Topic: United States
'It's The US Ski Team Show':After he was joined on Friday's podium by Andrew Weibrecht of Lake Placid, N.Y., who earned the bronze, Miller was asked to explain why the Americans have been so good.While two-time reigning World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn ...
Bode Miller stuck to his pre-Olympic predictions Friday by winning his second medal of the Games as the US ski team took another step towards dominating Whistler's alpine events.A bonus for the US was upstart Andrew Weibrecht's bronze, after he set the ...
Lindsey Vonn, who grabbed the first U.S. gold ever in the women's downhill, got caught straddling a gate in the slalom portion of the super-combined, lost her right ski, and crashed out of the race.Five-time Olympic medalist Anja Paerson of Sweden lost ...
Fans of alpine skiing in the US would remember with fondness the superb medal achievements of their athletes at the 1984 Olympic Games.Twenty-six years ago, twins Phil and Steve Mahre led a US 1-2 in the men's slalom.With the outspoken Bill Johnson ...
Lindsey Vonn lived up to her reputation as the best downhill skier in the world by claiming the women's Olympic title as Shaun White and Shani Davis made it a golden day to remember for the United States.Vonn delivered organisers some relief ...
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 ...
WHISTLER (Reuters) - The women Alpine skiers have criticized their downhill course, labeling it "Downhill favorite Lindsey Vonn of the United States, the overall World Cup champion, said she was shocked by the condition of the course."I honestly was pretty shocked, it ...
WHISTLER (Reuters) - Race officials are confident that Monday's men's downhill, the blue ribbon event of the Winter Olympics, will go ahead after a weekend of postponements due to bad weather."We are still more than convinced than we will deliver a race ...
WHISTLER (Reuters) - The Alpine skiing men's downhill at the Winter Olympics, scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed until Monday due to bad course conditions and poor weather, an International Ski Federation (FIS) spokeswoman said.Warm temperatures and rain have led to soft ...
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 ...
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