May 25, 2013

Skinng Recap: Hirscher clinches World Cup giant slalom title

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Austria’s Marcel Hirscher speeds down the course during the first run of an alpine ski, men’s World Cup giant slalom, in Schladming, Austria on Saturday. Hirscher finished first. (Alessandro Trovati/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Marcel Hirscher overcame the pressure of immense expections from a ski-mad nation to earn Austria its first overall World [...]

Skiing: Canada’s Hudec 5th in Swiss super-G

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Jan Hudec gets airborne during Saturday’s super-G race on the Piste Nationale in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Austrian veteran Benjamin Raich got his first World Cup victory in more than two years on Saturday, winning a super-G as pre-race favorite Didier Cuche finished third. “I never gave up and [...]