Topic: Central Europe
Kostelic wins World Cup slalom at Wengen for 1st victory of season; Ligety 8th for USIvica Kostelic of Croatia won a World Cup slalom Sunday for his first victory this season, dropping to his knees and kissing the snow at the finish.Kostelic ...
Marlies Schild of Austria won Tuesday's women's slalom on home snow at Flachau to pocket her 22nd World Cup career victory, seeing off Germany's Maria Riesch and Austria's Kathrin Zettel.Schild made it 20 wins in the discipline and two for the season ...
ADELBODEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - Frenchman Julien Lizeroux won a World Cup slalom at Adelboden on Sunday.Marcel Hirscher (Austria) was second and Ivica Kostelic (Croatia) was third. (Reporting by Brian Homewood, Editing by Justin Palmer) Copyright 2010 Reuters US Online Report Sports News
Skiing official expects Olympics to have much-discussed injected coursesU.S. Is it a mistake to inject slopes with water in a bid to make courses more consistent and weather-resistant?The practice can result in conditions Vonn a two-time overall World Cup champion and Olympic ...
Anderson, Sauerbreij win snowboarding World Cup parallel giant slalom races in AustriaJasey Jay Anderson of Canada won a snowboarding World Cup parallel giant slalom race Wednesday and increased his lead in the discipline standings.Anderson beat Andreas Prommegger of Austria in the final ...
Austrian skier Rainer Schonfelder announced Monday he will return from a knee injury during the midweek World Cup slalom race here.Schoenfelder, a double bronze medallist from the 2006 Turin Olympics, injured his knee a month ago, but wants to assure his qualification ...
World Cup champion Vonn to deal with sluggish course, arm injury at Zagreb World Cup slalomWith her arm in a brace and a sluggish course waiting, Lindsey Vonn will try to bolster her lead in the overall standings in a World Cup ...
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 ...
Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada won the men's World Cup downhill race here on Saturday, seeing off Austrian Mario Scheiber by 0.13sec.France's Johan Clarey and Swiss Ambrosi Hoffmann were joint third at 0.25. It's great ahead of the Olympics," said 25-year-old Osborne-Paradis, who ...
ARE, Sweden (Reuters) - Sandrine Aubert retained her Are slalom crown to top a superb weekend for French women's skiing in the Swedish resort on Sunday.Spurred on by the giant slalom victory of team mate Tessa Worley on the same Olimpia piste ...
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