Topic: Sweden

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - France's Jean-Baptiste Grange won the men's slalom at the Alpine ski world championships on Sunday.Sweden's Jens Byggmark won the silver medal and Italy's Manfred Moelgg the bronze.92926911&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report Sports News

France won team gold at the world ski championships on Wednesday with Austria taking silver and Sweden the bronze.France won the final by virtue of the fastest overall time from their four racers after finishing 2-2 against Austria, while Sweden took the ...

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - France won the team event at the alpine skiing world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Wednesday.Austria won the silver medal and Sweden the bronze.(Reporting by Manuele Lang; Editing by James Illingworth)92558848&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report Sports News

Austria will be aiming for both their fifth medal of the world ski championships and to defend their crown on Wednesday when the team event takes place after a four-year hiatus.As golden-girl Elisabth Goergl has won both the women's super-G and downhill ...

Canada and Russia renew their long-standing rivalry in a heavyweight Olympic quarter-final ice hockey battle on Wednesday as Lindsey Vonn looks to overcome her alpine jinx in the giant slalom.With just five days of action left, the United States and Germany top ...

American dominance of the Olympic pistes continued with Bode Miller surging to the men's super-combined gold on a hockey-fueled Sunday that sees Canada's superstar team take on arch-rival the United States.Miller came home ahead of Croatian Ivica Kostelic and Silvan Zurbriggen of ...

Olympic Alpine race organizers to make women's course safer after downhill marred by crashes The final jump on the women's Olympic Alpine ski course will be changed for safety reasons after a series of crashes marred Wednesday's downhill race." Sweden's Anja Paerson, ...

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 the ...

Women's downhill race at World Championships rescheduled for Monday after heavy snowfallThe women's downhill at the World Championships was postponed Sunday and rescheduled for Monday after up to 10 inches of snow fell on the Rhone-Alpes course.Officials initially delayed the start for ...

Dominique Gisin of Switzerland won the women's World Cup downhill here on Saturday ahead of American Lindsey Vonn and Anja Paerson of Sweden.Gisin, who also won last week's downhill at Zauchensee, finished in 1min 16.98sec, 0.15sec ahead of Vonn with Paerson a ...