Atomic Magazine

Nordic

REDSTER COMBINED TEAM IN SHAPE, LINN SPEEDY IN THE SPRINT

Serial world champion on roller skis, Redster-Swede Linn Soemskar demonstrates her power on snow: in the cross-country World Cup in Dresden she finished 5th in the individual and 3rd in the team sprint. The weekend also saw strong World Cup performances of the Atomic Nordic Combined athletes in Val di Fiemme and of biathlete Simon Eder in Oberhof.

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Alpine

MARCO BACK ON THE PODIUM, THE NEXT GENERATION TAKES OFF

The World Cup community is celebrating with Marco Schwarz: it took him only eight races to climb the podium again after coming back from his ACL tear. His 3rd place in Adelboden was an emotional highlight for the Atomic crew this past weekend. Race Manager Christian Höflehner is also pleased with the Redster ladies’ performance in the downhill of Altenmarkt-Zauchensee and with Atomic’s next generation racers getting ever closer to the world’s best.

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Nordic

SIMEN HEGSTAD KRUEGER WINS LAST STAGE OF TOUR DE SKI

Simen Hegstad Krueger’s latest Tour de Ski was anything but “easy-peasy”. Despite his recent 15k victory in Davos, things did not go according to plan in his favorite discipline, the 15k – neither in Toblach nor in Val di Fiemme. But a true champ never gives up: Krueger triumphed in the last race of the Tour with an impressive finish on the legendary final climb towards Alpe Cermis, earning him a 5th place in the overall Tour de Ski ranking.

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BC Touring

BACKLAND ON TOP ALREADY AT FIRST WORLD CUP OF THE SEASON

The kickoff to this season’s Skimountaineering World Cup took place in Aussois in the French national park Vanoise. The Backland athletes were able to deliver outstanding performances, above all Iwan Arnold, who celebrated a victory in the Sprint competition and Junior Paul Verbnjak, who left the event with two second places.

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Nordic

SIMEN HEGSTAD KRUEGER WINS DAVOS, ERMIL VOKUEV LA VENOSTA

What a weekend for Atomic’s Redster Cross-Country team! Simen Hegstad Krueger won the 15k race in Davos, the Cross-Country World Cup’s third stop. While in South Tirol’s Vinschgau valley Russian Ermil Vokuev grabbed the Venosta victory on his Redster C9 – right in his first race of the Ski Classics Pro Tour.

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Alpine

1 + 3 = REDSTER! PODIUM DOUBLE IN ST. MORITZ WITH THE TOP STARS

It was razor-thin, mega strong and extremely cool: Sofia Goggia’s triumph in the Super-G of St. Moritz was not only super tight – with a lead of only one hundredth of a second – it was also soothing. With the Redster double podium, thanks to Mikaela Shiffrin’s 3rd place, everyone in the Atomic team now looks forward to more speed thrillers this season. The female Super-G’s hero, however, was a man.

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Alpine

THE REDSTER STARS’ SPEED POWERPLAY – 17 TOP 10 RESULTS FOR ATOMIC!

The speed weekend impressively demonstrated the Atomic team’s strength. The Redster racers return from North America to Europe with 17 top ten results in five speed events. Particularly on the women’s side the speed opening proved to be a Redster powerplay: first World Cup victory for carving phenomenon Ester Ledecka (Olympic champion in Super-G and Snowboard), podiums for Mikaela Shiffrin, Stephanie Venier, Nicol Delago. Plus strong performances by Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Adrian Smiseth Sejersted – the next Norge super heroes?

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Nordic

EVGENIJ BELOV’S SEASON STARTS WITH A RELAY VICTORY

Second World Cup stop for the Atomic Nordic Team: Evgenij Below just started into the season in Lillehammer, underperforming in the Skiathlon and winning the Relay race with team RUSSIA II the following day – with a strong individual performance. Simen Hegstad Krueger, having recovered from an infection the previous week, returned with a strong skiing performance and an 11th place in the Skiathlon. In the Nordic Combined competition Fabian Rießle once again proved to be the best Redster athlete, with a 3rd and a 4th place. The Atomic Biathlon athletes also delivered in Oestersund: Benjamin Weger reached a top result coming in 5th in the individual 20k race, while Simon Eder was more than happy about his 12th place, having had a difficult time this past fall.

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Alpine

THE SHIFFRIN SHOW GOES ON – AND THE SPEED ACES ACCELERATE

The question who would succeed Marcel Hirscher in dominating the World Cup seems to be answered after only four races into the new season: Mikaela Shiffrin! At her home Slalom in Killington she was the fastest to cross the finish line – for the 42nd time in her career – taking the win by 2.29 seconds! The day before she had podiumed, too – as in all races this season – finishing 3rd in the GS. And in Lake Louise the men’s speed team also kicked the season off well.

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