Eric Willemsen

| 🇳🇱 journalist in 🇦🇹 | Austria correspondent for @NPORadio1 and others | also covering Alpine skiing, mainly for @AP | posting only ⛷️ content here on X |

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SKIERS WITH 8⃣ GLOBES IN ONE CLASSIFICATION:

> Mikaela #Shiffrin 🇺🇸 – slalom (2013-24)
> Marcel #Hirscher 🇦🇹 – overall (2012-19)
> Lindsey #Vonn 🇺🇸 – downhill (2008-16)
> Ingemar #Stenmark 🇸🇪 – giant slalom (1975-84)
> Ingemar #Stenmark 🇸🇪 – slalom (1975-83)

#FISAlpine

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“I’m fourth and I’m like over the moon.”

Very much used to winning World Cup races, @MikaelaShiffrin could hardly be more pleased with finishing fourth in the season opener, trying to become friends again with the GS ⬇️
#Sölden #FISAlpine
https://t.co/pLk45J0mvY

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Summer in Vienna but something always reminds one of the Alpine skiing season.
#FISAlpine

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“Even in difficult moments, my answer never changed: I want to race again.”

Marcel #Hirscher eyes another return in 2025-26 after his comeback season was cut short last year. Still has 17 of 20 wild card starts available.
By @AndrewDampf ⬇️
#FISAlpine
https://t.co/zkfxx2GT5J

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World Cup prize money up by at least 🔟% next season, but...

"... we still have a lot to do when it comes to rewarding our athletes as they deserve,” @fisalpine President Johan Eliasch says.

From @AP_Sports ⬇️
#FISAlpine
https://t.co/fLXW7AJhAa

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🎾x⛷️

#RolandGarros junior champion Lilli #Tagger draws inspiration from her idols @MikaelaShiffrin ("mentally I can learn a lot from her") and @lindseyvonn ("a legend, and therefore a huge inspiration") — who, on their turn, are both big tennis fans ⬇️
https://t.co/c8o4nTjJXU

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Some remarks:
▶️ #Sölden-#Levi-#Gurgl travel hassle remains
▶️ no home race for @MikaelaShiffrin in #Killington (gets new chairlift), but in #CopperMountain
▶️ no #Bormio & #Cortina (Olympics!)
▶️ #Semmering replaces #Lienz
▶️ just 2 weekends of racing outside 🇪🇺

#FISAlpine

[FIS Alpine @fisalpine]

Here we are 🤩

The provisional calendars of the Audi FIS World Cup 2025/2026! ⛷️

Save the dates! 🗓️

From 1 to 10, how excited are you? 🔥

#fisalpine

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Finishing up the best season of her career, Federica #Brignone breaks multiple bones in her left leg during a GS crash at the 🇮🇹 championships ⬇️
#FISAlpine
https://t.co/nGRC2Ynjw3

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@redd3vil777 Yes, first Croatian woman to win the SL globe since Janica #Kostelic 19 years ago.

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It's a wrap — Zrinka #Ljutic 🇭🇷 and Henrik #Kristoffersen 🇳🇴 earn the last globes of 2024-25 🔮🔮

Remarkable: Both Mikaela #Shiffrin 🇺🇸 and Clément #Noël 🇫🇷 win 4⃣ slaloms this season, but both are not even in the top 3 of the final discipline standings.
#SunValley #FISAlpine

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“I’ve been knocked down so many times in my life personally, physically, mentally, beat down and I always pick myself back up.”

@lindseyvonn⁩, 40, ends comeback season on podium — a testament to her strength and self-belief ⬇️
#SunValley #FISAlpine https://t.co/HmWgPqPjn6

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Lara #GutBehrami 🇨🇭! That's what you call peaking at the right time 🔮

(And Lindsey #Vonn 🇺🇸 earning her first World Cup podium in 7⃣ years..!)

#SuperG #SunValley #FISAlpine

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“I need to work on my snowboard skills as well right now. Now I am skiing, tomorrow I am snowboarding.” ⛷️x🏂

Said Ester #Ledecka 🇨🇿 after winning DH 🥉 at the ski world champs in February.
Today, Ledecka won parallel GS 🥇 at the snowboard worlds.
Wow!
https://t.co/GChM60qDCW

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Who needs what at the World Cup finals? 🤔

Here are the calculations of the two men's globes still to be confirmed.

See yesterday's posts for the four women's globes.

#SunValley #FISAlpine

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The last bullet point for Alice #Robinson in giant slalom is obviously wrong. This should be:

· … if she finishes 16th or worse and Brignone does not finish 13th or better

#SunValley #FISAlpine

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Who needs what at the World Cup finals? 🤔

Here are my calculations for the women's downhill and super-G globes.

#SunValley #FISAlpine

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And here for the women's giant slalom and slalom globes.

Calculations for the men's globes tomorrow — a bit less complicated, thanks to Marco #Odermatt... 😅

#SunValley #FISAlpine

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“It’s still a big gap. So, he has to fail it a little bit and I have to do something very special like today.”

Loic #Meillard 🇨🇭 wins last SL before WC finals, closes gap to Henrik #Kristoffersen 🇳🇴 in SL standings to 47 points ⬇️
#Hafjell #FISAlpine
https://t.co/6FQ0sC4jCu

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Marco #Odermatt didn’t win the race...

... but he did win two crystal globes 🔮🔮 and set a Swiss national record 🇨🇭 for most World Cup podiums ⬇️
#Hafjell #FISAlpine
https://t.co/WYeHl8cLjC

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🏆🏆🏆🏆

OFFICIAL: Marco #Odermatt 🇨🇭 wins his 4th straight overall World Cup title.
#Hafjell #FISAlpine

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4th straight GS title now as well.

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@fortunaestmihi ?