May 18, 2012

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Skiing: Skier Zoricic’s fatal crash raises course safety questions

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Canada’s Nik Zoricic crashed directly into safety nets lining the side of the course after going wide over the final jump of the World Cup skicross event Saturday in Grindelwald, Switzerland. (Keystone/Samuel Truempy/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — As friends and family mourn the death of Canadian skicross competitor Nik Zoricic, the tragedy has [...]

Skiing Recap: Canadian skier Nik Zoricic dies after crash

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Canada’s Nik Zoricic crashed directly into safety nets lining the side of the course after going wide over the final jump of the World Cup skicross event Saturday in Grindelwald, Switzerland. (Keystone/Samuel Truempy/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Canada’s ski community is once again in mourning after Toronto skier Nik Zoricic died from head [...]

Skiing: Lindsey Vonn wins giant slalom, clinches World Cup title

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(FRANCE OUT) Lindsey Vonn of the USA takes 2nd place during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom on March 3, 2012 in Ofterschwang, Germany. (March 2, 2012 – Photo by Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom/Getty Images Europe) ARE, Sweden (AP) – Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup giant slalom Friday to secure her [...]

Skiing Recap: Valjas wins first-ever World Cup ski medal

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Len Valjas of Canada, shown here competing last August in New Zealand, made his first career World Cup podium appearance Wednesday by winning a silver medal on the 1.2-kilometre course. (Hannah Johnston/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Canadian cross-country skier Len Valjas had a modest goal of using this week’s World Cup sprint race [...]

Skiing: Canada’s Turski nabs World Cup slopestyle gold

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Kaya Turski of Canada competes in the ladie’s freeskiing slopestyle final on Sunday in California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Montreal’s Kaya Turski won gold in women’s ski slopestyle as Canada took home four medals Sunday at a World Cup event in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Alex Bellemare of St. Boniface, Que., took [...]

Skiing: Turski nabs World Cup slopestyle gold

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Kaya Turski of Canada competes in the ladie’s freeskiing slopestyle final on Sunday in California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Montreal’s Kaya Turski won gold in women’s ski slopestyle as Canada took home four medals Sunday at a World Cup event in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Alex Bellemare of St. Boniface, Que., took [...]

Skiing Recap: Mielzynski takes slalom for 1st World Cup win

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Prior to Sunday’s World Cup slalom victory, Erin Mielzynski’s previous best results were a pair of 13th-place finishes last year – in a slalom in December in Courchevel, France and another slalom in February in Zwiesel, Germany. (Armando Trovati/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Erin Mielzynski of Canada won a slalom Sunday in Ofterschwang, [...]

Skiing Recap: Feuz takes overall World Cup lead in Kvitfjell

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Beat Feuz of Switzerland shared first place in Friday’s men’s super-G at Kvitfjell, Norway. (Olivier Morin/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Beat Feuz took the overall World Cup lead Friday, sharing first place in a super-G race with Austrian rival Klauss Kroell. Feuz and Kroell both finished in one minute 32.35 seconds on the [...]

Skiing: First look at the Sochi downhill

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The view from the start gate for the women’s downhill at Rosa Khutor, site of the 2014 Olympics competition. (Kelly VanderBeek) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Since returning from a World Cup stop in Russia I’ve been bombarded with people hungry for information. Everyone wants to know what Russia was like and how preparations look [...]

Skiing: Alpine skiing-American Miller out for the season

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(Reuters) – Olympic champion and multiple world gold medalist Bode Miller will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, the American ski team said on Monday. “After further evaluation of an injured left knee, Olympic champion Bode Miller will miss the remainder of the Alpine World Cup season,” the team said. The [...]

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