Topic: France

Vonn in control with third straight downhill win

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 ...

Vonn wins World Cup downhill

Lindsay Vonn of the United States made it three in a row when she won the women's World Cup downhill race here on Friday. The reigning world champion and two-time World Cup winner clocked 1min 38.84sec to finish 0.35sec ahead of Swede ...

Aufdenblatten leads super-G Swiss one-two

VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Fraenzi Aufdenblatten pipped the favorites when she led a Swiss one-two in a super-G for her maiden World Cup win at the French resort of Val d'Isere on Sunday. Aufdenblatten powered down the Oreiller-Killy course in one ...

Osborne-Paradis wins men's World Cup downhill

Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada won the men's World Cup downhill race here on Saturday, seeing off Austrian Mario Scheiber by 0.13sec. France's Johan Clarey and Swiss Ambrosi Hoffmann were joint third at 0.25. "My target was to make the podium, but to ...

Walchhofer paces training, Dalcin hurt

Austrian Michael Walchhofer continued his dominance at Birds of Prey on Friday, posting the fastest time in the third and final World Cup downhill training session. Walchhofer, who was fastest on Thursday, clocked 1min 45.04sec. Canadian Robbie Dixon was second quickest and ...

Aubert wins skiing World Cup women's slalom

France's Sandrine Aubert opened her alpine skiing World Cup account with victory in the women's slalom here on Saturday in front of Sweden's Frida Hansdotter and Nicole Hosp of Austria. American Lindsey Vonn, who leads the race for the overall title, posted ...
Julien Lizeroux of France wins World Cup slalom; Ivica Kostelic remains overall leaderJulien Lizeroux of France won a men's World Cup slalom Sunday for his second victory of the season, and Ivica Kostelic of Croatia finished 11th and retained a narrow lead ...
Pranger of Austria wins men's slalom at worlds; Miller among top skiers who don't finishManfred Pranger of Austria won the men's slalom on a desperately difficult course at the World Championships on Sunday after a succession of challengers failed to finish. Six ...

Top alpine skiers riding world economic crisis

When a ski racer safely negotiates a deliberately treacherous slope and shudders to a halt in the finish area, with one television cameraman to avoid, there is an immediate automatic reaction. No matter what time has been recorded, the skier in question ...
France's Tessa Worley wins giant slalom at snowy Aspen for 1st World Cup victoryFrance's Tessa Worley overcame driving snow and poor visibility Saturday to win a giant slalom at the Aspen Winternational for her first World Cup victory. Worley, whose previous best ...