Life after Soelden

Sölden always means the season’s start: the first race, the first victory or the first red bib – the season is definitely on! Excitement grows and focus fixes on the athletes for that opening event. But then World Cup skiers engage in a wide range of activities before competition resumes.

Everyone’s programme is rich and varied, including a return to training to fine-tune the final details.

These few weeks also allow some athletes to go home to spend time with their families, to take time to respond to media requests or even to launch their own documentary.

In collaboration with Atomic and Oakley, Norway’s Lucas Braathen has shared his story in a series of episodes about his passions in life, his connection to his family and his ambitions. ‘Soul’ is the first of four episodes in the Pinheiro series.

Given the exceptional temperatures this autumn, there are those who still enjoy a bit of summer, such as Swiss ace Wendy Holdener, who combines training and quality time by visiting Monaco by bike.

And Wendy was not the only one: her teammate and the winner of the first race held, Marco Odermatt, is also doing a mix-and-match of activities.

The Italian Winter Sports Federation was present on Sunday 30 October in Modena with several of its athletes for the traditional winter exhibition, Skipass.

In the presence of Marta Bassino, Elena Curtoni, the Delago sisters Nicol and Nadia, Dominik Paris and Christof Innerhofer, two Alpine ski champions were awarded the prestigious prize for the Italian federation’s most successful athlete of the last competition season.

The two winners, Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia, tied for the 2022 Athlete of the Year award.

And in keeping with tradition, people in the US dressed up for the Gold Medal Gala, held in New York for the 56th time.

After a few media dates, it's right back to work. For the Norwegian men’s team, that meant heading to Swedish snow, and the women’s team choosing Finland in preparation for Levi.