http://www.mail.com/int/organizations/2202-austria-olympic-team.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/organizations/2202-austria-olympic-team.html http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/1967226-apnewsbreak-ioc-to-retest-turin-olympic-samples.html LONDON (AP) — With the eight-year deadline approaching, the IOC will retest doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in a bid to catch any drug cheats who escaped detection at the time. IOC medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist told The Associated Press on Wednesday that samples will be retested with more advanced techniques to search f... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:33:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/1967226-apnewsbreak-ioc-to-retest-turin-olympic-samples.html 2013-03-20T13:33:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1940438-ligety-eyes-success-3-golds-worlds.html KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Three world championship gold medals have not quenched Ted Ligety's hunger for success this season. The American is on the brink of securing his fourth World Cup giant slalom title and is poised to finish a career-best third in the overall standings. Ligety will win the GS crystal globe on Saturday if he finishes ahead of hi... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:11:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1940438-ligety-eyes-success-3-golds-worlds.html 2013-03-08T13:11:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1933116-greece-backs-istanbuls-2020-olympic-bid.html ISTANBUL (AP) — Greece has offered its support to regional rival Turkey's bid to host the 2020 Olympics. The prime ministers of both countries signed an agreement pledging to cooperate on Istanbul's latest bid for the games. The accord was signed by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras following meetings in Istanb... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:49:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1933116-greece-backs-istanbuls-2020-olympic-bid.html 2013-03-05T17:49:46Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1928386-swiss-voters-reject-2022-winter-olympics-bid.html ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Primed as the favorite to host the 2022 Winter Olympics at ritzy St. Moritz and Davos, Switzerland won't even bid after the project was rejected in a state referendum Sunday. Voters in Graubuenden canton (state) voted 52.66 percent to 47.34 percent to decide against approving funding. The "no" voters rejected bid organizers'... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:26:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1928386-swiss-voters-reject-2022-winter-olympics-bid.html 2013-03-03T17:26:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1897894-led-ligety-us-golds-ski-worlds.html SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Julia Mancuso got the ball rolling with an almost forgotten bronze medal on the same day Lindsey Vonn had a season-ending crash. Ted Ligety followed with three golds to earn the title from local media of "Der Koenig von Schladming" — "The King of Schladming." And 17-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin capped a historic world championships... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:42:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1897894-led-ligety-us-golds-ski-worlds.html 2013-02-17T16:42:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1891616-austrian-snowboarders-dominate-world-cup-sochi.html SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Taku Hiraoka of Japan and Kelly Clark of the United States won World Cup halfpipe events at the Sochi Olympics venue on Thursday. Hiraoka scored 90.25 points on his first run to record his first career world Cup win. World champion Iouri Podlatchikov of Switzerland was second with 84.50, 1.25 points ahead of Vancouver Olympics bronze ... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:16:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1891616-austrian-snowboarders-dominate-world-cup-sochi.html 2013-02-14T19:16:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1888490-defending-gs-champion-maze-favorite-worlds.html SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — With the season's World Cup discipline title already secured, defending champion Tina Maze will be the one to beat in the women's giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships. The Slovenian, who is also likely to clinch the overall title, has dominated GS this year by winning the first four races. With two events left a... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:50:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1888490-defending-gs-champion-maze-favorite-worlds.html 2013-02-13T10:50:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1883128-ligety-wins-super-combi-2nd-gold-ski-worlds.html SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Ted Ligety is no longer just a giant slalom specialist. By winning gold medals in super-G and super-combined at the world championships, the American has shown he's an all-around threat with the 2014 Sochi Olympics exactly a year away. Ligety added the super-combi title to his expanding resume Monday with a superb downhill and a... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1883128-ligety-wins-super-combi-2nd-gold-ski-worlds.html 2013-02-11T20:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1881240-frances-rolland-wins-womens-downhill-world-title.html SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Marion Rolland of France beat all the favorites to win the world downhill title on Sunday, mastering an icy course that left most of her rivals struggling to find the right race line. Rolland, who has yet to win a World Cup race after 15 top-10 finishes in downhill, earned her first medal at a major championship after charging d... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1881240-frances-rolland-wins-womens-downhill-world-title.html 2013-02-10T13:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1871168-knee-shredded-lindsey-vonn-season.html SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — All it took was a moment. Lindsey Vonn landed hard and tumbled face first with a piercing shriek. Just like that, her season was done. The star American skier was on the ground with two ligaments in her right knee torn, a bone in her lower leg broken. The cascading fall down the slope during the super-G at the world championship... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1871168-knee-shredded-lindsey-vonn-season.html 2013-02-05T22:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1865674-form-vonn-aiming-gold-ski-worlds.html SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Lindsey Vonn has been slowed by injuries at major championships throughout her career. This year, though, the American feels like she's gotten her physical problems out of the way just in time for the season's biggest event. Vonn took nearly a month off earlier this season to fully recover from an intestinal illness that landed ... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1865674-form-vonn-aiming-gold-ski-worlds.html 2013-02-03T19:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/1854152-swiss-team-federer-not-finished-with-davis-cup.html GENEVA (AP) — Roger Federer might play in the Davis Cup again although he won't represent Switzerland before the U.S. Open in September, team captain Severin Luethi said Tuesday. Luethi told The Associated Press that the 17-time Grand Slam champion has not written off a competition that Switzerland has never won. "He is for sure not finished with Davis Cu... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/1854152-swiss-team-federer-not-finished-with-davis-cup.html 2013-01-29T17:45:00Z