Jim Tracy leaves as US women's ski coach

2010-08-19T13:39:59Z

US women's ski coach Jim Tracy leaves after 2 successful seasons and strong Olympics

U.S. women's ski coach Jim Tracy stepped down on Friday, less than five weeks after guiding the team to a strong showing at the Vancouver Olympics. He did not give a reason, but said in a statement that he appreciated being part of "something very special." Tra...

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

Lindsey Vonn clinches 3rd World Cup overall title

2010-06-30T15:13:51Z

Sensational season: Vonn ignores injuries for 33rd World Cup win, 3rd straight overall title

Lindsey Vonn finished with a fitting flourish, the perfect way to cap a nearly perfect season, one chock full of victories, medals, trophies — and injuries. Now the American is looking forward to some well-earned time away from the slopes. A day aft...

Three down, three to go for US star Vonn

2010-03-12T10:16:52Z

After winning her third straight World Cup title on Friday, US star Lindsey Vonn said she is a long way from matching the record six won by Austria's Annemarie Moser-Proell. Having won downhill gold and Super-G bronze at last month's Winter Olympics, Vonn won the Super-G race here on Friday to be crowned the overall World Cup cham...

Vonn wins third successive World Cup

2010-03-12T05:00:08Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn of the United States skied through more pain on Friday to win the women's overall World Cup title for the third year running. Vonn ignored a bruised right knee after crashing in Thursday's giant slalom to win ...

Leader Janka steps closer to ski trophy

2010-03-12T02:22:28Z

Switzerland's Carlo Janka took one step closer to the overall World Cup season's title on Friday by setting the fastest time on the first run of the men's giant slalom. The 23-year-old is battling Austria's Benjamin Raich for the Crystal Globe and is top of the World Cup standi...

Austria season a near miss, not failure says Raich

2010-03-11T08:30:54Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Austria have failed to win a downhill this season, came away from the Vancouver without a single medal in men's Alpine skiing yet could still end up with the overall world champion thanks to Lindsey Vonn wins super-combined title after 2 events; 3rd canceled because of weather

Lindsey Vonn may have crashed in the giant slalom Thursday, but she got some good news after the race. The International Skiing Federation confirmed Vonn as the super-combined World Cup champion. She already had secured the downhil...

Vonn title bid hit by crash

2010-06-12T09:35:55Z

GARMISCH-PARTERNKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn's bid for a third successive overall World Cup title was hit when she crashed out of the giant slalom on Thursday and Maria Riesch kept her outside ho...

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 Vonn nears 3rd straight overall World Cup title after finishing 2nd to Riesch in downhill

With the arithmetic clearly in her favor, Lindsey Vonn is closing in on a third straight overall World Cup title after finishing second to Maria Riesch on Wednesday in the season's final downhill. Three races remain and Vonn holds a commanding 225-point lead over Ri...

Riesch leaves Vonn trailing in World Cup downhill ski win

2010-03-10T05:16:26Z

Germany's Maria Riesch romped to victory in the women's World Cup finals downhill race here on Wednesday leaving Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn of the United States in her wake. US starlet Vonn, who has a commanding overall World Cup lead and has already claimed the season's d...

Riesch wins to put Vonn title on hold

2010-03-10T05:00:33Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Double Olympic gold medalist Maria Riesch handed Lindsey Vonn a rare downhill defeat on Wednesday and also forced her American friend to put her third successive overall World Cup title on hold. Vonn, who has already clinche...

Janka takes downhill to claim World Cup ski lead

2010-03-10T03:16:19Z

Switzerland's Carlo Janka won the men's World Cup finals downhill on Wednesday to take the lead in the overall standings in his ding dong battle for supremacy with Austria's Benjamin Raich. Mario Scheiber of Austria finished second in the downhill on the

Janka wins downhill to lead World Cup standings

2010-06-30T15:13:49Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Switzerland's Carlo Janka won the downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Wednesday to go back to the top of the overall Austria's Hans Grugger and Switzerland's Fabienne Suter set the early pace in the men's and women's downhill training on Tuesday ahead of the World Cup finale. American ski queen Lindsey Vonn and Switzerland's 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. men'...

Grugger, Suter set the pace in dowhhill ski training

2010-03-09T07:16:14Z

Austria's Hans Grugger and Switzerland's Fabienne Suter set the early pace in the men's and women's downhill training on Tuesday ahead of the World Cup finale. American ski queen Lindsey Vonn and Switzerland's Gisin of Switzerland edges Vonn to win Crans-Montana super-G; Mancuso third

Dominique Gisin of Switzerland won her first World Cup super-G race on Sunday by denying Lindsey Vonn a second win in two days. Gisin attacked the Nationale course ...

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

Vonn secures downhill World Cup title

2010-06-30T15:13:47Z

CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland (Reuters) - American Lindsey Vonn added the downhill World Cup title to her Olympic gold when she won Saturday's speed event in C...

Super-combined skiing event postponed

2010-03-05T08:18:42Z

Friday's scheduled World Cup super-combined event here has been postponed until Saturday because of strong winds, organisers confirmed. Saturday's planned downhill race will also count towards the super-combined, with the slalom taking place in the afternoon. Strong winds had forced organisers to push back the start five times on Friday before deciding to cancel the downhill.

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, Miller...

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 bronze enha...

Razzoli emulates mighty Tomba

2010-06-12T14:29:22Z

WHISTLER (Reuters) - Giuliano Razzoli followed Alberto Tomba's advice to win the men's slalom on Saturday and hand Italy their first gold medal of the Olympics in the last race of the Alpine ski program. The 25-year-old, who had clocked the fastest time in the o...

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-at-all-costs styl...

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 first-leg ...

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 with A...

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 a fur...

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics end with 1 gold, 1 bronze

2010-02-27T00:30:11Z

'I couldn't be happier': Lindsey Vonn leaves Vancouver a bit beat up but with gold, bronze

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics began the way everyone expected them to, with a gold medal in the downhill, her signature event. Little went according to plan thereafter. Yes, Vonn did collect a second medal...

Canada, USA in dream ice hockey Olympic final

2010-06-12T14:45:16Z

Canada sneaked past Slovakia while the United States crushed Finland to set up a blockbuster Olympic ice-hockey final as the host nation surged to the top of the medal table with two more gold. With just two more days left, the Canadians have 10 gold medals, one clear of

US into Olympic ice hockey final as Riesch wins gold

2010-06-12T14:45:11Z

The United States swept past Finland and into the men's ice hockey final where Canada or Slovakia await them, as Maria Riesch grabbed gold in the last women's alpine event of the 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 as good as it got a...

US into ice hockey final as Riesch wins slalom gold

2010-06-12T14:45:05Z

The United States swept past Finland and into the men's ice hockey final on Friday where Canada or Slovakia await them, as Maria Riesch grabbed gold in the last women's alpine event of the Lindsey Vonn was quick to applaud the double gold feat of close friend Maria Riesch after the German added the Olympic slalom title to her super-combined crown Friday. Vonn, who won the downhill gold and super-G bronze, crashed out of the giant slalom and slalom to end any hope she had of adding to her collection. "It's awesome. I'm so happy for her. She di...

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 time ...

Riesch eyes Olympic slalom gold as Vonn bombs

2010-02-26T13:16:38Z

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 Zahrobsk...

Riesch eyes slalom gold as Vonn bombs

2010-02-26T13:16:40Z

'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 as good as it got a...

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

2010-02-26T12:15:48Z

Olympics/Ski: Vonn skis out of Olympic slalom

2010-02-26T11:16:09Z

American Lindsey Vonn skied out of the first leg of the women's Olympic slalom on Friday. Vonn, who has won downhill gold and super-G bronze here, straddled a gate high up the course to end her quest for further Olympic glory. The incident was the latest misfortune for Vonn, who on Wednesday broke her finger in the giant slalom after crashing heavily. In last week's super-combined, she crashed out of the slalom leg at the halfway ma...

Premiere The Bounty Hunter NY

2010-03-26T15:37:51Z

Alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn arrives to the premiere of "The Bounty Hunter" at The Ziegfeld Theater in New York, on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

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AUDI FIS World Cup - Women's Slalom

2010-06-30T15:20:17Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - MARCH 13: (FRANCE OUT) Lindsey Vonn of the USA takes the globe for the overall World Cup Slalom during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Slalom on March 13, 2010 in Garmisch-Partenk...

Germany Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals

2010-06-30T15:20:17Z

Felix Neureuther of Germany celebrates in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, Men's World Cup slalom, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Saturday, March 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

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AUDI FIS World Cup - Men's Slalom

2010-06-30T15:20:23Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - MARCH 13: (FRANCE OUT) Reinfried Herbst of Austria takes the globe for the overall World Cup Slalom during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Slalom on March 13, 2010 in Garmisch-Partenkir...

Germany Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-06-30T15:20:31Z

Lindsey Vonn of the United States speeds down the course on her way to win an alpine ski, Women's World Cup super-G, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Friday, March 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Elvis Piazzi)