Topic: Aksel Lund Svindal
Switzerland's Carlo Janka on Tuesday added the Olympic giant slalom crown to his world title on a day when American Bode Miller failed in his bid to set Games history.Janka, who led after the first leg, clocked a combined total of 2min ...
Bode Miller on Sunday continued the US team's Olympic alpine skiing medal surge when he won the men's super-combined title for his third podium finish in as many races."I can't ask for anything more," the 32-year-old said, adding that he was unsure ...
Bode Miller on Sunday continued the US team's Olympic alpine skiing medal surge when he won the men's super-combined title for his third podium finish in three races.Miller's gold was the United States' eighth medal (two gold, three silver, three bronze) out ...
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal, the reigning world super-combined champion, led after the downhill portion of the Olympic event on Sunday.Svindal, who this week won super-G gold and downhill silver, clocked 1min 53.15sec down the 3,105-metre-long Dave Murray course but there are a ...
After downhill gold, Didier Defago leads downhill training for super-combined Didier Defago of Switzerland maintained his sterling form and led downhill training for Sunday's Olympic super-combined race.Defago, who won gold in the downhill to open the Alpine competition, clocked 1 minute, 36.31 ...
Miller, Weibrecht get super-G medals, lift US Alpine total to 6 Leave it to Bode Miller to bring a little trash talk to Alpine skiing.After his silver and Andrew Weibrecht's bronze behind winner Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway in Friday's super-G, Miller ...
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway on Friday added Olympic super-G gold to his downhill silver, blasting his way down a technically testing run that saw his closest rivals lose valuable seconds.It was another fantastic day's ski racing for the American team, with ...
Current World Cup leader Benjamin Raich of Austria feels ready to replicate the form at the Vancouver Olympics that saw him bag two gold medals in Turin four years ago."You never know but I'm in good shape and am looking forward to ...
Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada won the men's World Cup downhill race here on Saturday, seeing off Austrian Mario Scheiber by 0.13sec.France's Johan Clarey and Swiss Ambrosi Hoffmann were joint third at 0.25. It's great ahead of the Olympics," said 25-year-old Osborne-Paradis, who ...
VAL GARDENA, Italy (Reuters) - Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal powered to his first win of the season in a close super-G race at the Saslong Classic on Friday.Last season's World Cup overall and super-G champion had managed only two third places so ...