Topic: France

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (Reuters) - American Lindsey Vonn won a women's alpine skiing World Cup downhill Saturday.France's Marie Marchand-Arvier was second and Austria's Elisabeth Goergl was third.124099367&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report Sports News

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - France's Jean-Baptiste Grange won the men's slalom at the Alpine ski world championships on Sunday.Sweden's Jens Byggmark won the silver medal and Italy's Manfred Moelgg the bronze.92926911&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report Sports News

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 2min 10.56sec, to claim his second major title, while Richard ...

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 ...

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 ...

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - France won the team event at the alpine skiing world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Wednesday.Austria won the silver medal and Sweden the bronze.(Reporting by Manuele Lang; Editing by James Illingworth)92558848&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report Sports News

The Olympic Men's Slalom is a downhill Olympic Alpine skiing event that takes place in two heats on the same day and involves skiing around pairs of poles (called gates) set about thirty feet apart vertically and only 6 or so feet ...

The men's downhill competition is the first of 10 alpine events that will take place during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics . Whistler Creekside , with an elevation of 2,650 feet, is the site of all the men's and women's Alpine skiing events. ...

The Winter Olympics is held every four years. Action from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, including the Alpine Skiing, can be seen on NBC at http: American ski racer Lindsay Vonn has won the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Overall title two years ...

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 ...