Olympic Men's Giant Slalom

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Olympic Alpine Skiing 2010

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An introduction to alpine skiing

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Alpine skiing: Top international contenders

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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

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

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

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 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 ...

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 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 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.

"I can't ask for anything more,"...

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...

Organizers upbeat for downhill

2010-04-16T07:06:46Z

WHISTLER (Reuters) - Race officials are confident that Monday's men's downhill, the blue ribbon event of the Winter Olympics, will go ahead after a weekend of postponements due to bad weather.

"We are still more than convinced than we will deliver a race tomorrow, 10.30 start," men's race director Guenther Hujara told reporters on Sunday.

Hujara said...

Austria has tough task living up to Wunderteam tag

2010-04-16T07:10:56Z

Austria's Olympic rivals wonder if Alpine skiing's Wunderteam can live up to past glories

Austria's Alpine skiing "Wunderteam" looks a little less than wonderful going into the Vancouver Olympics.

After its historic 14-medal haul in Turin four years ago, team coaches have set more modest medal targets...

Kostelic wins World Cup slalom at Wengen

2010-04-16T07:37:17Z

Kostelic wins World Cup slalom at Wengen for 1st victory of season; Ligety 8th for US

Ivica Kostelic of Croatia won a World Cup slalom Sunday for his first victory this season, dropping to his knees and kissing the snow at the finish.

Kostelic led after the first leg and completed the two runs i...

France's Lizeroux wins Adelboden slalom

2010-04-16T07:46:26Z

ADELBODEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - Frenchman Julien Lizeroux won a World Cup slalom at Adelboden on Sunday.

Marcel Hirscher (Austria) was second and Ivica Kostelic (Croatia) was third.

(Reporting by

Osborne-Paradis wins Val Gardena downhill

2010-04-16T08:16:25Z

VAL GARDENA, Italy (Reuters) - Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis caused a minor surprise when he triumphed in the men's World Cup Saslong Classic downhill on Saturday.

The 25-year-old, who won the Super-G at

Austria strike back with super-combined treble

2010-04-16T08:28:41Z

VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Austria, often outclassed by Alpine rivals Switzerland since the northern winter began, struck back by placing three men on the podium of a World Cup super-combined event on Friday.

The trad...

Janka wins GS for 3rd World Cup victory in a row

2010-04-16T08:40:00Z

Switzerland's Janka wins GS; 1st man since '07 with 3 consecutive World Cup victories

Switzerland's Carlo Janka wrapped up quite a weekend by winning a giant slalom Sunday to become the first man in more than 2 1/2 years with three consecutive World Cup victories.

Janka finished two runs down ...

Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis wins super-G

2010-04-16T08:49:36Z

Switzerland's Didier Cuche wins season-opening World Cup downhill at Lake Louise

Didier Cuche of Switzerland won the season-opening World Cup downhill Saturday.

Cuche, third in last season's overall standings, earned his 11th World Cup victory.

"It's a great feeling," he said. "I've had a re...

Swiss skier Cuche wins opening slalom title

2010-04-16T09:39:14Z

Switzerland's Didier Cuche won the first World Cup men's giant slalom race here on Sunday with an overall time of 2mins 21.45seconds.

The 35-year-old, the reigning world Super-G champion, was third after the first run, but a decisive performance on the second gave him his tenth World Cup triumph of his career.

Ted Ligety...

Vonn and Fischbacher downhill winners in Bansko

2010-06-12T09:35:11Z

American Lindsey Vonn secured the women's World Cup downhill title for the second year running on Saturday despite a modest 12th place finish in the Bansko downhill behind Austrian winner Andrea Fischbacher.

After the ninth place finish of her closest downhill rival, Switzerland's Switzerland's Fabienne Suter wins women's World Cup downhill; Lindsey Vonn ties for 3rd

Fabienne Suter of Switzerland won a women's World Cup downhill Friday, and overall leader Lindsey Vonn tied for third.

Suter won the race in 1 minute, 45.68 seconds. Switzerland won the women's World Cup downhill here on Saturday ahead of American Lindsey Vonn and Anja Paerson of Sweden.

Gisin, who also won last week's downhill at Zauchensee, finished in 1min 16.98sec, 0.15sec ahead of Vonn with Paerson a further 0.02se...

Youth triumphs as Gut wins World Cup super-G

2010-06-12T12:28:45Z

Lara Gut of Switzerland became the youngest ever winner of a women's World Cup race here on Saturday when the 17-year-old triumphed in a super-G race.

She finished ahead of compatriot Fabienne Suter with Italy's Italy's Werner Heel won the men's super-G here on Friday for his second World Cup success.

Heel timed one minute 35.04 seconds to see off Switzerland's Didier Defago and Patrik Jaerbyn of Canada forward Casey Cizikas (11) celebrates his goal in front of Team Switzerland goaltender Benjamin Conz (1) and defenseman Dario Trutmann (17) during the second period of an IIHF World Junior Championship hockey game ...

Abu Dhabi World Tennis Championships

2011-01-01T09:30:16Z

An Emirati fan poses for a photo during Rafael Nadal from Spain and Roger Federer from Switzerland final match of Mubadala World Tennis Championships in St. Petersburg's team captain Maxim Sushinskiy, left, celebrates with the trophy after winning their final game of the 84rd Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament against Team Canada, in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone,

Ducks Kings Hockey

2010-12-26T21:01:15Z

Anaheim Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller, right, of Switzerland, cradles the puck above his blocker as Ducks center Kyle Chipchura, center, holds off Los Angeles Kings Switzerland's Roger Federer wiping his face during his semifinal match against France's Gael Monfils at the Paris Tennis Masters tournament. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, FIle)

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