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Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic won the season-opening World Cup women's downhill Friday at Lake Louise, Alta.

Marco Odermatt went on a wild ride to finish the technical course in 1 minute, 10.90 seconds Friday to earn his first World Cup victory.

Roni Remme is 23 years old, learned to ski in her home town of Collingwood, Ont., at the Alpine Ski Club, and is arguably this country’s brightest young talent set to emerge on the World Cup circuit.

There’s something different about the way Erik Read is feeling to start this alpine ski season. He can’t quite put his finger on it just yet. But there’s a different type of energy, focus and motivation as he gets set to take on the rest of the world.

American skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin has 62 career World Cup wins to her name. But her successes at Lake Louise might be the most unique — it's the site of her first downhill and super-G victories. Shiffrin returns to Alberta on Friday looking to take sole ownership of second on the all-time women's wins list.

Watch live action from the men's alpine skiing World Cup stop in Beaver Creek, Colo.

Watch action from the women's alpine skiing World Cup stop in Lake Louise, Alta.

Reigning Olympic champion Matthias Mayer of Austria won the season-opening World Cup super-G in a time of one minute 31.40 seconds on Sunday at Lake Louise, Alta.

American Mikaela Shiffrin moved into joint second on the all-time list of women's World Cup victories when she dominated the slalom event in Killington, Vermont, on Sunday.

In a stunning return from serious injury, Thomas Dressen won a World Cup downhill in his comeback race on Saturday in Lake Louise, Alta.