Olympic champions Mikaela Shiffrin and Ted Ligety open the World Cup Alpine skiing season in Soelden, Austria, this weekend, live on the NBC Sports app.
Shiffrin, the youngest Olympic slalom gold medalist, faces a field including Swiss World Cup overall champion Lara Gut in the women’s giant slalom Saturday.
The first run is at 4 a.m. ET and the second run at 7 a.m. ET, both live on the NBC Sports app.
Ligety, the Olympic and world giant slalom champion coming back from a torn ACL, looks for his fifth Soelden victory.