Topic: Norway

Swiss Cuche wins World Cup downhill title

AP News - 187 days ago
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 ...
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Canada, USA in dream ice hockey Olympic final

AFP Global Edition - 195 days ago
Canada sneaked past Slovakia while the United States crushed Finland to set up a blockbuster Olympic ice-hockey final as the host nation surged to the top of the medal table with two more gold.At the hockey arena, nerves were frayed when Canada ...
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Miller eyes more Olympic gold as Canada look for redemption

AFP Global Edition - 199 days ago
American Bode Miller bids for his fourth Vancouver Games medal in the giant slalom on Tuesday as Korean figure skating starlet Kim Yu-Na makes her Olympic bow and Canada try to restore their ice-hockey pride.Going into day 12, the United States and ...
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Miller shines on hockey-fueled 'Super Sunday'

AFP Global Edition - 200 days ago
American dominance of the Olympic pistes continued with Bode Miller surging to the men's super-combined gold on a hockey-fueled Sunday that kicked off with Russia beating the Czechs.The puck dropped with Russia beating the Czech Republic 4-2 as Evgeni Malkin scored two ...
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Vonn cements superstar status at problem-hit Games

AFP American Edition - 204 days ago
Lindsey Vonn lived up to her reputation as the best downhill skier in the world by claiming the women's Olympic gold on Wednesday as Shaun White attempts to cement his position as a snowboarding superstar.Vonn delivered organisers some relief with a sizzling ...
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Osborne-Paradis wins men's World Cup downhill

AFP Global Edition - 265 days ago
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. It's great ahead of the Olympics," said 25-year-old Osborne-Paradis, who ...
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Skier Heel leaves his imprint at Val Gardena

AFP Global Edition - 630 days ago
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 Sweden by .43 and .45s respectively to add this to his ...
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