-half goal by Vanessa Gilles, defeated Colombia 1-0 on Wednesday to advance to the knockout stage of the tournament.