Topic: Central Europe

Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the men's World Cup slalom race here on Monday ahead of Olympic champion Giuliano Razzoli of Italy and Germany's Felix Neureuther.Hirscher was already fastest after the first leg, 00.11 seconds ahead of Ivica Kostelic of Croatia and ...

American Ted Ligety gained his revenge against Marcel Hirscher on Tuesday by capturing the Alpine World Cup Beaver Creek giant slalom race for his 10th career World Cup victory.The reigning giant slalom overall champ Ligety finished second to Austria's Hirscher in the ...

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (Reuters) - American Lindsey Vonn won a women's alpine skiing World Cup downhill Saturday.France's Marie Marchand-Arvier was second and Austria's Elisabeth Goergl was third.124099367&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report Sports News

America's giant slalom world champion Ted Ligety ended a run of frustrating podium placings here when he won the opening World Cup race in the discipline on Sunday.The 27-year-old timed 2min 22sec to beat young Frenchman Alexis Pinturault by 29hundredths of a ...

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 ...

France won team gold at the world ski championships on Wednesday with Austria taking silver and Sweden the bronze.France won the final by virtue of the fastest overall time from their four racers after finishing 2-2 against Austria, while Sweden took the ...

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - France won the team event at the alpine skiing world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Wednesday.Austria won the silver medal and Sweden the bronze.(Reporting by Manuele Lang; Editing by James Illingworth)92558848&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report Sports News

Austria will be aiming for both their fifth medal of the world ski championships and to defend their crown on Wednesday when the team event takes place after a four-year hiatus.As golden-girl Elisabth Goergl has won both the women's super-G and downhill ...

Austria's Elisabeth Goergl won the women's world downhill title on Sunday with Lindsey Vonn of the United States taking silver and Germany's Maria Riesch taking bronze.Goergl scorched down the twisting Kandahar course to set a winning time of 1min 47.24sec and claim ...

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 ...