Topic: Western Europe

German Neureuther wins World Cup slalom

Germany's Felix Neureuther won the men's World Cup slalom race here on Sunday ahead of Frenchman Julien Lizeroux and Italian Giuliano Razzoli.The German timed 1min 37.35sec over the two legs, 0.39sec ahead of Lizeroux with Razzoli at 0.99sec. Copyright 2010 AFP Global ...
Kostelic wins World Cup slalom at Wengen for 1st victory of season; Ligety 8th for USIvica Kostelic of Croatia won a World Cup slalom Sunday for his first victory this season, dropping to his knees and kissing the snow at the finish.Kostelic ...

France's Lizeroux wins Adelboden slalom

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

Vonn in control with third straight downhill win

Lindsey Vonn of the United States made it three in a row when she bounced back from a bone bruise to win the women's World Cup downhill race here on Friday.The reigning world champion and two-time World Cup winner clocked 1min 38.84sec ...

Vonn wins World Cup downhill

Lindsay Vonn of the United States made it three in a row when she won the women's World Cup downhill race here on Friday.The reigning world champion and two-time World Cup winner clocked 1min 38.84sec to finish 0.35sec ahead of Swede Anja ...

Aufdenblatten leads super-G Swiss one-two

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 ...

Osborne-Paradis wins men's World Cup downhill

Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada won the men's World Cup downhill race here on Saturday, seeing off Austrian Mario Scheiber by 0.13sec.France's Johan Clarey and Swiss Ambrosi Hoffmann were joint third at 0.25. It's great ahead of the Olympics," said 25-year-old Osborne-Paradis, who ...

Osborne-Paradis wins Val Gardena downhill

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 ...

Austria strike back with super-combined treble

VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Austria, often outclassed by Alpine rivals Switzerland since the northern winter began, struck back by placing three men on the podium of a World Cup super-combined event on Friday.The traditionally dominant nation had been struggling lately to ...
Switzerland's Janka wins GS; 1st man since '07 with 3 consecutive World Cup victoriesSwitzerland's Carlo Janka wrapped up quite a weekend by winning a giant slalom Sunday to become the first man in more than 2 1/2 years with three consecutive World ...