http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/2118-alpine-skiing.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/subjects/2118-alpine-skiing.html http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2030934-austrian-ski-coach-woken-up-coma-crash.html INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — The speed coach of the Austrian men's ski team has woken up from an induced coma and was breathing on his own Friday, 12 days after suffering severe head, chest and back injuries in a skiing accident. The Austrian ski federation says Rainer Gstrein "is awake and responsive. Gstrein ... can move arms and legs well." The federation... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:50:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2030934-austrian-ski-coach-woken-up-coma-crash.html 2013-04-19T12:50:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2025056-ski-coach-pfeifer-to-lead-austrian-slalom-team.html VIENNA (AP) — Ski coach Marko Pfeifer has quit as men's head coach of Sweden after three years and will return to his native Austria to lead the slalom team. Pfeifer signed a two-year contract with the Austrian ski federation to replace Michael Pircher, who is going to work exclusively with slalom and overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, the federa... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:46:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2025056-ski-coach-pfeifer-to-lead-austrian-slalom-team.html 2013-04-17T08:46:08Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2012504-russias-sochi-busy-storing-snow-2014-olympics.html SOCHI, Russia (AP) — In April, at the end of another seemingly endless winter, most Russians are eager to get rid of the piles of snow that have clogged their cities and streets and yards for months. Yet down south in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, fleets of heavy machinery and a corps of laborers are hard at work trying to store acres (hectares) of the f... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:38:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2012504-russias-sochi-busy-storing-snow-2014-olympics.html 2013-04-11T07:38:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2011144-austria-ski-coach-induced-coma-crash.html INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — The speed coach of the Austrian men's ski team is being kept in an induced coma after having spinal surgery Wednesday, three days after suffering severe head, chest and back injuries in a skiing accident. The Austrian ski federation says Rainer Gstrein is in a stable condition and will undergo further surgery in the Innsbruck Uni... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:17:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2011144-austria-ski-coach-induced-coma-crash.html 2013-04-10T18:17:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1982342-police-nab-man-who-threat-to-ski-star-maze.html GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — German police say they have identified a man suspected of sending a death threat to World Cup skiing overall champion Tina Maze of Slovenia. The threat came in an anonymous email sent to organizers of the World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on March 2. Maze was placed under police protection, then placed fourth in a ... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:25:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1982342-police-nab-man-who-threat-to-ski-star-maze.html 2013-03-27T15:25:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1979750-olympic-ski-champion-wins-doping-appeal-cas.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Two-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Andrus Veerpalu won his appeal Tuesday against a three-year doping ban, even though sport's highest court suspects he did cheat with human growth hormone. The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the Estonian skier's appeal against the ban imposed by the International Ski Federat... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:21:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1979750-olympic-ski-champion-wins-doping-appeal-cas.html 2013-03-26T17:21:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1975312-swiss-appoint-2-austrians-to-key-alpine-team-jobs.html BERN, Switzerland (AP) — The Swiss ski federation has appointed two Austrians to key jobs after a disastrous World Cup season ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The Swiss federation appointed Rudi Huber as its new Alpine director and Walter Hlebayna as men's head coach. With Austrian Hans Flatscher already leading the women's team, Switzerland has employed... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:22:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1975312-swiss-appoint-2-austrians-to-key-alpine-team-jobs.html 2013-03-23T16:22:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1969674-austrian-ski-coach-kriechbaum-to-lead-womens-team.html JERZENS, Austria (AP) — Jurgen Kriechbaum has been appointed head coach of Austria's women's Alpine skiing team, taking over from Herbert Mandl. The federation says Kriechbaum, who has been working as a coach with Ski Austria for two decades, signed a contract until the end of the 2014-15 season. Kriechbaum led the women's speed team when Elisabeth Goergl... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:46:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1969674-austrian-ski-coach-kriechbaum-to-lead-womens-team.html 2013-03-21T11:46:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1960552-felix-neureuther-wins-final-world-cup-slalom.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Felix Neureuther of Germany defied the pain of a back injury to edge out overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher and win the men's season-ending slalom race on Sunday. Neureuther, who limped off the course after crashing out in Saturday's giant slalom, said he had three early morning injections to fight his injury. "Afte... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:30:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1960552-felix-neureuther-wins-final-world-cup-slalom.html 2013-03-17T15:30:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1960568-tina-maze-ends-wcup-season-with-giant-slalom-win.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Tina Maze got the anger out her system Sunday, one day after her heartbreaking World Cup slalom title defeat to American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin. Maze won the season-ending giant slalom race to complete the most statistically dominating year since the World Cup started in 1967. Still, losing the World Cup slalom title to ... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:54:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1960568-tina-maze-ends-wcup-season-with-giant-slalom-win.html 2013-03-17T14:54:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1959260-ted-ligety-6th-world-cup-giant-slalom-win.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Ted Ligety capped his season-long dominance in giant slalom with a sixth World Cup win Saturday, fueling comparisons with the best GS skier in history. The American skier joined Ingemar Stenmark as the only men in the 47-year World Cup history to get six GS victories in a season. Stenmark's 10-race sweep in 1978-79 is the r... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:40:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1959260-ted-ligety-6th-world-cup-giant-slalom-win.html 2013-03-16T15:40:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1959226-shiffrin-beats-maze-world-cup-slalom-title.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin delivered an astonishing second run to overtake Tina Maze and clinch the World Cup slalom title with an improbable come-from behind victory Saturday. The American teenager trailed Maze by a massive 1.17 seconds after the first leg, and needed to finish ahead of the Slovenian to win the slalom crystal globe ... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:51:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1959226-shiffrin-beats-maze-world-cup-slalom-title.html 2013-03-16T12:51:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1958040-shiffrin-set-slalom-title-showdown-with-maze.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin's showdown with Tina Maze for the World Cup slalom title on Saturday is yet another highlight in the American teenager's remarkable season. Shiffrin won slalom gold at the world championships last month, while her Slovenian rival's all-round season is arguably the greatest in 47 years of World Cup racing. M... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1958040-shiffrin-set-slalom-title-showdown-with-maze.html 2013-03-15T20:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1956984-germany-beats-sweden-team-event-wcup-finals.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Germany won the parallel racing national team event Friday at Alpine skiing's World Cup finals. The German team of Felix Neureuther, Fritz Dopfer, Veronique Hronek and Lena Duerr won 3-1 in the final against the Swedish quartet of Andre Myhrer, Jens Byggmark, Maria Pietilae-Holmner and Frida Hansdottir. ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:17:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1956984-germany-beats-sweden-team-event-wcup-finals.html 2013-03-15T13:17:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1954398-svindal-concedes-wcup-title-to-hirscher.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Marcel Hirscher effectively clinched his second straight overall World Cup title on Thursday, with a helping hand from the fickle Swiss weather. Hirscher's closest challenger Aksel Lund Svindal conceded defeat after another of his favored speed events, the super-G, was canceled by bad weather at the finals. Denied scoring p... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:55:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1954398-svindal-concedes-wcup-title-to-hirscher.html 2013-03-14T19:55:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1954660-klaus-kroell-breaks-arm-super-g-crash.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — The Austrian ski team says Klaus Kroell has broken his upper left arm after crashing in a World Cup super-G race on Thursday. The team says he will undergo surgery as soon as possible. The 32-year-old Kroell was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Chur after being treated for almost 45 minutes at the side of the course... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:40:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1954660-klaus-kroell-breaks-arm-super-g-crash.html 2013-03-14T15:40:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1951194-absent-vonn-retains-world-cup-downhill-title.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — The weather was on Lindsey Vonn's side this time when it came down to deciding a World Cup title. The injured Vonn won a record sixth straight World Cup downhill title without having to show up on the mountain Wednesday, and despite having been unable to race for more than a month. Fog canceled the season's last race in the... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:34:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1951194-absent-vonn-retains-world-cup-downhill-title.html 2013-03-13T19:34:54Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1951084-svindal-wins-wcup-downhill-title-race-canceled.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Aksel Lund Svindal won his first season-long World Cup downhill title on Wednesday without even racing, then all but conceded the bigger prize of the overall title. Fog forced the cancellation of the final race of the season, allowing the tall Norwegian to maintain his 58-point lead over 2012 downhill champion Klaus Kroell ... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:36:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1951084-svindal-wins-wcup-downhill-title-race-canceled.html 2013-03-13T15:36:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1949464-maze-takes-aim-greatest-world-cup-ski-season.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Tina Maze is targeting the greatest season in Alpine World Cup history, and aims to start finals week on Wednesday by dethroning downhill queen Lindsey Vonn. On the men's side in Lenzerheide, Aksel Lund Svindal likely must repeat his stunning run of victories here in 2007 to beat Marcel Hirscher for the overall title. Despi... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:22:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1949464-maze-takes-aim-greatest-world-cup-ski-season.html 2013-03-12T19:22:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1948476-reichelt-hoefl-riesch-lead-downhill-training-runs.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — The two favorites to win World Cup downhill titles, Aksel Lund Svindal and Tina Maze, had solid practices on Tuesday ahead of their decisive races. Svindal was sixth in a training run behind Hannes Reichelt of Austria and Maze placed fourth behind Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany ahead of the opening races on Wednesday at the ... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:41:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1948476-reichelt-hoefl-riesch-lead-downhill-training-runs.html 2013-03-12T15:41:19Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1945882-lara-gut-fastest-world-cup-downhill-training.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Lara Gut of Switzerland was fastest in a training run Monday for the season's last World Cup downhill, and overall champion Tina Maze of Slovenia missed a gate as she prepares for her attempt to overtake Lindsey Vonn for the discipline title in the glamor Alpine event. Maze, who can complete a sweep of World Cup titles this... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:13:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1945882-lara-gut-fastest-world-cup-downhill-training.html 2013-03-11T13:13:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1945732-ivica-kostelic-to-undergo-knee-surgery-10th.html ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The Croatian ski association says Ivica Kostelic will undergo knee surgery for the 10th time of his career. Kostelic, who won a slalom race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, on Sunday, will have the operation on his left knee in April, allowing him the chance to take part in the World Cup finals starting Wednesday despite the injury. ... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:40:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1945732-ivica-kostelic-to-undergo-knee-surgery-10th.html 2013-03-11T11:40:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1944850-marguc-engeli-win-snowboard-world-cup-events.html AROSA, Switzerland (AP) — Rok Marguc of Slovenia and Hilde-Katrine Engeli of Norway earned their first career snowboard World Cup victories Sunday by winning parallel giant slalom events. Marguc beat Matthew Morison of Canada in the men's final to follow up on the world championship gold he won in the parallel slalom in January. He had three previous podi... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:01:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1944850-marguc-engeli-win-snowboard-world-cup-events.html 2013-03-10T19:01:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1944198-maze-wins-wcup-slalom-to-take-lead-shiffrin.html OFTERSCHWANG, Germany (AP) — Overall champion Tina Maze of Slovenia beat Mikaela Shiffrin in a World Cup slalom on Sunday to overtake the American teenager in the discipline standings and close in on becoming the first woman to win five crystal globes in a season. Maze also got a piece of another record in a season where she has already broken several, eq... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:59:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1944198-maze-wins-wcup-slalom-to-take-lead-shiffrin.html 2013-03-10T15:59:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1944164-kostelic-wins-wcup-slalom-hirscher-takes-globe.html KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Ivica Kostelic of Croatia won a rain-drenched World Cup slalom Sunday, while Marcel Hirscher of Austria clinched the discipline title after his sole rival skied out in the opening run. Kostelic mastered the difficult conditions on the weakened Podkoren course to finish in an aggregate time of 1 minute, 45.81 seconds. Hirsche... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:06:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1944164-kostelic-wins-wcup-slalom-hirscher-takes-globe.html 2013-03-10T14:06:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1943346-ligety-enjoys-best-gs-year-skis.html KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Ted Ligety knew before the start of the season that a disputed rule change for giant slalom skis was going to have a major impact. He didn't know it would make him more dominant than ever in the discipline — and help him defend the world championship title and win five of seven World Cup races so far. In 2011, Ligety led a g... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:36:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1943346-ligety-enjoys-best-gs-year-skis.html 2013-03-09T18:36:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1942862-fenninger-beats-maze-to-win-womens-world-cup-gs.html OFTERSCHWANG, Germany (AP) — Tina Maze just keeps setting records on the World Cup, even on days when she doesn't win. Maze finished second to Anna Fenninger of Austria on Saturday in a giant slalom, missing out on her 10th victory of the season but becoming the first woman to make eight podiums in the discipline in the same campaign. ... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:20:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1942862-fenninger-beats-maze-to-win-womens-world-cup-gs.html 2013-03-09T16:20:55Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1942746-ligety-wins-world-cup-gs-title-with-race-to-spare.html KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Ted Ligety cemented his status as the world's top giant slalom skier on Saturday by winning his fifth race of the season and clinching the World Cup discipline title with a race to spare. It's the American's fourth GS season title after also winning in 2008 and 2010-11. He also successfully defended his GS title at the world... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:20:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1942746-ligety-wins-world-cup-gs-title-with-race-to-spare.html 2013-03-09T14:20:28Z 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/1937682-swiss-prosecutor-close-to-decision-zoricic-case.html GENEVA (AP) — Legal action following the fatal crash of Canadian skicross racer Nik Zoricic at a World Cup in Switzerland is likely to be made clearer in June. Angered by a Swiss police file calling Zoricic's death an accident, Zoricic's family threatened at a news conference in Toronto on Wednesday to sue skiing's governing bodies if they don't act by a ... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:55:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1937682-swiss-prosecutor-close-to-decision-zoricic-case.html 2013-03-07T11:55:01Z