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Austria's Hirscher win slalom before home fans
Marcel Hirscher won a World Cup slalom for the 10th time in his career Sunday, drawing roars from a home crowd that included Austria-born Arnold ...
Hirscher earns 10th career World Cup slalom win
Marcel Hirscher of Austria earned his 10th career World Cup slalom victory Sunday, and Ivica Kostelic of Croatia took third to win the combined event, ...
Felix Neureuther wins World Cup slalom
Felix Neureuther of Germany won a World Cup slalom Sunday, defeating overall leader and training partner Marcel Hirscher of Austria. Neureuther made ...
Bode Miller skips World Cup season to rest knee
Bode Miller is known for his aggressive nature on the slopes, a hold-nothing-back approach that's led to plenty of success and spills. When it comes ...
Bode Miller to miss rest of the season
Bode Miller will skip the rest of the World Cup season to rest his surgically repaired left knee. The two-time overall champion had microfracture ...
American Ligety posting best World Cup season
Ted Ligety is writing himself into World Cup skiing history in what is fast becoming his career-best season. Victory on Saturday at the Adelboden ...
Ligety of US wins World Cup giant slalom
Ted Ligety won a duel with Marcel Hirscher in a World Cup giant slalom Saturday for a career-best fourth victory of the season in his specialty event.
McKennis of US wins downhill; Vonn 6th in Austria
Alice McKennis of the United States earned her first World Cup victory by winning a downhill Saturday, and Lindsey Vonn was sixth after returning from ...
Hirscher wins night slalom; gatekeeper dies
Defending overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher of Austria was fastest in both runs Tuesday, winning a night slalom marred by the death of a ...
Amid doubts by rivals, Ligety gets OK on his skis
Ted Ligety is ruling the giant slalom like few others, and the praise extraordinary: "phenomenon," ''superhero" and "unreal." His performance also has ...
Ligety cruises to giant slalom win in Alta Badia
Ted Ligety cruised to his third giant slalom win of the season by more than two seconds Sunday after an opening run that left his rivals in awe, ...
US skier Steven Nyman wins World Cup downhill
It was about time some good fortune fell Steven Nyman's way. The American skier's once promising career was derailed for the past five years by a list ...
Svindal continues dominance with super-G win
Not too many skiers can afford to make a big mistake and still be more than a second faster than anyone else. Lindsey Vonn has done it a few times on ...
Bode Miller likely won't race until February
Bode Miller likely won't start his season until February as part of his cautious return from left knee surgery. There's also a chance he might sit out ...
Vonn races to 2nd straight Lake Louise hat trick
Lindsey Vonn is in a class by herself when it comes to women's World Cup skiing at Lake Louise. After winning both downhills, Vonn capped a sweep with ...
Ligety wins giant slalom with blazing final run
Ted Ligety simply can't be caught these days. Not on these new giant slalom skis, anyway. At least, that's the prevailing feeling among a good portion ...
Lindsey Vonn wins 2nd Lake Louise downhill
Lindsey Vonn raced to her 13th World Cup victory at Lake Louise on Saturday, leading another 1-2 U.S. sweep in the second downhill at the Canadian ...
Marsaglia of Italy captures 1st World Cup race
For some of the skiers, the super-G course was so treacherous and tricky that it was a wipeout waiting to happen. For Matteo Marsaglia, the hill was ...
Lindsey Vonn wins again at Lake Louise
Lindsey Vonn won the season-opening downhill Friday for her 12th career World Cup victory at Lake Louise, renewing her desire to race against the men ...
Italy's Innerhofer wins Beaver Creek downhill
Christof Innerhofer could barely train in the offseason because of his chronically aching back. After this performance, the Italian skier was ...
Norway's Svindal wins super-G, completes sweep
Aksel Lund Svindal thought he had a chance for a perfect weekend at Lake Louise. Turns out, he was right. Svindal won a super-G Sunday, edging Adrien ...
Maze wins 2nd straight GS race, Vonn takes 21st
Completely exhausted, Lindsey Vonn collapsed to the snow soon after crossing the finish line. Totally elated, Tina Maze performed a cartwheel right ...
Vonn to race giant slalom in Aspen, skip slalom
Lindsey Vonn is healthy enough to race in Aspen even if her heart may be farther up north. Although weakened by a bad stomach bug, the four-time ...
Vonn trains again after missing time with illness
Out of the hospital just a few days, Lindsey Vonn is already back on the hill. The four-time overall World Cup champion resumed her giant slalom ...
Miller won't hurry back from left knee injury
Whether it's in life or on the slopes, Bode Miller charges after what he wants at a breathless speed. The U.S. skier simply doesn't do slow. On the ...