Carve: A crisp turn referring to the technique used in Alpine ski racing. When carving, a skier turns their skis onto their edges, a metal strip fixed along the bottom of the ski, which can cut through ice or snow and allow skiers to perform precise turns necessary for a fast run on a race course.

By Alan Baldwin CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Mikaela Shiffrin won women's slalom gold, and her first Olympic medal since 2018, with a dominant performance in the final Alpine ski race of the Milano Cortina Games on Wednesday and then spoke emotionally of what it really meant to her.

Just miles from Cortina’s Olympic runs, Alto Adige’s winemakers harness snowmelt, soaring elevations, and tradition to craft Alpine wines built for endurance.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s eight-year Olympic medal drought is over. The American skiing standout has put in two dominant runs in gorgeous conditions amid the jagged peaks of the Dolomites to show why she is regarded by many as the greatest Alpine skier of all time.

The eagerly awaited electric successor to the Alpine A110 sports car, scheduled for release next year, will adopt the same platform and critical mechanicals as the extreme Renault 5 Turbo 3E mega-hatch.

"A winning spirit is part of the DNA of Alpine, across all parts of the business."

Loic Meillard's commanding victory at the Winter Olympics on Monday ended a decades-long drought in Alpine skiing's most technical discipline and reinforced the nation’s status as the sport’s benchmark.