Vonn wins Lake Louise downhill

2011-12-03T13:30:17Z

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (Reuters) - American Lindsey Vonn won a women's alpine skiing World Cup downhill Saturday.

France's Marie Marchand-Arvier was second a...

Jean-Baptiste Grange wins men's slalom world title

2011-02-20T06:00:04Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - France's Jean-Baptiste Grange won the men's slalom at the Alpine ski world championships on Sunday.

Sweden's Jen...

Ligety wins world giant slalom gold

2011-02-18T14:30:46Z

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...

Alpine skier Maze finally finds her way to gold

2011-02-17T15:30:34Z

Slovenia's Tina Maze claimed her first major title with gold in Thursday's giant slalom and admitted her relief after finally breaking her run of four silver medals.

Maze's victory gave her country their first gold at a world ski championships as Italy's Federica Brignone took silver and Tessa Worley of

France wins world ski team gold

2011-02-16T14:30:54Z

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 bronze after they demolished Italy 4-0 in...

Alpine skiing: France win team event at world championships

2011-02-16T04:00:09Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - France won the team event at the alpine skiing world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Wednesday.

Austria ...

Olympic Men's Slalom

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Vonn in control with third straight downhill win

2010-04-16T07:48:39Z

Lindsey Vonn of the United States made it three in a row when she bounced back from a bone bruise to win the women's World Cup downhill race here on Friday.

The reigning world champion and two-time World Cup winner clocked 1min 38.84sec to finish 0.35sec ahead of United States made it three in a row when she won the women's World Cup downhill race here on Friday.

The reigning world champion and two-time World Cup winner clocked 1min 38.84sec to finish 0.35sec ahead of Swede Anja Parson, the 2007 world champion, and VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Fraenzi Aufdenblatten pipped the favorites when she led a Swiss one-two in a super-G for her maiden World Cup win at the French resort of Val d'Isere on Sunday.

Aufdenblatten powered down the Oreiller-Killy course in...

Osborne-Paradis wins men's World Cup downhill

2010-04-16T08:16:17Z

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.

"My target was to make the podium, but to win... It's great ahead of the Michael Walchhofer continued his dominance at Birds of Prey on Friday, posting the fastest time in the third and final World Cup downhill training session.

Walchhofer, who was fastest on Thursday, clocked 1min 45.04sec.

Canadian Robbie Dixon was second quickest and France's

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2010-10-22T11:03:15Z

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2010-10-22T09:12:10Z

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Aubert wins skiing World Cup women's slalom

2010-04-16T16:11:00Z

France's Sandrine Aubert opened her alpine skiing World Cup account with victory in the women's slalom here on Saturday in front of Sweden's Frida Hansdotter and Nicole Hosp of Austr...

Lizeroux wins men's World Cup slalom

2010-04-16T16:17:15Z

Julien Lizeroux of France wins World Cup slalom; Ivica Kostelic remains overall leader

Julien Lizeroux of France won a men's World Cup slalom Sunday for his second victory of the season, and Ivica Kostelic of Croatia finished 11th and retained a narrow lead in the overall standings.

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 fin...

Top alpine skiers riding world economic crisis

2010-04-16T17:19:15Z

When a ski racer safely negotiates a deliberately treacherous slope and shudders to a halt in the finish area, with one television cameraman to avoid, there is an immediate automatic reaction.

No matter what time has been recorded, the skier in question will whip off one ski and prop it against his or her shoulder, sometimes blowing it a kiss, as the camera zooms in for a head shot, valuable advertising time for the ski manufacturers that are essential to the survival of alpine ski...

France's Tessa Worley wins giant slalom

2010-04-16T14:04:52Z

France's Tessa Worley wins giant slalom at snowy Aspen for 1st World Cup victory

France's Tessa Worley overcame driving snow and poor visibility Saturday to win a giant slalom at the Aspen Winternational for her first World Cup victory.

Worley, whose previous best was fifth place, was followed by Tanj...

Australia Flooding

2011-01-05T08:06:21Z

In this photo released by the Northern Territory Police, four German tourists rest on the roof of their vehicle as they wait for their rescue from the flooded Magela Creek, near Jabiru, Australia, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Drenching rain that started before Christmas has flooded an area the size of France and 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...

Austria Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-28T08:32:13Z

Tessa Worley, of France, smiles on the podium after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Semmering, Austria, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)

France Spy Makeover

2010-12-28T03:31:59Z

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2010 file photo, general view of the building of France's secretive international spy agency, the DGSE, in Paris France. The service, the French answer to the CIA, is recruiting, getting more funding and opening its cloak as part of Spain's Rafael Nadal reacting after defeating Sweden's Robin Soderling during the men's finals match for the French Open tennis tournament, in ...

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