World Cup slalom win for Hirscher

2011-12-19T13:30:31Z

Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the men's World Cup slalom race here on Monday ahead of Olympic champion Giuliano Razzoli of Italy and Germany's Felix Neureuther.

Hirscher was already fastest after the first leg, 00.11 seconds ahead of Austria's Marlies Schild won the women's alpine skiing World Cup slalom Sunday which ended in frustration for American Lindsey Vonn who failed to qualify for the second leg.

This was a 29th World Cup slalom win for the reigning world champion who beat Finland's

Blardone wins Alta Bardia giant slalom

2011-12-18T13:30:34Z

Italy's Massimiliano Blardone won the men's alpine skiing World Cup giant slalom Sunday on his favourite slope with Austrian duo Hannes Reichelt and Philipp Schorghofer in second and third.

The 32-year-old local skier was notching up his ...

Vonn takes Super-G for fourth win in a row

2011-12-07T18:30:21Z

American Lindsey Vonn won her fourth Alpine Ski Women's World Cup race in a row on Wednesday, capturing a rescheduled Super-G event after sweeping three races last weekend in Canada.

Vonn conquered the 1,940-meter Birds of Prey run in 1min 10.68secs to defeat Swi...

Ligety wins giant slalom, gets revenge over Hirscher

2011-12-06T19:30:45Z

American Ted Ligety gained his revenge against Marcel Hirscher on Tuesday by capturing the Alpine World Cup Beaver Creek giant slalom race for his 10th career World Cup victory.

The reigning giant slalom overall champ Ligety finished second to Austria's Hirsc...

Hirscher edges Ligety at Beaver Creek

2011-12-04T19:30:27Z

Austrian Marcel Hirscher edged defending champion Ted Ligety of the United States to win his fourth career Alpine Ski Men's World Cup giant slalom race on Sunday.

Hirscher won with a combined two-run time of 2mins 38.45 secs to edge Ligety by .16 of a second with Germany's Fritz Dopfer third with a 2:39...

Vonn completes hat-trick with Super-G win

2011-12-04T17:30:40Z

American Lindsey Vonn completed a hat-trick of Alpine Ski Women's World Cup triumphs at Lake Louise on Sunday, winning a Super-G to claim her 45th career victory and extend her points lead.

Vonn followed up back-to-back downhill victories on Friday and Saturday on the Canadian piste by completing the 1,973-meter, 3...

Vonn takes back-to-back downhill wins

2011-12-03T20:30:23Z

American star Lindsey Vonn claimed her 44th career Alpine World Cup women's ski win, her third triumph of the season and her second downhill victory in as many days on Saturday.

Vonn won her 23rd career World Cup downhill, her ninth all-time downhill at Lake Louise in 1min 51.35secs. 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...

Miller wins Beaver Creek, ends two-year wait

2011-12-02T20:30:22Z

American Bode Miller captured his third downhill victory at Beaver Creek Friday, posting the 33rd World Cup win of his career and first on the circuit in nearly two years.

Miller, who turns 34 on December 10, edged Switzerland's Beat Feuz by finishing in a time of one minute, 43.82 seconds.

"The stuff...

Vonn takes eighth Lake Louise downhill

2011-12-02T17:30:25Z

American ski superstar Lindsey Vonn claimed her eighth career downhill victory at Lake Louise by dominating the season-opening World Cup women's speed race on Friday.

"I just have always had such a good feeling here," said Vonn. "That track suits me so well. I feel at home. It can't be more peaceful and amazing wit...

Miller back in "miraculous" form

2011-12-02T13:30:23Z

BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) - Bode Miller reckoned it took a miracle for him to surge back and win his first World Cup downhill in three years in Beave...

Miller wins first World Cup downhill in three

2011-12-02T12:30:13Z

BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) - Bode Miller surged back to win his first World Cup downhill in over three years in Beaver Creek on Friday.

The 34-year-old American, who had only won one World Cup...

Val d'Isere races switched to US for lack of snow

2011-11-30T17:31:19Z

The men's and women's World Cup alpine skiing races scheduled for the French resort of Val d'Isere on December 10 and 11 have all been cancelled because of a lack of snow the authorities there announced Wednesday.

The women's super-combined and super-G fell victim to the lack of snow by mid-afternoon following an inspection by the Colorado with a little-known Frenchman raising eyebrows and a Swiss veteran already reproducing his sparkling form.

Reigning World Cup downhill and super-G champion Didier Cuche continues to defy his age by capturing the FIS World Cup season opening downhill in Lindsey Vonn has announced that she is to divorce her husband and coach Thomas Vonn after four years of marriage.

"It is with great sadness that I announce that Thomas and I have begun divorce proceedings," said Vonn, triple World Cup overall winner from 2008-10.

"This is an extremely difficult time in my personal life and I hope the media and m...

De Tessieres injured in Lake Louise crash

2011-11-27T20:30:32Z

French ski racer Gauthier De Tessieres injured his left knee in a crash Sunday during the first super-G race of the 2011-12 World Cup alpine season.

Starting from the 24th position and skiing in difficult snowy conditions, the 30-year-old De Tessieres lost his footing on one of the curves and then sailed through the air.

He landed hard on his back and slammed feet first into the protective netting on th...

Svindal clinches season's first super-G

2011-11-27T20:30:30Z

Former two-time World Cup overall champ Aksel Lund Svindal captured his first World Cup victory of the year with a superb run in the season-opening super-G on Sunday.

The 28-year-old Norwegian clocked one minute, 23.47 seconds to beat Swiss speed specialist Didier Cuche who finished in 1:...

Marlies Schild wins World Cup slalom

2011-11-27T19:30:32Z

Austria's Marlies Schild, almost invincible in slalom last season, won the first slalom of the 2011-2012 women's World Cup campaign on Sunday.

Schild, the reigning World Cup slalom champion, led both legs and finished with a combined time of one minute, 43.72 seconds to finish a comfortable 1.19sec ahead of

Ski racer De Tessieres injured in Lake Louise crash

2011-11-27T18:30:53Z

French ski racer Gauthier De Tessieres injured his left knee in a crash during the first super-G race of the 2011-12 World Cup alpine season.

Starting from the 24th position and skiing in difficult snowy conditions on Sunday, the 30-year-old De Tessieres lost his footing on one of the curves and then sailed through the air.

He landed hard on his back and slammed feet first into the protective netting on...

Swiss Cuche claims season's first downhill

2011-11-26T19:30:22Z

Swiss racer Didier Cuche got the defence of his alpine World Cup downhill title off to a successful start by clinching the first downhill of the season on Saturday.

The 37-year-old Cuche, who also won in Lake Louise two years ago, clocked one minute, 47.28 seconds to edge Swiss compatriot Beat Feuz who...

Giant slalom world champ Ligety ends Solden drought

2011-10-23T12:30:38Z

America's giant slalom world champion Ted Ligety ended a run of frustrating podium placings here when he won the opening World Cup race in the discipline on Sunday.

The 27-year-old timed 2min 22sec to beat young Frenchman Alexis Pinturault by 29hundredths of a second while Philipp Schorghofer of Austria

Vonn wins first ever giant slalom

2011-10-22T10:30:26Z

American Lindsey Vonn, edged out in last season's overall women's World Cup title by Maria Hoefl-Riesch, started the new season in style winning Saturday's opening giant slalom in Solden.

The three-time former World Cup winner prevailed in a time of 2min 24.34sec on the Rettenbach slope.

After h...

Vonn finally makes giant slalom breakthrough

2011-10-22T05:30:30Z

SOELDEN, Austria (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn became the fifth female skier to win in all five Alpine disciplines when she claimed her maiden giant slalom victory in the opening race of the Wo...

Canadian skiing stalwart Janyk retires

2011-05-17T17:30:41Z

Canadian skier Britt Janyk, who won a World Cup downhill race in 2007 and placed sixth in last year's Olympic downhill, retired on Tuesday after 15 years on her national team.

The 15-time Canadian champion won a 2007 World Cup downhill at Aspen, Colorado, and was fourth in the Super-G at the 2007 World Championships in Croatian Ivica Kostelic and Maria Riesch of Germany were crowned men's and women's World Cup overall champions Saturday as controversy shrouded the final event of the alpine ski season.

Kostelic, the brother of retired four-time Olympic champion Janica, finished o...

Heartbroken Vonn says she will be back

2011-03-19T09:00:10Z

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn was heartbroken when the weather cost her a chance for a fourth successive World Cup title on Saturday but promised she...

Riesch, Vonn set for giant slalom duel

2011-03-18T17:30:28Z

American Lindsey Vonn and German rival Maria Riesch are set to duel for alpine skiing's prestigious overall World Cup crown in the final race of the season, a giant slalom, on Saturday.

Three-time World Cup champion Vonn has made a late charge in the final weeks of the season, reducing Riesch's lead to give herself every chance of a fourth title.

However double Olym...

Lindsey Vonn's title chances at mercy of the weather

2011-03-18T09:00:08Z

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn's hopes of a fourth successive overall World Cup title were left at the mercy of the weather after she lost the lead to

Mancuso wins downhill, Vonn takes overall lead

2011-03-16T11:30:36Z

American Julia Mancuso won the final women's downhill race of the season here on Wednesday as compatriot Lindsey Vonn took the overall World Cup lead from Germany's Maria Riesch with three races to go.

Olympic silver medallist Mancuso finished ahead of American Julia Mancuso won the final women's downhill race of the season here on Wednesday as compatriot Lindsey Vonn took the overall World Cup lead from Germany's Maria Riesch with three races to go.

Olympic silver medallist Mancuso finished ahead of Switzerland's Didier Cuche won the men's World Cup downhill Crystal Globe here on Wednesday as France's Adrien Theaux took top spot in the final race of the season.

Theaux claimed his first major victory ahead of Austria

Evergreen Cuche set for another campaign

2011-03-15T17:30:23Z

Veteran Swiss skier Didier Cuche announced here on Tuesday that he would ski on for another season.

The 1998 super-G Olympic silver medallist, who turns 37 in August, said that the passion to compete still burned fiercely inside him.

"It is still the passion that motivates me," said Cuche, on the eve of the World Cup finals where he is seeking to take the crystal globes in ...

Alpine skier Cuche bounces back to win Kvitfjell super-G

2011-03-13T17:30:31Z

Switzerland's Didier Cuche bounced back from a forgettable day of ski racing to claim his 17th career World Cup victory in the men's super-G here Sunday.

Austrians Klaus Kroell and Joachim Puchner took second and third place respectively.

Cu...

Rebensburg wins World Cup giant slalom

2011-03-11T14:30:44Z

Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany won the women's alpine skiing World Cup giant slalom here on Friday, ahead of Denise Karbon of Italy and Lindsey Vonn of the United States.

The 100 points for the win meant that Rebensburg moved ...

Vonn finishes third in World Cup giant slalom

2011-03-11T12:30:30Z

Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany won the women's alpine skiing World Cup giant slalom here on Friday, ahead of Denise Karbon of Italy and Lindsey Vonn of the United States.

The 100 points for the win meant that Rebensburg moved ...

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...

Vonn wins third ski title in three days

2011-03-06T15:30:24Z

Lindsey Vonn of the United States clinched the women's World Cup super-G title for the third consecutive year by winning here on Sunday to round off what was for her a superb weekend in the Italian Alps.

It was Vonn's third title in three days having won t...

Vonn wins fourth successive downhill World Cup title

2011-03-05T13:30:17Z

Lindsey Vonn of the United States won the downhill World Cup title for the fourth year in a row here on Saturday when she placed second behind Anja Paerson of Sweden.

It was 29-year-old Paerson's 42nd World Cup r...

Vonn wins another cup as Paerson takes race

2011-03-05T06:00:08Z

TARVISIO, Italy (Reuters) - American Lindsay Vonn clinched the downhill World Cup for the fourth successive year when she finished second to a resurgent Anja Paerson in Saturday's r...

Janka wins race 10 days after heart surgery

2011-03-05T06:00:07Z

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (Reuters) - Ten days after undergoing minor heart surgery, Swiss Carlo Janka won an Alpine ski World Cup giant slalom race on Saturday.

Olympic...

Maze wins super-combined, Vonn takes Globe

2011-03-04T15:30:29Z

Slovenia's Tina Maze won the World Cup super-combined race here on Friday ahead of American Lindsey Vonn, who clinched the Crystal Globe in the discipline for the second consecutive year.

It was the first victory on the World Cup circuit this season and the tenth of her c...

Lindsey Vonn takes Crystal Globe

2011-03-04T12:30:28Z

Slovenia's Tina Maze won the World Cup super-combined race here on Friday ahead of American Lindsey Vonn, who clinched the Crystal Globe in the discipline for the second consecutive year.

It was the first victory on the World Cup circuit this season and the tenth of her c...

Skiier Riesch pips Vonn to win Are super-G

2011-02-27T12:30:31Z

Germany's World Cup leader Maria Riesch pulled off a stunning super-G victory over American arch-rival Lindsey Vonn by just one-hundredth of a second on Sunday.

The German's sixth win of the season, and second this weekend, could prove to be crucial in her contest with reigning champion Vonn for the overall crystal globe on th...

Vonn wins W. Cup downhill skiing

2011-02-26T12:30:09Z

American skiing star Lindsey Vonn won the World Cup downhill here on Saturday ahead of Slovenia's Tina Maze and German Maria Riesch.

The Olympic champion's victory was her seventh this season and 40th on the World Cu...

Riesch claims Are ski super-combined

2011-02-25T14:30:43Z

Germany's Maria Riesch claimed the 19th World Cup victory of her career in the super-combined here on Friday, ahead of Slovenian Tina Maze and Elisabeth Gorgl of Austria....

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...

Kostelic favourite for ski Worlds slalom title

2011-02-19T19:30:45Z

World Cup overall leader Ivica Kostelic will be hunting his second medal of the world ski championships in the slalom when the curtain comes down on the fortnight-long event on Sunday.

Kostelic has few rivals in the slalom discipline this season and will be eager to add to the bronze he won in the super-G at the start of the championships.

He has won this se...

Croatia Alpine Skiing World Cup

2011-01-04T12:00:42Z

Sarah Schleper, of the United States, reacts after completing an alpine ski, Women's World Cup slalom, in Zagreb, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2011. Sarah Schleper finished in eight place. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Italy Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-29T06:31:56Z

Italy's Christof Innerhofer celebrates at the finish area after finishing third in an alpine ski World Cup men's downhill race, in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)

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APTOPIX Italy Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-29T06:31:55Z

Austria's Michael Walchhofer speeds down the course on his way to win an alpine ski World Cup men's downhill race, in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

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France Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-19T07:30:23Z

Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, smiles after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-combined race, in Val D'Isere, France, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup super-combined race Sunday after followin...