It was Tuesday, January 22, 2025. I had come to Kitzbühel to cover the baddest ski race on the World Cup circuit: the Hahnenkamm downhill, alpine schussing’s holy grail, where skiers become ...

The race is held on the Streif ... a World Cup overall title and the Hahnenkamm downhill: Austrian Stephan Eberharter, the last to complete his collection in 2002, plus Austrian Hermann Maier ...

He retired from competition after the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, but now he’s on a mission to transform the sport in a ...

I buzzed the doorbell and waited. It was Tuesday, January 22, 2025. I had come to Kitzbühel to cover the baddest ski race on the international circuit: the Hahnenkamm downhill World Cup, alpine ...

Some events on that tour are nearly 100 years old. The Hahnenkamm downhill race in Kitzbuehel, Austria, annually attracts crowds in excess of 50,000. “When you look at the sport of downhill ...