Topic: Alpine Skiing

Mancuso wins downhill, Vonn takes lead

American Julia Mancuso won the final women's downhill race of the season here on Wednesday as compatriot Lindsey Vonn took the overall World Cup lead from Germany's Maria Riesch with three races to go.Olympic silver medallist Mancuso finished ahead of Switzerland's Lara ...

Cuche, Theaux star in World Cup downhill finale

Switzerland's Didier Cuche won the men's World Cup downhill Crystal Globe here on Wednesday as France's Adrien Theaux took top spot in the final race of the season.Theaux claimed his first major victory ahead of Austria's Joachim Puchner and Norway's Aksel Lund ...

Evergreen Cuche set for another campaign

Veteran Swiss skier Didier Cuche announced here on Tuesday that he would ski on for another season.The 1998 super-G Olympic silver medallist, who turns 37 in August, said that the passion to compete still burned fiercely inside him."It is still the passion ...
Switzerland's Didier Cuche bounced back from a forgettable day of ski racing to claim his 17th career World Cup victory in the men's super-G here Sunday.Austrians Klaus Kroell and Joachim Puchner took second and third place respectively.Cuche had endured a tough Saturday ...

Rebensburg wins World Cup giant slalom

Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany won the women's alpine skiing World Cup giant slalom here on Friday, ahead of Denise Karbon of Italy and Lindsey Vonn of the United States.The 100 points for the win meant that Rebensburg moved ahead of France's Tessa ...

Vonn finishes third in World Cup giant slalom

Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany won the women's alpine skiing World Cup giant slalom here on Friday, ahead of Denise Karbon of Italy and Lindsey Vonn of the United States.The 100 points for the win meant that Rebensburg moved ahead of France's Tessa ...

Rebensburg takes giant slalom cup lead

SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg won an Alpine ski giant slalom race on Friday to take the World Cup lead in the discipline.Rebensburg mastered the gates of the Black Course in a combined time of two minutes 15.22 ...

Vonn wins third ski title in three days

Lindsey Vonn of the United States clinched the women's World Cup super-G title for the third consecutive year by winning here on Sunday to round off what was for her a superb weekend in the Italian Alps.It was Vonn's third title in ...

Vonn wins fourth successive downhill World Cup title

Lindsey Vonn of the United States won the downhill World Cup title for the fourth year in a row here on Saturday when she placed second behind Anja Paerson of Sweden.It was 29-year-old Paerson's 42nd World Cup race win - her first ...

Vonn wins another cup as Paerson takes race

TARVISIO, Italy (Reuters) - American Lindsay Vonn clinched the downhill World Cup for the fourth successive year when she finished second to a resurgent Anja Paerson in Saturday's race.Paerson, who has had a troubled season hampered by a knee injury, covered the ...