Topic: Anja Paerson
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 ...
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 ...
Austria's Anna Fenninger dominated the women's super-combined to claim her maiden world alpine ski title Friday, then admitted she almost walked away from the sport last year.Fenninger's first major medal of any colour came courtesy of a solid fourth place in the ...
Alpine skiing has a long history and tradition in mountainous European countries , so it should not be surprising that the top contenders in all of the Alpine skiing events are skiers from Europe. Around the 2008-2009 New Year, Riesch won five ...
Germany's Maria Riesch is in prime position to add Olympic slalom gold to her super-combined title after heading the first leg on Friday which saw American star Lindsey Vonn crash out.Riesch's sister Susanne was in fourth at 0.71sec as Germany seek to ...
Vonn plans to wear protective brace on her broken right pinkie in Friday's Olympic slalom It will take more than a broken pinkie to stop Lindsey Vonn's pursuit of Olympic glory.It's the last women's Alpine event of the Vancouver Games, and Vonn ...
Bruised and weary Paerson has final shot at 7th Olympic medal; injured Vonn also starts slalom Bruised and weary, Anja Paerson and Lindsey Vonn will summon a final effort in Friday's slalom to complete their five-event Olympics program.Defending champion Paerson tries for ...
Lindsey Vonn, who grabbed the first U.S. gold ever in the women's downhill, got caught straddling a gate in the slalom portion of the super-combined, lost her right ski, and crashed out of the race.Five-time Olympic medalist Anja Paerson of Sweden lost ...
Maria Riesch of Germany produced a storming slalom performance to win the women's super-combined gold at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Thursday.American Julia Mancuso won the silver and Anja Paerson of Sweden took the bronze after race leader Lindsey Vonn crashed in ...
Olympic Alpine race organizers to make women's course safer after downhill marred by crashes The final jump on the women's Olympic Alpine ski course will be changed for safety reasons after a series of crashes marred Wednesday's downhill race." Sweden's Anja Paerson, ...
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Alpine Skiing Ladies' Super-G - Day 9
WHISTLER, BC - FEBRUARY 20: Anja Paerson of Sweden competes in the women ...Getty Images - -
Vancouver Olympics Alpine Skiing
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Alpine Skiing - Day 7
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