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Skier is swept away by an avalanche – and his helmet camera records everything
While a skier is skiing down a slope, a thick layer of snow suddenly falls beneath him – and he is swept away by the avalanche. His helmet camera records…
Nordic skiing: Greatest World Cup success: Cross-country skier Carl in third place
Nordic skiing Greatest World Cup success: Cross-country skier Carl in third place Victoria Carl (r) stood on the podium behind winner Jessie Diggins (M.) and Heidi Weng. photo © Anders…
Alpine skiing: Super-G: Skier Weidle botches speed start
Alpine skiing Super-G: Skier Weidle botches speed start Botched the Super-G in St. Moritz: Kira Weidle. photo © Giovanni Pizzato/AP/dpa Kira Weidle experienced a day to forget in the first…
Nordic skiing: Cross-country skier Carl solid – Swedes dominate
Nordic skiing Cross-country skier Carl solid – Swedes dominate Victoria Carl (l) came eighth in Ruka. photo © Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/dpa The cross-country skiing Olympic champions Hennig and Carl show their…
Danube near Obernzell: injured water skier probably dead – Bavaria
A body was found in the Danube near Obernzell near Passau. Volunteer firefighters located the dead person on Thursday morning and brought him ashore, the police said. “It is very…
French Alps: Skier falls into crevasse (video)
For a freerider, the descent in the French Alps ends in an extremely dangerous situation. The man from the extreme sports collective Les Powtos drives towards a circle of snow…
Stuck in the snow for three days, a skier gets out thanks to her survival blanket
She had left for a three-day raid in the Belledonne massif, in Isère, near Grenoble. She finally spent three days and four nights, stuck in a mountain cabin, 4 m2,…
Mount Baker: Upside down in the snow: Skier saves snowboarder in distress – by a happy coincidence
After a fall, a snowboarder got stuck upside down in deep snow on Mount Baker, Washington state. The man could only be saved by accident. After a fall, a snowboarder…
What happened for a skier to fall 40m from a gondola in Les Deux Alpes?
“It’s the first time that such an accident has happened in the resort”, confided Fabrice Boutet, director of the SATA which manages the ski lifts of Les Deux Alpes, to…
Nordic skiing: cross-country skier Hennig third in the season finale
Nordic skiing Cross-country skier Hennig third in the season finale Third place in Lahti: Katharina Hennig. photo © Daniel Karmann/dpa Katharina Hennig stormed onto the podium in the cross-country skiers’…