2009
5
Mar
Lindsey Vonn won her fourth straight super-G race Sunday and promised to chase more trophies on the women’s World Cup circuit after a successful stop in Bulgaria.
“There is no conservative skiing for me,” the 24-year-old American said. “I have to be really aggressive—that’s my strategy.”
After three races here, the defending overall World Cup champion [...]
2009
3
Jan
Felix Neureuther of Germany won the World Cup parallel slalom here on Friday in an event staged on an artificial slope to help promote Russia’s readiness to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
France’s Jean-Baptiste Grange was second with American superstar Bode Miller taking third ahead of compatriot Ted Ligety in a competition held [...]
2009
2
Jan
Semmering, Austria – Reigning World Cup overall champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) marked her third slalom podium of the year, taking the number three spot in Semmering Monday. Hailey Duke (Boise, ID) had a career-best finish, coming in eighth. Germany’s Maria Riesch won for her second slalom victory in a row.
Riesch, the leader after [...]
2008
15
Dec
World Cup slalom leader Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) skied two great slalom runs but still finished second behind Germany’s Maria Riesch, who won both the first and second runs, at the Audi FIS World Cup in La Molina, Spain on Sunday. Riesch built nearly a full second lead on the field with her first run [...]
2008
14
Dec
Two weeks after stunning spectators when he came from 65th to finish second in a downhill in Lake Louise, Switzerland’s Carlo Janka clinched his career first World Cup win during a giant slalom in Val d’Isere. The U.S. Ski Team’s Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) struggled under tough light and snow conditions to finish [...]
2008
15
Aug
Slovakia has won the gold medal in the men’s C2 slalom event. Czech Republic won the silver and Russia won the bronze.
Slovakia
HOCHSCHORNER Pavol
HOCHSCHORNER Peter
Czech Republic
VOLF Jaroslav
STEPANEK Ondrej
Russian Federation
KUZNETSOV Mikhail
LARIONOV Dmitry
2008
12
Aug
Alexander Grimm won the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics with a time of 171.70 seconds in the Men’s Slalom Kayak Single.
Fabien Lefevre of France won the silver medal. Benjamin Boukpeti of Togo led most of the way until the final run. He won a bronze medal for his effort and snapped his [...]
2008
12
Aug
Michal Martikan from Slovakia recaptured the gold medal today in the Men’s Slalom Canoe Single competition. He won gold in 1996, but came second in Sydney and Athens.
David Florencea from Great Britain won the silver medal and Robin Bell from Australia picked up the bronze.