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Giant slalom star Alice Robinson says she will miss facing Mikaela Shiffrin when the new alpine skiing season gets underway at Soelden this weekend.
Double Olympic champion Shiffrin was ruled out of Saturday's opening race with a back injury having not competed since January following to the death of her

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Kiwi teen sensation Alice Robinson in hunt for global ski titles

Teen sensation Alice Robinson is set for big things in alpine skiing this season.
The 17-year-old has already been to an Olympic Games, representing New Zealand at PyeongChang 2018, but last season saw her make a stunning breakthrough.
Just a month after winning giant slalom gold at the World Junior

Alice Robinson standing on the podium after finishing second in the Soldeu World Cup giant slalom

Alice Robinson - the Kiwi schoolgirl taking on the world's best

Mikaela Shiffrin is the main attraction as the new alpine skiing season kicks off in Soelden, Austria, on 26 October.
Following the retirement of Olympic champions Marcel Hirscher, Lindsey Vonn and Aksel Lund Svindal, all eyes will be on the double Olympic champion who is chasing her fourth consecutive World

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Federica Brignone took victory in the opening race of the 2024/25 Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup in Sölden, Austria on Saturday (26 October).
Mikaela Shiffrin led after the first run in the giant slalom contest, and looked on course for her 98th World Cup win, but mistakes on the bottom

Italy's Federica Brignone took the season-opening giant slalom in Sölden

Brignone profits from Shiffrin errors to win Sölden GS season-opener

Federica Brignone claimed her fourth Alpine Ski World Cup giant slalom of the season at Saalbach, Austria on Sunday (17 March), but could not stop Lara Gut-Behrami taking the GS crystal globe.
With a lead of 95 points going into the season finale, and only 24 skiers lining up -

Lara Gut-Behrami clinched the giant slalom and overall crystal globes despite only finishing 10th in Saalbach behind Federica Brignone

Lara Gut-Behrami wins giant slalom and overall Crystal Globes

Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami clawed her way back from ninth place on the first run to win the Soldeu giant slalom in Andorra, on Saturday (10 February).
A fourth giant slalom win of the season saw the Olympic Super G champion move above Mikaela Shiffrin at the top of the

Lara Gut-Behrami claimed her fourth World Cup giant slalom win of the season at Soldeu

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Lara Gut-Behrami survived a late mistake to win the giant slalom alpine skiing FIS World Cup race in Kronplatz, Italy, on Tuesday (30 January).
The Swiss finished 0.59 seconds clear of second-placed New Zealander Alice Robinson on Run 1, and produced the third-best second run after a late wobble to

Kara Gut-behrami of Team Switzerland in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Giant Slalom on January 30, 2024 in Kronplatz, Italy.

Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami in action during the Alpine Ski World Cup in Kronplatz, Italy.

Alpine Ski World Cup 23/24: Lara Gut-Behrami clinches women's giant slalom in Kronplatz 

Lara Gut-Behrami made it two out of two in giant slaloms in the 2023/24 alpine skiing World Cup season at Killington, USA on Saturday (25 November).
The Swiss was third after the first run, just eight-hundredths behind Alice Robinson, and produced the best second run among the protagonists to repeat

Lara Gut-Behrami made it two wins out of two in the new giant slalom season at Killington

Lara Gut-Behrami maintains perfect start to giant slalom season in Killington ahead of Alice Robinson and Mikaela Shiffrin

“A lot of people said I wouldn’t be able to make it in ski racing because I wasn’t from Europe or North America. It just kind of motivated to prove them wrong, you know, if I can’t do it then who can?”
Meet Alice Robinson.
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QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND - JUNE 30: New Zealand alpine ski racer Alice Robinson at Coronet Peak on June 30, 2021 in Queenstown, New Zealand. New Zealand has paused its quarantine-free travel arrangement with Australia following multiple community COVID-19 outbreaks across Australia in the last week. The pause in travel between New Zealand and Australia has come as a blow for some tourism operators who had been hoping for a boost in visitors for the upcoming ski season. Australian tourists usually count for up to 40% of revenue in a normal season. (Photo by James Allan/Getty Images)

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Lone-flying Kiwi Alice Robinson: "If I can't do it then who can?"

New Zealand's rising star Robinson feels like a different person when competing: "When I get on the skis and in the start, I think I turn into a bit of a killer," the 20-year-old tells us. Find put what's behind that competitive nature.

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Alpine skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin claimed victory at the Giant Slalom event in Soelden, Austria on Saturday (23 October) to set out her stall with the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games right around the corner.
Shiffrin clocked the fastest time in the second run to edge out Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami

SOELDEN, AUSTRIA - OCTOBER 23: Mikaela Shiffrin of USA competes during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Giant Slalom on October 23, 2021 in Soelden, Austria. (Photo by Francis Bompard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

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Mikaela Shiffrin blazes to Giant Slalom victory in Olympic season opener in Soelden

Alpine skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin has capped the most challenging season of her career with an impressive 106th World Cup podium.
The American finished second in the Giant Slalom event at the Finals in Lenzerheide behind Alice Robinson, who claimed her first win of the season.
The 19-year-old Kiwi was

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Shiffrin caps off season with 106th podium as Robinson wins Giant Slalom in Lenzerheide

Petra Vlhova claimed her first home Alpine Ski World Cup win in the Jasna Giant Slalom on Sunday (7 March).
The Slovak star trailed Mikaela Shiffrin by 0.16s after the first run, with the American bidding to add to her victory in Saturday's slalom.
Alice Robinson went into the lead

JASNA, SLOVAKIA - MARCH 7 : Petra Vlhova of Slovakia in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Giant Slalom on March 7, 2021 in Jasna Slovakia. (Photo by Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

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