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WHISTLER (Reuters) - Olympic downhill favorite Lindsey Vonn welcomed the "The American, who hurt her right shin in training last week and feared she might miss the Games, has only done course inspections so far because the downhill training runs scheduled for ...
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Heavy rain washed away most of the fresh snow at Cypress Mountain and thick fog and snow forced the cancellation of the women's downhill ski training at Whistler on Thursday.On Cypress, a mountain on the outskirts of Vancouver, heavy ...
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - American Lindsey Vonn, the overwhelming favorite for the blue riband women's downhill gold in Vancouver, said on Wednesday she was a doubtful starter for the Winter Olympics because of a shin injury.Vonn said she had suffered an "excruciatingly painful" ...
ADELBODEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - Frenchman Julien Lizeroux won a World Cup slalom at Adelboden on Sunday.Marcel Hirscher (Austria) was second and Ivica Kostelic (Croatia) was third. (Reporting by Brian Homewood, Editing by Justin Palmer) Copyright 2010 Reuters US Online Report Sports News
ALTA BADIA, Italy (Reuters) - Austria's Reinfried Herbst racked up his second World Cup slalom win in two races on the Gran Risa course on Monday to install himself as favorite for February's Vancouver Olympics.Compatriot Manfred Pranger led after the first run ...
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 minute ...
ALTA BADIA, Italy (Reuters) - Italy's Massimiliano Blardone wowed his home crowd with a dominant victory in the World Cup giant slalom race in Alta Badia on Sunday.His compatriot Davide Simoncelli came second but Manfred Moelgg, who had made up an Italian ...
VAL GARDENA, Italy (Reuters) - Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis caused a minor surprise when he triumphed in the men's World Cup Saslong Classic downhill on Saturday.The 25-year-old, who won the Super-G at Lake Louise last month, set a time of two minutes 1.27 ...
ARE, Sweden (Reuters) - Sandrine Aubert retained her Are slalom crown to top a superb weekend for French women's skiing in the Swedish resort on Sunday.Spurred on by the giant slalom victory of team mate Tessa Worley on the same Olimpia piste ...
VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Austrian newcomer Marcel Hirscher moved close to his first World Cup victory by clocking the fastest time in the first leg of a men's giant slalom on Sunday.The 20-year-old Hirscher, who placed second in a super-combined event ...
