Miller targets overall World Cup ski title

2010-10-22T17:00:57Z

Miller, who won a gold medal in super combined, a silver in super-G and bronze in the downhill at last February's at the Vancouver Games, is aiming for a repeat of his double World Cup overall winner's showing in 2005 and 2008.

"If I stay fit, I reckon I'm among the top three favourites for the overall World Cup title," the 33-year-old said ahead of th...

Watch Alpine Skiing Paralympic Online 2010 Vancouver Winter Games

2010-10-14T12:03:52Z

Alpine skiing events have been a part of the Paralympic winter games since 1976. The Paralympics is very similar to the Olympic Games in that the athletes compete in many of the same disciplines and compete for their countries.
As a part of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics the 2010 Paralympics will be held from March 12 ? 21st, 2010. All of the paralympic events will be held on many of the same venues as the Olympic events. The Alpine skiing portion of the 2010 Paralympics will feature downhi...

Swiss Cuche wins World Cup downhill title

2010-06-30T15:13:47Z

Didier Cuche of Switzerland wins World Cup downhill title with victory in Norway

Didier Cuche of Switzerland won his third straight World Cup downhill title with a dominant run Saturday, his first race after missing the podium in the event at the

With Miller, Vonn leading the way, US rules Alpine

2010-06-12T09:35:11Z

This time, led by Miller, Vonn and Mancuso, US Alpine skiers really are 'Best in the World'

Four years ago, Bode Miller's washout of a Winter Olympics symbolized where the United States stood in the Alpine skiing hierarchy.

Pegged as the big thing heading into the Turin Games, ...

True Games spirit shines through

2010-02-28T11:45:07Z

WHISTLER (Reuters) - While top names failed to live up to unreasonable expectations in the Alpine skiing competition at the Vancouver Games, others shone through turbulent skies to provide a reminder of what the true Olympic spirit is all about.

Lindsey Vonn's downhill gold and super-G bronz...

Italy's Giuliano Razzoli wins Olympic men's slalom

2010-06-12T14:29:18Z

Italy's Giuliano Razzoli wins Olympic gold in men's slalom; Bode Miller skis out in 8 seconds

Giuliano Razzoli won the Olympic slalom Saturday and gave Italy its first Alpine gold medal of the Vancouver Games.

Razzoli was the firs...

'Happy' Vonn ends Olympics with only one gold

2010-02-26T20:15:55Z

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics ended on Friday when she crashed out of the slalom, but the American insisted she met her expectations and would go home happy.

Coming into the Vancouver Games, Vonn was heavily tipped to win three gold.

She got the ball rolling by capturing the blue riband downhill title and then took bronze in the super-G.

But that's a...

Maria Riesch wins gold in Olympic slalom

2010-06-12T08:26:48Z

Germany's Maria Riesch wins slalom for 2nd Olympic gold medal; Vonn skis out in 1st run

Maria Riesch of Germany won the slalom title for her second gold medal of the Winter Olympics on Friday, as Lindsey Vonn skied out chasing her second victory.

Riesch led after the first leg and had a combined two-run...

'Happy' Vonn's Olympics end with another crash

2010-02-26T12:15:50Z

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics ended on Friday when she crashed out of the slalom, but the American insisted she met her expectations and would go home happy.

Coming into the Vancouver Games, Vonn was heavily tipped to win three gold.

She got the ball rolling by capturing the blue riband downhill title and then took bronze in the super-G.

But that's a...

Olympics/Ski: 'Happy' Vonn's Olympics end with another crash

2010-02-26T12:15:48Z

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics ended on Friday when she crashed out of the slalom, but the American insisted she met her expectations and would go home happy.

Coming into the Vancouver Games, Vonn was heavily tipped to win three gold.

She got the ball rolling by capturing the blue riband downhill title and then took bronze in the super-G.

But that's a...

I'm Sad Speed Skiing Isn't an Olympic Sport

2010-10-27T07:25:50Z

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Vonn plans to race wearing brace on right pinkie

2010-04-16T06:57:13Z

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.

The two-time World Cup overall champion from Vail, Colo., will put a plastic brace on her injured finger, wear a mitte...

Paerson, Vonn go in 5th and final Olympic race

2010-06-12T08:26:44Z

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 a record seventh career medal in women's Olympic Alpine racing still hobblin...

Carlo Janka wins Olympic giant slalom

2010-04-16T06:59:19Z

Carlo Janka of Switzerland wins Olympic giant slalom; Bode Miller goes out chasing 4th medal

Carlo Janka of Switzerland added the Olympic gold medal to his world championship in giant slalom on Tuesday, while Bode Miller failed to finish in his bid for a record fourth men's Alpine medal.

The 23-year-old Janka led after the first run and had a combined ...

Exotic slalomers to make Olympic cameo

2010-04-16T06:59:41Z

Fans at Whistler Creekside will be waving cowbells, flags and hopefully soaking up the sunshine when the men's and women's alpine slalom races light up the Olympics from Tuesday.

But coming in the wake of stars like Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn, an exotic stream of stragglers will be hoping to keep fans on ...

FIS help exotic slalomers to make Olympic cameo

2010-04-16T07:00:04Z

Fans at Whistler Creekside will be waving cowbells, flags and hopefully soaking up the sunshine when the men's and women's alpine slalom races light up the Olympics from Tuesday.

But coming in the wake of stars like Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn, an exotic stream of stragglers will be hoping to keep fans on ...

Miller wins super-combined for 1st Olympic gold

2010-04-16T07:01:04Z

Bode Miller wins super-combined for 1st Olympic gold, 3rd medal in 3 races at Vancouver Games

This is the way Bode Miller always wanted it to happen, needed it to happen.

An Olympic gold medal may be the ultimate evidence of skiing success in everyone else's eyes, but most assuredly not in his. If the willful Miller ever was going to ...

Fischbacher takes Olympic super-G gold

2010-06-12T08:45:33Z

Austria's Andrea Fischbacher upset American speed queen Lindsay Vonn to win the women's Olympic super-G final as Korea's Lee Jung-Su and Swiss Simon Ammann grabbed their second golds of the 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.

"I hope to replicate my performances of four years ago," the reigning Olympic slalom and giant sl...

Vonn, White cement superstar status at problem-hit Games

2010-06-12T14:44:52Z

Lindsey Vonn lived up to her reputation as the best downhill skier in the world by claiming the women's Olympic title as Shaun White and Shani Davis made it a golden day to remember for the United States.

But with the Games in day six, more bad news greeted under-...

2006 gold medalist Ligety 'wouldn't mind racing'

2010-04-16T07:05:03Z

'Wouldn't mind racing already': 2006 Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety eager to 'Shred'

Ted Ligety is tired of waiting around.

Tired of all the weather-related delays at the Vancouver Games.

Tired of hanging out at the place outside the Olympic Village that he's sharing with Bode Mi...

7 Up: Olympic ski schedule shifted after delays

2010-06-12T09:56:26Z

7 races, 7 days: After men's downhill postponed, officials shake up Alpine schedule

They saw this coming.

Skiers, coaches, officials — all expected too-warm and too-wet weather at this ritzy resort. Now those very conditions have, indeed, transformed the mountain into a slushy mess, forced postponement of the first two Alpine events and scrambled the schedule less than 12 hours into the Olympics.

"All the athletes were about 90 percent sure s...

Men's Olympic downhill rescheduled for Monday

2010-04-16T07:07:12Z

Men's Olympic downhill race rescheduled for Monday because of slushy course

The men's downhill event at the Vancouver Olympics has been rescheduled for Monday after officials postponed the race due to slushy conditions hours before it was scheduled to begin.

Rather than take a chance Saturday and try to see if the weather improved, organizers called off the first Alpine race at the Olymp...

Men's downhill moved to Monday

2010-04-16T07:07:12Z

WHISTLER (Reuters) - The Alpine skiing men's downhill at the Winter Olympics, scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed until Monday due to bad course conditions and poor weather, an International Ski Federation (FIS) spokeswoman said.

With Sunday's scheduled women's opener, the super-combined, already postponed, the opening week...

Men's downhill at high risk of postponement

2010-04-16T07:07:15Z

Warm weather puts men's Olympic downhill in Whistler at high risk of postponement

The men's downhill that is to open Alpine skiing at the Olympics on Saturday is at high risk of being postponed.

"Right now, we need the temperature to go down," race director Guenter Hujara said Friday. "If it remains the same I can say for sure t...

Canadian Alpine team brimming with confidence

2010-04-16T07:10:15Z

Osborne-Paradis and Canadian Alpine team brimming with medal confidence

Manuel Osborne-Paradis isn't shying away from the attention and high expectations of an entire nation as the Canadian Alpine ski team prepares for the Vancouver Games.

What began as a mundane, happy to be here-themed news conference on Monday, quickly turned into a show of confidence by a team eager to make the most ...

As Ligety, Mancuso proved, upsets happen in skiing

2010-06-12T09:34:27Z

Looking for another Ligety or Mancuso? Expect the unexpected in Olympic Alpine races

This was one wager U.S. Alpine racer Julia Mancuso's ski technician was all too willing to lose, even if it involved a little public embarrassment.

Andrea Vianello made a bet with a U.S. coach that went something like this: If Mancuso captured a gold medal at the Bode Miller's back for another Olympics, saying he's ready to handle things better this time

Maybe it's better for Bode Miller this way. Maybe the bad boy of the Turin Olympics relishes being an afterthought this time around.

The emergence of MIAMI (Reuters) - American Lindsey Vonn has dominated women's Alpine skiing over the past three seasons but is well aware that World Cup form often counts for little in the Olympics.

Since her first win, in downhill at Lindsey Vonn wins World Cup super-G race, seals season title heading into Vancouver Olympics

Lindsey Vonn won a super-G race Sunday, clinching the discipline title in the final World Cup race before the Vancouver Olympics.

The 25-year-old American timed 1 minute, 1.77 secon...

Vonn has final World Cup business before Olympics

2010-06-30T15:13:06Z

Lindsey Vonn has final World Cup event before Vancouver Olympics start in 2 weeks

Lindsey Vonn says she's focused on taking care of World Cup business this weekend in her final stop before the Vancouver Olympics.

"I can't look too far ahead to the Olympics just yet," the tw...

Zettel skips WCup race to prepare for Olympics

2010-04-16T07:20:04Z

Austrian skier Kathrin Zettel puts Olympics first, skips final WCup race before Vancouver

Kathrin Zettel of Austria will skip the World Cup ski race this weekend to prepare for the Olympics.

Zettel said Tuesday she needs rest to be ready for the Lindsey Vonn raced home in the super-G race at Cortina d'Ampezzo to pocket her 29th World Cup win.

Vonn, 25 and streaking towards a third consecutive overall World Cup title, won in 1min 21.74sec to see off Swiss Fabienne Suter and

Whistler's weather prompts Olympic worries

2010-04-16T07:31:04Z

Whistler's notoriously bad weather could wreak havoc with Alpine skiing at Olympics

Thick mid-mountain fog. Heavy snowfall. High winds. Fast-moving moisture.

Over the years, the combination of high mountains lying in close proximity to the Pacific Ocean has not been kind to Alpine skiing in Whistler, the resort that will host some of the most highly awaited events at next month's Olympics.

Febru...

Schonfelder to make Zagreb ski return

2010-04-16T07:55:44Z

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 for the Vancouver Games from February 12-28.

"I still have a chanc...

Guay one of favorites to claim gold for Canada

2010-06-30T15:13:13Z

With Olympics looming, Canadian skier Erik Guay not allowing anxiety to weigh on him

Try as he might, Canadian downhiller Erik Guay can't ski away from the pressure.

It's everywhere these days, trailing him, engulfing him.

There's pressure to satisfy his top sponsor. To live up to the hype that began when he burst on the scene a few seasons ago. To be a success for his country at the 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.

"My target was to make the podium, but to win... It's great ahead of the 'It is a lot of pressure': Lindsey Vonn carries all sorts of expectations on road to Vancouver

If you hear anything about Alpine skiing these days, you hear that Lindsey Vonn is supposed to be the star of February's Vancouver Olympics.

Supposed to win medals, plural, not merely one.<...

Osborne-Paradis will try to end Canada's Olympic drought

2010-04-16T08:47:26Z

Manuel Osborne-Paradis upset the favourites to win Sunday's Super-G but those who know him wouldn't be surprised if he repeats that feat by taking Olympic downhill on his favourite piste.

Osborne-Paradis will be competing in his hometown when Vancouver hosts the 2010 Winter Games in 74 days and he knows the Olympic downhill run as well as anyone having grown up ...

Miller confident of victory at Lake Louise

2010-04-16T08:51:38Z

Bode Miller isn't exactly where he wants to be heading into Saturday's World Cup race but says he is still fit enough to win the season's first downhill.

"I am not in the best shape for these races but I think I am strong enough to compete and win on any of these hills," Miller said.

Miller heads into this weekend's first speed races of the World Cup season after ...

US skier Vonn wants maiden Olympic, and more World Cup glory

2010-04-16T09:41:53Z

US skier Lindsey Vonn said her dream of winning a maiden Olympic medal in Vancouver next February will not dilute her hopes of defending her coveted World Cup titles.

The Colorado-based, Minnesota-born Vonn is one of only a few real stars among the women's elite, dominating the World Cup series the past two years while winning two...

Austrian star Maier captures Lake Louise super-G

2010-06-30T15:13:25Z

Austrian legend Hermann Maier skied through the pain of a bad back Sunday to snap an almost three-year win drought by capturing the first super-G of the World Cup season.

Maier, who almost retired in the off season, clocked one minute, 29.84 seconds on the steep Whitehorn Mountain course to finish just O.59 seconds ahead of Ca...

Luger Death Report

2010-06-12T22:22:17Z

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2010, file photo, Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia is seen just before crashing during a training run for the men's singles luge at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British...

Rochette Future Figure Skating

2010-03-26T15:05:36Z

FILE - This Feb. 23, 2010, file photo shows Canada's Joannie Rochette reacting before receiving her scores following her short program during the women's figure skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, VANCOUVER, BC - MARCH 12: Sir Philip Craven, the President of the International Paralympic Committee, listens as Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee CEO John Furlong speaks during the Opening Ceremon...

China Ungrateful Skater

2010-03-26T21:58:06Z

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 file photo, China's gold medal winner Zhou Yang, left, kisses her medal next to Korea's bronze medalist Park Seung-hi during the medal ceremony for the women's short track speed skating 1500-meter race at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver,

Russia Putin Olympics

2010-03-27T00:58:47Z

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko speaks during a news conference after a government meeting on Russia's poor performance at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, at government headquarters in Moscow, Friday, March 5, 2010. Russian Prime Minister Vlad...

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