A year before the Winter Olympics the U.S. Ski Team just had a performance to remember. The women’s squad won medals in four out of five events at the world championships in Austria and also had two fourth places.

A year before the Winter Olympics, the U.S. Ski Team just had a performance to remember. The women’s squad won medals in four out of five events at the world championships in Austria and also had two fourth places.

The U.S. Ski Team just had a performance to remember. The women’s squad won medals in four out of five events at the world championships in Austria.

A year before the Winter Olympics, the U.S. Ski Team just had a performance to remember. The women’s squad won medals in four out of five events at the world championships in Austria and also had two fourth places.

Dave Ryding, who just had the best British result in recent memory at worlds when he finished sixth in the slalom at age 38, was asked what was tougher: navigating the rapid slalom gates at his age or what Vonn is doing in the speed events.

(AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) United States’ Lindsey Vonn, left, shares a light moment with United States’ Lauren Macuga, third-placed in a women’s Super-G, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 6 ...