Topic: Alpine Skiing

Janka wins race 10 days after heart surgery

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (Reuters) - Ten days after undergoing minor heart surgery, Swiss Carlo Janka won an Alpine ski World Cup giant slalom race on Saturday.Olympic champion Janka, who revealed at last month's world championships that a viral infection had caused problems ...

Maze wins super-combined, Vonn takes Globe

Slovenia's Tina Maze won the World Cup super-combined race here on Friday ahead of American Lindsey Vonn, who clinched the Crystal Globe in the discipline for the second consecutive year.It was the first victory on the World Cup circuit this season and ...

Lindsey Vonn takes Crystal Globe

Slovenia's Tina Maze won the World Cup super-combined race here on Friday ahead of American Lindsey Vonn, who clinched the Crystal Globe in the discipline for the second consecutive year.It was the first victory on the World Cup circuit this season and ...

Skiier Riesch pips Vonn to win Are super-G

Germany's World Cup leader Maria Riesch pulled off a stunning super-G victory over American arch-rival Lindsey Vonn by just one-hundredth of a second on Sunday.The German's sixth win of the season, and second this weekend, could prove to be crucial in her ...

Vonn wins W. Cup downhill skiing

American skiing star Lindsey Vonn won the World Cup downhill here on Saturday ahead of Slovenia's Tina Maze and German Maria Riesch.The Olympic champion's victory was her seventh this season and 40th on the World Cup circuit, and she will have a ...

Riesch claims Are ski super-combined

Germany's Maria Riesch claimed the 19th World Cup victory of her career in the super-combined here on Friday, ahead of Slovenian Tina Maze and Elisabeth Gorgl of Austria.Victory allowed Olympic champion Riesch to bounce back from the disappointment of the world championships ...

Jean-Baptiste Grange wins men's slalom world title

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - France's Jean-Baptiste Grange won the men's slalom at the Alpine ski world championships on Sunday.Sweden's Jens Byggmark won the silver medal and Italy's Manfred Moelgg the bronze. Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report Sports News

Kostelic favourite for ski Worlds slalom title

World Cup overall leader Ivica Kostelic will be hunting his second medal of the world ski championships in the slalom when the curtain comes down on the fortnight-long event on Sunday.Kostelic has few rivals in the slalom discipline this season and will ...

Home favourite Riesch hoping for slalom gold

World and Olympic slalom champion Maria Riesch will be looking to end her world ski championships with a third medal when she defends her crown on Saturday in her home town.The 26-year-old has already won bronze medals in both the downhill and ...

Ligety wins world giant slalom gold

Ted Ligety won the men's world giant slalom title on Friday with France's Cyprien Richard taking silver and Philipp Schoerghofer of Austria claiming bronze.Ligety's combined winning time after the two runs was 2min 10.56sec, to claim his second major title, while Richard ...