Switzerland - Alpine Skiing

The Olympic Men's Giant Slalom is one of the more popular of all Winter Olympic events. Currently, the best Giant Slalom athletes are those representing the countries of Switzerland , Austria , Italy , the United States , Canada , Finland and ...

2010 Olympic Alpine Skiing was held at Whistler Creekside in Vancouver , British Columbia from February 13 through February 27 . Competitors to watch include Ted Ligety , Bode Miller and Julia Mancuso of the United States , Benjamin Raich and Marlies ...

This type of skiing is thought to have been started by Odd Kjelsberg of Winterhur, Switzerland in 1889. Among these are North America , Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand . North America uses a series of colored shapes to advise skiers ...

Alpine skiing has a long history and tradition in mountainous European countries , so it should not be surprising that the top contenders in all of the Alpine skiing events are skiers from Europe. Around the 2008-2009 New Year, Riesch won five ...

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Switzerland's Carlo Janka won the downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Wednesday to go back to the top of the overall World Cup standings.Janka, the Olympic giant slalom champion, beat Austria's Mario Scheiber by 0.02 seconds to set off a ...

Austria's Hans Grugger and Switzerland's Fabienne Suter set the early pace in the men's and women's downhill training on Tuesday ahead of the World Cup finale.American ski queen Lindsey Vonn and Switzerland's Didier Cuche will be the ones to beat in Wednesday's ...

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 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 ...

Carlo Janka of Switzerland wins Olympic giant slalom; Bode Miller goes out chasing 4th medal Carlo Janka of Switzerland added the Olympic gold medal to his world championship in giant slalom on Tuesday, while Bode Miller failed to finish in his bid ...

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Topic: Switzerland

Olympic Men's Giant Slalom

Olympic Alpine Skiing 2010

An introduction to alpine skiing

Alpine skiing: Top international contenders

Janka wins downhill to lead World Cup standings

Grugger, Suter set the early pace

Grugger, Suter set the pace in dowhhill ski training

Swiss Cuche wins World Cup downhill title

Ice hockey clash of titans overshadows Olympic medals

Carlo Janka wins Olympic giant slalom

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