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Sara Takanashi of Japan increased her lead in the World Cup ski jumping standings with a first-place finish in Germany on Saturday. (File/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) —- Sara Takanashi of Japan won her third women’s ski jump event of the season Saturday to extend her lead in the World Cup standings. The 16-year-old [...]
Trevor Philp, shown here competing during the world junior ski championships in January, won the men’s slalom on Monday. (Vianney Thibaut/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Trevor Philp won the men’s slalom title at the Canadian championships on Monday in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que. The 20-year-old from Calgary clocked a two-run time of one minute [...]
Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany skis a downhill training run at Bansko, Bulgaria, on Thursday. (Dimitar Dilkoff/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Maria Hoefl-Riesch led the opening World Cup training session on the Banderitsa downhill course in Bansko, Bulgaria, on Thursday. With bright sunshine and good snow conditions, Hoefl-Riesch clocked one minute 35.54 seconds down [...]
World champion aerialist Warren Shouldice suffered a concussion in pre-season training this year. (Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — World champion freestyle skier Warren Shouldice says he won’t compete in aerials this season because of a concussion. The two-time Olympian had hoped to participate in a World Cup in his hometown of [...]
Kirchgasser’s second career World Cup victory on Sunday comes five years after her first triumph in a giant slalom. (Marco Trovati/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria won a World Cup slalom on Sunday after pre-race favourites Marlies Schild and Maria Hoefl-Riesch skied out on the first run. Kirchgasser led after [...]
Kirchgasser’s second career World Cup victory on Sunday comes five years after her first triumph in a giant slalom. (Marco Trovati/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria won a World Cup slalom on Sunday after pre-race favourites Marlies Schild and Maria Hoefl-Riesch skied out on the first run. Kirchgasser led after [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The skiing death of Winter X Games champion Sarah Burke has left her family burdened with medical bills, and a website has been set up to accept donations. Burke, a pioneer in superpipe skiing, died Thursday from injuries sustained in a Jan. 10 crash in Utah. The 29-year-old daredevil from [...]
Dominique Gisin was fourth in the women’s World Cup downhill standings this season. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Swiss downhill racer Dominique Gisin will miss the rest of the alpine World Cup season after undergoing knee surgery. The Swiss ski federation says the 26-year-old Gisin will need four months to recover from [...]
Maribor was also unable to stage alpine races one year ago, when temperatures rose to 13 degrees. (Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — The International Ski Federation says women’s World Cup races scheduled for Jan. 21-22 in Maribor, Slovenia, have been moved because of warm temperatures and too little snow. FIS says [...]
Marcel Hirscher of Austria captured the World Cup slalom race in Zagreb, Croatia, in a combined time of 1:51.84. (Alain Grosclaude/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Marcel Hirscher won a men’s World Cup night slalom in difficult conditions Thursday and moved to the top of the overall standings. The Austrian, who led after the [...]
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