With just over a year to go before the Winter Olympics, the Cortina d'Ampezzo Alpine skiing course got the thumbs up from athletes who competed in the resort last weekend.

The Cortina d'Ampezzo ski course has successfully impressed athletes ahead of the Winter Olympics. The course, host to World Cup races since 1969, showed promising conditions. Athletes praised the atmosphere and organization,

Sofia Goggia put on a speed ski masterclass in Saturday's World Cup downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo, delighting fans with a typically fearless display on home snow as Lindsey Vonn had a disappointing run on one of her favourite pistes.

Italy's Federica Brignone won the alpine skiing World Cup super-G race on home soil in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday. Brignone took the overall lead with a third place in Saturday's downhill and crowned a great weekend with first place in the super-G,

Italian Sofia Goggia continued to impress on her return from injury, winning the World Cup downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo's iconic Olympia delle Tofane course on Saturday, while American Lindsey Vonn finished down in 20th.

Italy's Sofia Goggia has claimed her first win in over a month in the downhill on home soil in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Saturday, while compatriot Federica Brignone took the overall World Cup lead. Goggia's last victory had been at Beaver Creek's super-G on December 15,

Federica Brignone continued her superb season by winning Sunday's super-G at Cortina d'Ampezzo to extend her World Cup lead, as comeback queen Lindsey Vonn crashed out.

Lindsey Vonn has fallen while on pace for a top-5 finish at a World Cup super-G on the course that will host skiing at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics.

Sofia Goggia solidified her status as the favorite for another downhill gold by winning for the fourth time in Cortina on the course for next year’s Olympics.

US President-elect Donald Trump marked his return to power on Saturday night with a celebration and a fireworks showcase at his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. At the age of 34, Federica Brignone becomes the oldest woman to win a World Cup super-G race.

The Milan-Cortina Games will be held from Feb. 6-22 with the women's Alpine skiing races in Cortina and the men's events in Bormio. Last weekend's World Cup races were seen as a test event and the 'Queen of the Dolomites', on the main calendar since 1969, pleased the top contenders.