Andorran Skiers Shine with Calvo's Gold, del Rio's World Cup Top-20

Andorran skiers recorded impressive results across multiple international events, highlighted by Álvar Calvo's gold in a FIS slalom in Candanchú, Spain, Gina del Rio's 17th place in the World Cup 20km mass-start freestyle in Lake Placid, USA—her ninth top-30 of the season and third in the U23 standings—and consistent efforts from teammates in European Cup and other races.

In Candanchú, Calvo claimed victory in the men's slalom with a time of 1:28.08, edging Spain's Javier Fernández by 0.21 seconds for 39.58 FIS points, better than his prior 40.51 mark. Pirmin Estruga took bronze, 0.68 seconds back, followed by Max Black in fifth at 1.16 seconds off the lead. Salva Cornella was sixth (3.11 seconds behind), Àlex Comellas eighth, and Carlos Salinas ninth. Marc Delgado placed 13th, Jordi Rogel 15th, and Sergi Puigdemasa 19th. Èric Mitjana, Marcel Pérez, and Èric Guimerà failed to reach the second run. Women’s action saw Ainhoa Piccino finish fourth, 5.02 seconds behind Martina Terren's winning 1:33.01, posting the fourth-fastest second run after seventh post-first. Isabella Pérez and Carlota Comellas, briefly fourth and fifth, did not complete their second legs. Calvo later added silver in a FIS giant slalom there, while Maià Font took silver (1:43.80), Pérez sixth, and Comellas eighth.

At the European Cup Finals in Saalbach, Austria, Jordina Caminal placed 24th in downhill (1:14.27, 1.88 seconds behind Switzerland's Stefanie Grob), leading the first sector by 0.06 seconds before losing 1.20-1.26 seconds in the second and 0.68 in the third—0.35 seconds from 20th. In super-G, she ended 36th (1:24.41, 5.08 seconds off Austria's Nadine Fest), starting with bib 40 and dropping 1.15 seconds in the first sector, 2.51 in the second, and 1.42 in the third, finishing 0.84 seconds shy of 30th.

Del Rio wrapped her World Cup cross-country season in Lake Placid strongly despite mixed results. She placed 42nd in the 10km classic (32:38.3, 3:33.9 behind Linn Svahn) amid snow, then 41st in Saturday's freestyle sprint qualifier (3:03.77, 17.96 seconds off Svahn and over 3 seconds from Austria's Magdalena Scherz's top-30 cutoff). She rebounded Sunday in the 20km mass-start freestyle, finishing 17th (48:50.9, 33.8 seconds behind Jonna Sundling), climbing from 23rd at 5km (11.5 seconds back), holding 21st at 10km and 15km (13.1 and 9.6 seconds back), for her 14th career top-30.

At the Latvian Nationals slalom in Pozza di Fassa, Italy—also described in some reports as Estonian nationals—Bartumeu Gabriel finished 27th (1:28.07, 2.14 seconds behind France's Theo Lopez). Àlex Rius and Xavier Cornella did not finish their first runs; one report noted Cornella 17th. Lucas Pagès took 15th (2:33.45) in a telemark World Cup classic in Pra Loup, France, behind Norway's Jakob Benjamin Alveberg.