Vonn, Miller lead US team for World Championships

2011-01-26T17:30:32Z

Reigning Olympic champions Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn were among 19 Americans named Wednesday to the US squad for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.

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Vonn leads US charge as Alpine skiing season opens

2010-10-22T01:30:49Z

Vonn will be one of four American racers who won Olympic golds at the 2010 Vancouver Games turning out for a season bissected by the February 8-20 World Ski Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

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Vonn leads US charge

2010-10-21T09:30:56Z

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Bode Miller decides to skip World Cup finals

2010-03-09T09:00:09Z

US skier Bode Miller decides to end his season early and skip World Cup finals

Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller has called it a season, a week before the World Cup finals in Germany.

The U.S. skier ended his season early to rest a sore right ankle, and added that he hopes to discuss his future with U.S...

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, ...

Bode Miller done early in last race of Olympics

2010-04-16T06:59:18Z

'You bring the noise, and hopefully it works': Miller's slalom lasts 8 seconds

If Saturday's slalom indeed was the final Olympic race of Bode Miller's career — and with Miller, you can never be certain what to expect — it sure didn't last long.

The raw numbers say it all: 8 seconds and, in typical Miller fashion, zero regrets.

"You bring the noise," he said, "and hopefully it works."

That risk...

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...

Razzoli wins Olympic slalom to break Austrian hearts

2010-02-27T15:16:11Z

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 runs, 0.16sec ahead of Croatia's Ivica Kostelic ...

Razzoli leads slalom as Miller skis out

2010-02-27T15:16:07Z

Giuliano Razzoli of Italy topped the timings for the shortened first leg of the Olympic slalom on Saturday ahead of Slovenian Mitja Valencic and Benjamin Raich of Austria.

The Italian, whose sole World Cup victory came at Zagreb this season, timed 47.79sec, 0.43sec ahead of Valencic with Raich...

Janka claims giant slalom crown as Miller bombs

2010-04-16T06:58:57Z

Switzerland's Carlo Janka on Tuesday added the Olympic giant slalom crown to his world title on a day when American Bode Miller failed in his bid to set Games history.

Janka, who led after the first leg, clocked a combined total of 2min 37.83sec over the two runs to add to his country's Olympic medal showing (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 ...

Miller eyes more Olympic gold as Canada look for redemption

2010-06-12T14:11:43Z

American Bode Miller bids for his fourth Vancouver Games medal in the giant slalom on Tuesday as Korean figure skating starlet Kim Yu-Na makes her Olympic bow and Canada try to restore their ice-hockey pride.

Going into day 12, the Reuters) - U.S. skier Bode Miller is rarely impressed by honors, milestones or statistics but he is close to achieving a record that even he would surely be proud of.

After his super combined gold on Sunday, the 32-year-old Miller is one podium away from becoming the first male skier to win four m...

US stuns Canada in Olympic ice-hockey clash

2010-06-12T04:35:49Z

Flamboyant skier Bode Miller and rock-steady ice hockey goaltender Ryan Miller allowed the United States to seize control of Super Sunday at the Winter Olympics.

American dominance of the pistes continued with Bode Miller surging to the men's super-combined gold before the US stunned hosts Bode Miller and rock-steady ice hockey goaltender Ryan Miller allowed the United States to seize control of Super Sunday at the Winter Olympics.

American dominance of the pistes continued with Bode Miller surging to the men's super-combined gold before the US stunned hosts American Bode Miller when he bids to continue his medal hunt in Tuesday's giant slalom.

After claiming gold in the super-combined, silver in the super-G and downhill bronze, Miller is spearheading a US team that has taken eight of 18 medals on offer here.

The 32-year-old said he was targeting medals in each of the five disciplines and one would n...

Bode Miller Wins Gold

2010-10-25T07:56:06Z

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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 ...

Miller shines on hockey-fueled 'Super Sunday'

2010-06-12T11:31:37Z

American dominance of the Olympic pistes continued with Bode Miller surging to the men's super-combined gold on a hockey-fueled Sunday that kicked off with Russia beating the Czechs.

Miller came home ahead of Croatian Ivica Kostelic and Silvan Zurbriggen of

Miller makes it gold, silver and bronze

2010-04-16T07:01:02Z

Bode Miller didn't mention it, but the US Ski team's impressive medals haul appears to be benefiting from a kind of 'home' advantage.

But going on the medal-winning momentum that is driving his team forward, that is not the only reason.

After winning downhill bronze and super-G silver, Miller finally achieved his Olympic gold dream by winning the men's super-combined.

Miller won two silver medals at the 2002 Games i...

Miller wins to extend US domination

2010-04-16T07:01:12Z

Bode Miller on Sunday continued the US team's Olympic alpine skiing medal surge when he won the men's super-combined title for his third podium finish in as many races.

Miller's maiden Olympic gold was the United States' eighth medal (two gold, three silver, three bronze) out of a possible 18 from six alpine disciplines raced so far.

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Miller wins to extend US alpine domination

2010-04-16T07:01:12Z

Bode Miller on Sunday continued the US team's Olympic alpine skiing medal surge when he won the men's super-combined title for his third podium finish in three races.

Miller's gold was the United States' eighth medal (two gold, three silver, three bronze) out of a possible 18 from six alpine disciplines raced so far.

"I can't ask for anything more," Miller said, add...

Svindal sets pace as Swiss, Miller lurk

2010-04-16T07:01:17Z

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal, the reigning world super-combined champion, led after the downhill portion of the Olympic event on Sunday.

Svindal, who this week won super-G gold and downhill silver, clocked 1min 53.15sec down the 3,105-metre-long Dave Murray course but there are a raft of slalom specialists who could thr...

Vonn's bronze puts US skiers in seventh heaven

2010-06-12T09:34:18Z

Olympic cover-girl Lindsey Vonn boosted the United States' dominance of the alpine events by winning bronze, the team's seventh from five events, in the women's super-G on Saturday.

Vonn was everyone's favourite in the event which combines some of the technical challenges of the slalom with the speed of the downhill.

But the recently-crowned downhill champion had ...

Miller, Weibrecht medal behind Svindal in super-G

2010-08-19T13:39:53Z

'It's The US Ski Team Show': Miller, Weibrecht get super-G medals, lift US Alpine total to 6

U.S. Ski Team men's coach Sasha Rearick was talking about the "focus" and "effort" of his racers at these Olympics, earnestly insisting he never thought about how well they'd do.

Su...

Miller, Weibrecht drive home US ski dominance

2010-04-16T07:02:09Z

Bode Miller stuck to his pre-Olympic predictions Friday by winning his second medal of the Games as the US ski team took another step towards dominating Whistler's alpine events.

Miller, who flopped at the Turin Olympics having won two silver medals in 2002, began his Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway on Friday added Olympic super-G gold to his downhill silver, blasting his way down a technically testing run that saw his closest rivals lose valuable seconds.

It was another fantastic day's ski racing for the American team, with Bode Miller winning silver to add to his downhill bronze and ...

Love or hate him, Bode's back for another Olympics

2010-04-16T07:12:46Z

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 Get ready for a full dose of Bode Miller; coach says skier to race all 5 events in Vancouver

Get ready for a full dose of Bode Miller.

U.S. Ski Team men's coach Sasha Rearick said Tuesday that Miller plans to race all five Alpine events at the Reuters) - Double world champion Lindsey Vonn and twice Olympic silver medalist Bode Miller will spearhead a group of 22 athletes on the U.S. alpine skiing team for next month's Va...

Bode Miller fastest in World Cup downhill training

2010-04-16T07:27:59Z

Bode Miller fastest in final World Cup downhill training before weekend events

Bode Miller has posted the fastest time in the final downhill training prior to this weekend's races at Hahnenkamm.

The American finished the Streif course in 1 minute, 52.32 seconds Thursday to lead Didier Cuche ...

Bode Miller aims to seal Olympic giant slalom spot

2010-04-16T07:48:19Z

Bode Miller aims to set ankle pains aside and seal Olympic starting spot in giant slalom

Two-time overall World Cup champion Bode Miller will try to earn a spot in the Olympic giant slalom when he returns to racing on Saturday after a three-week injury break.

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Miller, US teammates look to secure Olympic spots

2010-04-16T08:01:06Z

Bode Miller, US teammates have another month of racing to secure spots for Vancouver Olympics

Bode Miller is in the middle of a holiday break from the ski circuit, resting his sprained ankle, working on his conditioning and spending time with his daughter.

When he returns Jan. ...

Bode Miller to skip Bormio downhill

2010-04-16T08:11:40Z

Bode Miller to skip Bormio downhill and head home to US to visit daughter and rest ankle

Bode Miller will skip the upcoming downhill in Bormio and head back to the United States to let his sprained ankle heal and concentrate on his fitness.

Miller injured his ankle during a team volleyball game in V...

Miller, Cuche to compete in WCup despite injuries

2010-04-16T08:19:25Z

Bode Miller, Didier Cuche to race in Val Gardena, Italy, despite injuries

Bode Miller and Didier Cuche are battling injuries entering this weekend's speed races, while Michael Walchhofer is feeling ready to add to his collection of seven podium fin...

With Miller sidelined, Ligety leads US men in GS

2010-04-16T08:37:23Z

With Miller out, Ligety claims 10th place in World Cup giant slalom after blazing 2nd run

Ted 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 to protect an ankl...

Miller sprains ankle, misses Val d'Isere GS

2010-04-16T08:26:05Z

Bode Miller sprains ankle playing volleyball, expected to ski next week after skipping GS

Bode Miller has sprained his ankle playing volleyball and did not race in the World Cup giant slalom in Val d'Isere.

The U.S. team said in a statement on Sunday that the 32-year-old hurt his ankle in "dryla...

Hirscher sets pace in men's giant slalom

2010-04-16T08:26:18Z

VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Austrian newcomer Marcel Hirscher moved close to his first World Cup victory by clocking the fastest time in the first leg of a men's giant slalom on Sunday.

The 20-year-old Hirscher, who placed second in a super-combined event in...

Ski champ Miller happy to be back in the points

2010-04-16T08:28:16Z

Bode Miller, twice the overall alpine skiing World Cup champion, was back in the points on Friday after finishing a very creditable fifth in the super-combined event here.

The American has entered this World Cup season after coming off one of the longest breaks in his career.

He battled injuries at the end of last season and took eight months off to ponder retirement before finally deciding to not only return to the World ...

Plenty of pressure on Vonn as Olympics approach

2010-09-08T12:55:09Z

'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.<...

Walchhofer leads men's downhill training

2010-04-16T08:41:38Z

Austria's Michael Walchhofer posted the fastest time Thursday in alpine World Cup downhill training at a frigid Birds of Prey course.

The piste was in fine condition, despite temperatures of -17C at the start.

Walchhofer posted a time of 1min 45.36sec to lead the training, ahead of Switzerland's Bode Miller extends break from ski circuit for another week; still aiming for downhill title

Bode Miller has extended his break from the ski circuit for another week to spend time with his young daughter.

After skipping two races in Sestriere, Italy, last weekend, the defending overall World Cup champion will also ...

Vonn and Ligety lead US; Miller comes up empty

2010-04-16T14:26:00Z

Vonn, Ligety have up-and-down worlds between medals, DQs, freak injury; all down for Miller

Gold medals, parties, injuries, crashes.

That's what these world championships were all about for Lindsey Vonn, the American ski star who won two golds, needed surgery for a thumb injury caused by a broken champagne bottle, missed her next race, and then fell in her final one while wearing a splint to protect her...

Pranger wins men's slalom at worlds

2010-04-16T14:26:12Z

Pranger of Austria wins men's slalom at worlds; Miller among top skiers who don't finish

Manfred Pranger of Austria won the men's slalom on a desperately difficult course at the World Championships on Sunday after a succession of challengers failed to finish.

Six of the top 15 racers, including defending overall World Cup champion Bode Miller, failed to finish...

Bode Miller to take rare midseason break

2010-04-16T14:26:12Z

Bode Miller to take rare midseason break after again failing to medal at a major championship

Bode Miller has decided to take a rare midseason break from the ski tour after another disappointing major championship.

The defending overall champion will skip two World Cup races — a giant slalom and a super-combi — in Sestriere, Manfred Pranger led after the first run of the men's slalom at the World Ski Championships here on Sunday as a raft of top contenders crashed out on the testing Bellevarde piste.

Pranger negotiated the 64 gates down the 591-metre-long course in 52.49sec, four-hundredths ahead of Austria-based Swede Johan Brole...

Vonn enters slalom; Ligety gets bronze; Miller DNF

2010-04-16T14:29:18Z

US at ski worlds: Vonn ready for slalom; Ligety takes bronze in giant slalom; Miller crashes

Three very different days for America's three top skiers at the world championships:

_Lindsey Vonn declared herself ready for Saturday's slalom with a special splint on her right thumb. She needed surgery after cutting a tendon on a broken champagne bottl...

Svindal wins super-combined at worlds

2010-04-16T14:39:52Z

Aksel Lund Svindal wins super-combined at world championships; Miller skies out

Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the super-combined Monday at the world championships after his three closest challengers failed to finish their slalom runs.

Bode Miller skied out in the slalom, which was raced under...

Svindal leads men's downhill run in super-combi

2010-04-16T14:40:39Z

Aksel Lund Svindal leads downhill run in super-combi; Bode Miller 2nd after amazing recovery

Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway led after the downhill portion of the men's super-combined event at the World Championships on Monday.

Svindal clocked 1 minute, 30.99 seconds on a course shortened by poor v...

Swiss skier Cuche wins men's world Super-G crown

2010-04-16T14:51:44Z

Swiss veteran Didier Cuche overcame the gruelling Bellevarde course to claim gold in the men's Super-G at the World Ski Championships on Wednesday.

Cuche, wearing bib number 16, clocked 1min 19.41sec, a staggering 0.99sec ahead of Italian silver medallist Peter Fill, with Norway's Bode Miller, Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso lead US team for Alpine worlds

Bode Miller, Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso will lead the United States team at next month's World Alpine Ski Championships in Lizeroux leads 1-2 French finish at men's World Cup slalom race; Miller skis out in 1st run

Julien Lizeroux edged Jean-Baptiste Grange in a 1-2 French finish on Sunday at a men's World Cup slalom in which American Bode Miller went out early in the first run after missing a gate.

Lizeroux, who had never before been on the World Cup pod...

Italy's Innerhofer wins men's downhill

2010-04-16T13:41:14Z

Italy's Cristof Innerhofer won the men's World Cup downhill event here on Sunday ahead of the Austrian duo of Klaus Kroll and Michael Walchhofer.

The 24-year-old Innerhofer, wearing bib number one, came down the icy and rutted course in 2minutes 3.55 seconds, 0.32sec ahead of Kroll with Walchhofer third at 0.95sec.

Miller posts fastest training run for second straight day

2010-04-16T14:06:29Z

Since his falling out with the US Ski Team, Bode Miller is all about carving up the slopes, not carving turkey with his fellow American skiers on Thanksgiving.

Miller, who won the World Cup overall title last season, wrote in his Internet blog that he planned to celebrate Thursday's US holiday quietly.

"I'm not doing anything special for Thanksgiving since I won't b...

Miller gets 1st podium finish in slalom since 2004

2010-04-16T14:22:28Z

American Bode Miller finishes 2nd in World Cup slalom; 1st slalom podium since win in 2004

Bode Miller hadn't stepped on the podium after a World Cup slalom event since winning in 2004.

On Sunday, Miller was edged by Jean-Baptiste Grange of France in the slalom opener by 0.79 seconds, finish...

Miller finishes 2nd at World Cup slalom opener

2010-04-16T14:23:03Z

Bode Miller finishes 2nd behind Jean-Baptiste Grange in World Cup slalom opener

Bode Miller lost to Jean-Baptiste Grange by 0.79 seconds Sunday in the World Cup slalom opener.

The Frenchman, who led Ted Ligety of the United States...

Miller expects to race despite injury

2010-09-10T06:50:25Z

Skier Bode Miller Expects to Race World Cup Season-Opening Giant Slalom Despite Back Injury

Bode Miller said Friday he expects to compete in the season-opening World Cup race this weekend despite a back injury.

The 2005 overall World Cup champion, who split with the U.S. ski team and went independent this season, hurt his back skiing earlier this m...

Germany Alpine Skiing World Cup

2011-01-02T13:32:12Z

Winner Ivica Kostelic of Croatia, center celebrates on the podium with second placed Julien Lizeroux of France, left, and third placed Bode Miller from the United States, right...

Italy Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-29T06:31:54Z

Bode Miller, of the United States, speeds down the course on his way to place eighth in an alpine ski World Cup men's downhill race, in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

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Mens World Cup Skiing

2010-12-04T14:01:47Z

U.S. ski racer Bode Miller skis the top part of the the men's World Cup super-G ski race in Beaver Creek, Colo., on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. He later skied off course and did not finish. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)

Copyright 2010 U.S. ski racer Bode Miller of Easton, NH., races down the course during a training run for the men's World Cup downhill ski race in Beaver Creek, Colo., on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. The downhill is scheduled for Friday. (AP Photo/Alessandro ...

Canada World Cup Mens Dowhill Skiing

2010-11-27T14:01:48Z

Bode Miller of the United States, races down the course on his way to an eight place finish in the men's World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta on Saturday Nov. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,

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