Topic: Western Europe

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 ...
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 ...

US stuns Canada in Olympic ice-hockey clash

Flamboyant skier Bode Miller and rock-steady ice hockey goaltender Ryan Miller allowed the United States to seize control of Super Sunday at the Winter Olympics.On the Whistler slopes, Miller came home ahead of Croatian Ivica Kostelic and Silvan Zurbriggen of Switzerland in ...

Miller and Miller shine as US dominate Super Sunday

Flamboyant skier Bode Miller and rock-steady ice hockey goaltender Ryan Miller allowed the United States to seize control of Super Sunday at the Winter Olympics.On the Whistler slopes, Miller came home ahead of Croatian Ivica Kostelic and Silvan Zurbriggen of Switzerland in ...

Miller shines on hockey-fueled 'Super Sunday'

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 ...

Miller wins to extend US domination

Bode Miller on Sunday continued the US team's Olympic alpine skiing medal surge when he won the men's super-combined title for his third podium finish in as many races."I can't ask for anything more," the 32-year-old said, adding that he was unsure ...

Miller wins to extend US alpine domination

Bode Miller on Sunday continued the US team's Olympic alpine skiing medal surge when he won the men's super-combined title for his third podium finish in three races.Miller's gold was the United States' eighth medal (two gold, three silver, three bronze) out ...

Vonn crashes, Riesch wins super-combined gold

Maria Riesch of Germany took advantage of a mid-course crash by American Lindsey Vonn and an "American Julia Mancuso claimed her second silver in as many days finishing at 0.94sec with brave Anja Paerson of Sweden claiming the bronze at 1.05 only ...

Organizers upbeat for downhill

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 ...
Austria's Olympic rivals wonder if Alpine skiing's Wunderteam can live up to past glories Austria's Alpine skiing "Austria also got two golds at the 10-event worlds held in Val d'Isere, France but so did the United States and Germany.This season, Austria's confidence ...