Topic: Maria Riesch

Vonn and Riesch downhill dominance could end

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn and her great rival Maria Riesch have won the last 15 competitive downhill races between them but their dominance could end at the world championships on Sunday.The American and the German have had fitness problems in ...

Vonn shocked by 'dangerous' course

On the eve of the Alpine World Ski Championships, defending champion Lindsey Vonn said she was shocked at piste conditions ahead of Tuesday's opening race and has dubbed the Kandahar course 'dangerous'.Vonn spoke out after training for the super-G event which opens ...

Top skiers set for battle at Alpine world champs

The world's top skiers are set to battle it out in the Bavarian Alps with the Alpine World Ski Championships taking place from February 8-20.Garmisch-Partenkirchen hosts the 41st world championships which starts Tuesday with the women's super-G race when United States starlet ...

Rebensburg hits form as worlds loom

ZWIESEL, Germany (Reuters) - Olympic champion Viktoria Rebensburg won the last giant slalom race before the world championships on Sunday, boosting her medal ambitions for the Garmisch-Partenkirchen fortnight.The 21-year-old German, skiing at home in Zwiesel, bagged her second World Cup victory in ...

Vonn posts 39th World Cup ski victory

Lindsey Vonn won the women's World Cup super-G here on Sunday for her 39th career victory, the American Olympic champion adding this to her win at the Italian resort on Friday and maintained her proud record of a podium placing in the ...

Vonn beats Riesch to win Cortina super-G

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn made up for her disappointing result in Saturday's downhill when she crowned a weekend of speed events with a second super-G victory on Sunday.The American, who won in the discipline on Friday in Cortina, came ...

France's Worley continues giant slalom streak

France's Tessa Worley won the women's World Cup giant slalom race here on Tuesday ahead of German duo Maria Riesch and Kathrin Hoelzl.It was the 21-year-old Worley's third successive victory in the discipline after previous wins in Aspen and St Moritz, and ...
Lindsey Vonn wins World Cup downhill race at Val d'Isere, closes gap on Maria RieschAmerican skier Lindsey Vonn won her first downhill race of the season Saturday to close the gap on overall World Cup leader Maria Riesch.The three-time defending World Cup ...
Lindsey Vonn wins women's World Cup downhill race at Val d'Isere, closes gap on Maria RieschAmerican skier Lindsey Vonn won her first downhill race of the season at Val d'Isere on Saturday to close the gap on overall World Cup leader Maria ...

Vonn, Riesch rivalry heats up at Lake Louise

Lindsey Vonn is by no means ready to surrender her title as the queen of Alpine skiing but her self-described "love affair" with Lake Louise was certainly put to the test.Three-time World Cup overall champion Vonn stormed back from a pair of ...