Topic: Benjamin Raich

Leader Janka steps closer to ski trophy

Switzerland's Carlo Janka took one step closer to the overall World Cup season's title on Friday by setting the fastest time on the first run of the men's giant slalom.The 23-year-old is battling Austria's Benjamin Raich for the Crystal Globe and is ...

Austria season a near miss, not failure says Raich

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Austria have failed to win a downhill this season, came away from the Vancouver without a single medal in men's Alpine skiing yet could still end up with the overall world champion thanks to Benjamin Raich.Raich finished sixth ...

Janka takes downhill to claim World Cup ski lead

Switzerland's Carlo Janka won the men's World Cup finals downhill on Wednesday to take the lead in the overall standings in his ding dong battle for supremacy with Austria's Benjamin Raich.Mario Scheiber of Austria finished second in the downhill on the Kandahar ...
Giuliano Razzoli of Italy stormed to a convincing win in the Olympic slalom on Saturday as Austria's men's team were condemned to a medal-less Games for the first time in 74 years.Razzoli clocked a combined total of 1min 39.32sec over the two ...

Janka in giant slalom pole as Miller bombs

American Bode Miller will not add a giant slalom podium to his three-medal Olympic haul after he crashed out on the first leg of the event on Tuesday, with Swiss all-rounder Carlo Janka in pole position.Janka, the defending world giant slalom champion, ...

Raich ready to repeat Turin gold rush

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 ...

German Neureuther slaloms to maiden World Cup win

Germany's Felix Neureuther notched up a timely maiden World Cup victory ahead of next month's Winter Olympics when he won the men's slalom race here on Sunday.Neureuther, a six-time World Cup podium finisher who had clocked the third-fastest time in the first ...

Herbst flies to second slalom win

ALTA BADIA, Italy (Reuters) - Austria's Reinfried Herbst racked up his second World Cup slalom win in two races on the Gran Risa course on Monday to install himself as favorite for February's Vancouver Olympics.Compatriot Manfred Pranger led after the first run ...
With Miller out, Ligety claims 10th place in World Cup giant slalom after blazing 2nd runTed Ligety posted a blazing second run on Sunday to grab 10th place in a World Cup giant slalom in the French Alps that Bode Miller skipped ...

Hirscher leads Austria to Val d'Isere cleansweep

Hirscher's maiden win on the World Cup circuit followed that of team-mates Benjamin Raich and Michael Walchhofer in the super-combined and super-G also held on the Face de Bellevarde piste on Friday and Saturday respectively.The performance by the Austrian team dispelled worries ...
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