May 22, 2013

Skiing Recap: Austria’s Marcel Hirscher wins men’s slalom title / Alessandro Haemmerle, Moioli earn snowboard cross wins

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Austria’s Marcel Hirscher skied to his first individual gold at a major event after winning the men’s slalom title on Sunday. (Clive Mason/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher won the men’s slalom title on the last day of the skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, for his first [...]

Skiing: American Ted Ligety wins season-opening giant slalom in convincing fashion

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Ted Ligety celebrates after winning an alpine ski, men’s World Cup giant slalom in Soelden, Austria on Sunday. (Giovanni Auletta/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Ted Ligety took the season-opening men’s World Cup giant slalom on Sunday by the biggest winning margin since 1979. In difficult conditions due to fog and snowfall, the American [...]

Skiing: Hirscher wins World Cup slalom in Austria

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Austria’s Marcel Hirscher carves through a gate on his way to the fastest time during the first run of the men’s World Cup slalom, in Schladming, Austria on Tuesday. (Giovanni Auletta/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Marcel Hirscher captured a World Cup night slalom before home fans Tuesday, his sixth victory of the season [...]

Skiing: Hirscher continues mastery with slalom win

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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 [...]

Skiing: Bode Miller moves into lead in downhill standings

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — BORMIO, Italy – Ted Ligety owns a solid lead in the giant slalom standings and Bode Miller just earned the red bib in downhill. With both Americans in the mix for the overall World Cup title, U.S. men’s coach Sasha Rearick is satisfied heading into the circuit’s short New Year’s [...]

Kostelic clean en route to men’s slalom victory

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Croatia’s Ivica Kostelic competes here in the first run of Wednesday’s men’s slalom in Flachau, Austria. He finished in an aggregate time of one minute 48.94 seconds. (Giovanni Auletta/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Defending overall champion Ivica Kostelic used two error-free runs in heavy snowfall to win a night slalom Wednesday for his [...]

Skiing: Italy’s Blardone wins World Cup giant slalom

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ALTA BADIA, Italy (AP) – Massimiliano Blardone won his first World Cup race in two years Sunday, as current giant slalom standouts Ted Ligety and Marcel Hirscher struggled on the challenging Gran Risa course. Sixth after the opening run, Blardone had a blistering second trip down to finish in a combined time of 2 minutes, [...]

Sweden’s Olsson leads Val Gardena downhill training

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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. [...]

Skiing: Nolan Kasper shows he’s back, fourth in slalom

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Nolan Kasper of the USA skis the first run of the men’s slalom on the Birds of Prey at the Audi FIS World Cup on December 8, 2011 in Beaver Creek, Colorado. (December 7, 2011 – Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Nolan Kasper showed again Thursday why he [...]

American Ligety wins giant slalom in Colorado

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Ted Ligety skis to victory Tuesday on the Birds of Prey course at Beaver Creek. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — The way Ted Ligety carved into turns looked so easy. The way he glided in between sections of the steep course appeared so elegant. Even when he’s skiing on edge in a [...]