The starting gates of the Lauberhorn race, first run in 1930, stand on an exposed ridge 2,500 metres above sea level. Before the world’s top skiers shoot out of the gates, they have one last ...

“I don’t think about my own footmarks on the Lauberhorn,” says 72-year-old Viktor, who will step down next week as race president after 44 years. Along with the famous downhill ...

Marco Odermatt, the superstar of men’s skiing, raced down the longest and quirkiest World Cup downhill course to edge teammate Franjo von Allmen for victory in the classic Lauberhorn race.