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Fenninger leads WCup GS after 1st run, Maze 2nd
Anna Fenninger of Austria was fastest after the first run of a World Cup giant slalom on Saturday, and overall champion Tina Maze is on target to ...
Mass. teen missing for 2 days found alive in Maine
A 17-year-old skier who tried to take a backcountry shortcut survived two nights in the wild by building a shelter, drinking from a stream and walking ...
Skier Tina Maze gets emailed death threat
World Cup-winning skier Tina Maze was placed under police protection for a super-G race on Sunday after an emailed death threat against her.
Anna Fenninger of Austria wins super-G race
Anna Fenninger of Austria upstaged the favorites to win a super-G race Sunday, while overall World Cup winner Tina Maze was placed under police ...
France's Theaux wins men's downhill in Norway
Adrien Theaux of France earned his second career World Cup victory Saturday by narrowly beating home favorite Aksel Lund Svindal in a downhill.
Tina Maze breaks 2,000-point mark
Tina Maze of Slovenia broke the record for points in a World Cup season on Saturday by winning a downhill, which also made her only the third woman ...
Weirather wins WCup super-G, edges Mancuso of US
Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein secured her first World Cup victory Friday when she edged Julia Mancuso of the United states on a steep and fast ...
Northug wins individual 15K at Nordic Worlds
Petter Northug won his first gold medal of this year's Nordic world championships on Wednesday in the 15-kilometer individual freestyle. The Norwegian ...
Slovenia's Tina Maze clinches World Cup title
There was only one fitting way for Tina Maze to wrap up the overall World Cup title — with another victory, and with plenty of time to spare.
Tina Maze wins super-combi, clinches overall title
Tina Maze of Slovenia clinched her first overall World Cup title Sunday, winning the super-combined for her eighth victory this season with nine races ...
US wins historic gold medal at Nordic Worlds
Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins gave the United States its first world championship gold medal in cross-country skiing Sunday by winning the ...
France's Pinturault wins World Cup giant slalom
Alexis Pinturault of France used a daring second run to win a World Cup giant slalom Sunday as his closest German challengers faltered. Pinturault was ...
Tina Maze fastest in super-combined downhill
Overall World Cup leader Tina Maze of Slovenia is on course for her eighth win of the season after posting the fastest time in the downhill section ...
Ruiz Castillo upsets women's WCup downhill field
Carolina Ruiz Castillo stunned the field by earning her first career World Cup victory at age 31 on Saturday, winning a downhill race 13 years after ...
Italy's Innerhofer wins World Cup downhill
Christof Innerhofer of Italy won his third World Cup downhill of the season Saturday, on a course where he has a history of good results.
Carolina Ruiz Castillo wins women's WCup downhill
Carolina Ruiz Castillo upset Maria Hoefl-Riesch on Saturday to win a World Cup downhill race 13 years after her only previous podium finish.
Snowstorm dies down, Midwest travel woes tick up
A major winter storm turned Midwest commutes into treacherous challenges Friday before the system petered out over the Great Lakes. At least four ...
Vonn ahead of schedule after knee surgery
Lindsey Vonn's right knee is healing quicker than her feelings over a world championship race she says should have been called off. The four-time ...
Hirscher wins worlds slalom at home in Austria
Overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher won the men's slalom title Sunday on the last day of the skiing world championships for his first ...
World champ at 17: US teen Shiffrin rushes to gold
Mikaela Shiffrin might as well be dancing or flying. That's what skiing is like for the American teenager these days. The victories and milestones ...
US teen Mikaela Shiffrin wins world slalom title
American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest women's slalom world champion in 39 years on Saturday. At the age of 17 years, 340 days, ...
With 3rd gold at worlds, Ligety joins ski legends
Ted Ligety has joined some of skiing's legends. And in doing so, the American catapulted himself into the sport's biggest spotlight heading into next ...
Ligety wins GS for 3rd gold medal at worlds
Ted Ligety became the first man in 45 years to win three gold medals at a skiing world championships by blowing away the field in winning his favored ...