Rebensburg takes giant slalom cup lead

2011-03-11T06:32:10Z

SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg won an Alpine ski giant slalom race on Friday to take the World Cup lead in the discip...

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...

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.

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Alpine skiing: Norway's Aksel Svindal wins men's super combined

2011-02-14T06:00:17Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the men's super combined at the world skiing championships on Monday.

Christof Innerhofer of Italy...

Vonn and Riesch downhill dominance could end

2011-02-12T18:30:06Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn and her great rival Maria Riesch have won the last 15 competitive downhill races between them but their dominance could end at the world championships on Sunda...

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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Japan's Kano takes super-G gold

2010-03-19T15:15:56Z

Japan's Akira Kano on Friday captured the Alpine skiing super-G (sitting) gold at the Paralympics for his second medal of the 2010 Games.

The 24-year-old, who won the bronze in Thursday's downhill, won in a time of 1min 19.98sec with Germany's

Vonn crashes out of giant slalom

2010-03-11T02:00:09Z

GARMISCH-PARTERNKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn, on the brink of clinching her third successive overall World Cup title, crashed in the first leg of the season's final giant slalom on Thursday.

The American Olympic downhill champion spun off about a quarter of the way down the 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...

Riesch eyes slalom gold as Vonn bombs

2010-02-26T13:16:40Z

Germany's Maria Riesch is in prime position to add Olympic slalom gold to her super-combined title after heading the first leg on Friday which saw American star Lindsey Vonn crash out.

Riesch clocked 50.75 seconds, 0.40sec ahead of world slalom silver medallist Sarka Za...

Rebensburg takes surprise giant slalom gold

2010-06-12T09:34:43Z

With fog slowing the first-run leaders, Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg wins giant slalom

Unheralded Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany has taken a surprise victory in the Olympic giant slalom, with the first-run leaders slowed by dense fog.

Rebensburg, who had never won a major race, clocked a two-run combined time of 2 minutes, 27.11 seconds Thursd...

Ice hockey clash of titans overshadows Olympic medals

2010-06-12T04:46:13Z

Canada and Russia renew their long-standing rivalry in a heavyweight Olympic quarter-final ice hockey battle on Wednesday as Lindsey Vonn looks to overcome her alpine jinx in the giant slalom.

With just five days of action left, the United States and Lindsey Vonn says she is looking forward to overcoming her alpine jinx in the giant slalom on the biggest stage of them all Wednesday, but happily admits she will start an underdog.

The American has yet to podium in a giant slalom race at international level, and hinted at her true expectations from the Olympic Games post-speed events after her super-G bronze last week.

However, with the injured shin she was nursing at t...

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 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 Maria Riesch of Germany took advantage of a mid-course crash by American Lindsey Vonn and an "easy" slalom run to win the super-combined and her first Olympic title on Thursday.

American Julia Mancuso claimed her second silver in as many days finishing at 0.94sec with b...

German Neureuther wins World Cup slalom

2010-04-16T07:23:13Z

Germany's Felix Neureuther won the men's World Cup slalom race here on Sunday ahead of Frenchman Julien Lizeroux and Italian Giuliano Razzoli.

The German timed 1min 37.35sec over the two legs, 0.39sec ahead of Lizeroux with Razzoli at 0.99sec.

Hoelzl wins women's giant slalom

2010-04-16T08:49:33Z

Germany's Kathrin Hoelzl won the women's alpine World Cup giant slalom here on Saturday ahead of Austrian Kathrin Zettel and Italian Federica Brignone.

Hoelzl won with a combined time of 2min 09.63sec, 24-hundredths of a second ahead of Zettel and 1.13sec ahead of 19-year-old Brignone.

Maria Riesch handed Germany its second gold of the World Ski Championships when she won the women's slalom here on Saturday.

Riesch produced a storming second run to clock a combined total of 1min 51.80 to finish 0.77sec ahead of Czech Sarka Zahrobska, the defending champion, with

Hoelzl wins women's giant ski slalom

2010-06-12T09:35:22Z

Germany's Kathrin Hoelzl won the women's giant slalom at the World Ski Championships here Thursday ahead of Slovenia's Tina Maze and Tanja Poutiainen of Finland.

Lindsey Vonn leads downhill training at worlds as she seeks to extend 3-race winning streak

Lindsey Vonn led downhill training at the World Championships on Thursday despite standing up out of her tuck for the final 200 meters.

Vonn is on a three-race winning streak, having won the super-G that opened the championships Tuesday and two World Cup races in Germany, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd, Daniel Kopatsch)

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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 Sweden, center, is flanked ond the podium by second placed Tina Maze of Slovenia, left, and third placed Austrian Elisabeth Goergl after an alpine skiing parallel slalom World Cup race held in Munich, southern

Germany New Year Preparations

2010-12-30T21:31:31Z

Workers run a cable over the street in preparation for the New Year's celebrations in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to celebrate the beginning of the New Year 2011 at the famous landma...

OLY John Leicester 281210

2010-12-28T12:30:30Z

FILE - In this June 27, 2010 file combination of six photos, Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer looks at the ball that hit the bar, bounce over the line during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Germany and England at F...

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