Topic: Norway

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the men's super combined at the world skiing championships on Monday.Christof Innerhofer of Italy was second and compatriot Peter Fill was third.(Editing by Justin Palmer)92317099&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report ...

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 word slalom is derived from the Norwegian word slalam referring to a specific trail in Telemark , Norway, that younger, less practiced skiers used to enhance their skills. The original slalom sport, first practiced in the 1930s and increasingly popular with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...