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Marcel Hirscher will need up to 15 weeks to recover from a broken left ankle, ruling the six-time overall World Cup champion out of ski racing likely until December.

Six-time overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher has broken his left ankle and will be in a cast for six weeks.

Austrian skier Elisabeth Goergl retired Monday, 2 ½ years after becoming the oldest woman to win a World Cup race.

Bode Miller's name no longer appears on the roster of the U.S. ski team. That doesn't mean he's retiring or won't ever race again or that his chances of making a sixth Olympic squad have ended.

Valerie Grenier won the Canadian women's giant slalom title on Sunday on her hometown hill. The native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., led after the first run and put down a solid second run to win with a combined time of two minutes, 16 seconds.

Federica Brignone led an Italian sweep in the giant slalom at the alpine World Cup Finals on Sunday in Aspen, Colo., as Tessa Worley of France held on for her first crystal globe.

Mikaela Shiffrin will clinch the overall World Cup title before even racing during World Cup Finals after Ilka Stuhec and her coach said the Slovenian skier won't compete in the slalom.

Hannes Reichelt of Austria became the second-oldest racer to win a super-G as he cruised through a challenging course virtually mistake-free Thursday at the World Cup Finals.

Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein turned in a smooth run to win a World Cup race Thursday at World Cup Finals and overtake Slovenia's Ilka Stuhec for the super-G crown.

Watch live coverage of alpine skiing's World Cup finals, featuring the men's and women's downhills on Wednesday starting at 11:30 a.m. ET.