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(Reuters) – Tina Maze sealed her near-perfect Alpine skiing season with the overall World Cup when she won a women’s super-combined event on Sunday. Fastest in the morning downhill section, the Slovenian secured her position in the afternoon slalom to bag her ninth victory of the season in an aggregate time of one minute 59.54 [...]
(Reuters) – Dominik Paris became only the second Italian to win the most prestigious downhill on the World Cup circuit, on Kitzbuehel’s Hahnenkamm mountain, on Saturday. Joint winner of the Bormio classic earlier this season, the 23-year-old Paris outshone the favorites in one minute 57.56 seconds to emulate compatriot Kristian Ghedina, crowned in 1998. “Who [...]
Georg Streitberger of Austria skis Friday at the Rosa Khutor Mountain Resort in Sochi, Russia. (Clive Rose/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Georg Streitberger led the third and final World Cup downhill training session Friday on the course that will be used for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Another Austrian, Hannes Reichelt, led the opening [...]
(Reuters) – Lindsey Vonn finally mastered the only major downhill still eluding her to reach the 50 career mark in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday. The American went down the Kandahar 2 course in one minute 44.86 seconds for her 25th downhill record win. With exactly half her career wins in the sport’s most prestigious discipline, Vonnalso [...]
Kaya Turski of Montreal, seen here competing in the slopestyle finals on Sunday in Vermont, became the first woman to win X-Games gold in slopestyle three straight years. (Mike Ridewood/Canadian Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Canada’s Kaya Turski made history at the Winter X-Games on Thursday in Aspen, Colo. The 23-year-old from Montreal won [...]
Marcel Hirscher got his third victory in four days after winning Thursday’s night slalom in Zagreb, Croatia, and the classic Adelboden giant slalom on Saturday. (Alessandro Trovati/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Marcel Hirscher of Austria extended his perfect start to 2012 by winning a World Cup slalom Sunday to pad his lead in [...]
Marlies Schild of Austria carves through a gate during Tuesday’s World Cup women’s slalom in Zagreb, Croatia. (Alain Grosclaude/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Marlies Schild stretched her World Cup slalom winning streak to five, cruising to the victory Tuesday night while overall leader Lindsey Vonn finished ninth despite a stomach illness. Schild became [...]
Austria’s Anna Fenninger edges past a gate on her way to victory in the World Cup giant slalom at Lienz, Austria on Wednesday. (Armando Trovati/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Anna Fenninger of Austria skied a nearly flawless second run Wednesday to capture a giant slalom at Lienz, Austria, for her first World Cup [...]
Hans Olsson of Sweden tests the air before Wednesday’s World Cup downhill training in Val Gardena, Italy. (Francis Bompard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Swedish skier Hans Olsson posted the fastest time in the opening training session Wednesday for the first European downhill race of the World Cup season in Val Gardena, Italy. [...]
Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, leans through the turn during the Lake Louise Women’s World Cup Downhill ski race on Saturday. It was her 10th career win on the course. (Frank Gunn/Canadian Press) A young girl ran away from Lindsey Vonn celebrating the skiing star’s autograph on her forehead Saturday. It’s not unusual for [...]
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