Sarah Lewis
4 candidates Friday in rare election to lead world ski body

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 03, 2021 04:22 PM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — An open presidential election with several strong, first-time candidates is unusual for an international sports body. It's...

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, Sarah Lewis, Secretary General and Gian Franco Kasper, President of the FIS, the International Ski Federation, right, visit the finish area of the Aline ski course ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Lewis has declared herself a candidate on Tuesday April 6, 2021, to become the first woman president of the International Ski Federation.(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, FILE)
Lewis running to lead the ski federation that fired her

By Graham Dunbar Apr. 06, 2021 05:32 AM EDT

A tribute is displayed outside the store owned by one of 10 victims in the mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colo., Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. A shrine filled with candles and flowers kept growing Wednesday outside Umba Love, the clothing and accessories shop that victim Tralona Bartkowiak ran with her sister on Boulder’s popular Pearl Street Mall. Bartkowiak died in the supermarket shooting attack on Monday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
'The world got dimmer': Shooting victims' lives remembered

By Patty Nieberg, Heather Hollingsworth And Jennifer Peltz Mar. 25, 2021 03:52 PM EDT

This 2013 photo provided by Robert Olds shows Rikki Olds, left, taking a selfie with her uncle Robert. Rikki Olds, 25, an employee of King Soopers, was slain Monday, March 22, 2021, in the supermarket shooting that killed multiple people in Boulder, Colo. Her grandmother choked up on the phone as she described the young woman she played a large role in raising. "She was just a very kind and loving, bubbly person who lit up the room when she walked in," said Jeanette Olds, 71, of Lafayette, Colo.(Courtesy of Robert Olds via AP)
Colorado shooting victims: Shop owner, actress, 'spitfire'

By Patty Nieberg, Heather Hollingsworth And Jennifer Peltz Mar. 24, 2021 01:19 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2019, file photo, FIS Secretary General Sarah Lewis speaks at an anti-doping press conference at a World Cup skiing event in Kuusamo, Finland. The International Ski Federation has removed Lewis from her job on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, citing a “complete loss of confidence.” Lewis, an expected candidate in the FIS presidential election postponed to June, had been secretary general of skiing’s governing body for 20 years. (Vesa Moilanen(Lehtikuva via AP, File)
World ski body ousts top official Sarah Lewis after 20 years

Oct. 09, 2020 07:09 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2019, file photo, Mikaela Shiffrin races down the course during the women's World Cup downhill ski race, in Lake Louise, Alberta. The governing body for ski racing announced it will skip the traditional World Cup swing through North America to remain in Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The women’s side will miss stops in Killington, Vermont, and Lake Louise, Alberta. The men’s tour won’t race in Beaver Creek, Colorado, or make a separate trip to Lake Louise. The venues are slated to be back on the calendar in 2021-22, according to the International Ski Federation. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
World Cup ski circuit skipping US, Canada swing this season

By Pat Graham Aug. 20, 2020 10:16 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2019 file photo, Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather speeds down the course as a banner advertising the ski world championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo is seen in the background, during an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy. The Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) announced Sunday, May 24, 2020 that it would like to postpone next year’s Alpine skiing world championships in Cortina until March 2022 in order to avoid the championships being canceled or shortened due to the fallout in Italy from the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, file)
Sports bodies campaign to reopen safe live events, clubs

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 18, 2020 12:48 PM EDT