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| Vonn's injury still playing on her mind (AP) | 04/01, 11:26 |
| Lindsey Vonn is trying to think Olympics. Her bruised left arm is making it difficult. The reigning overall World Cup champion was back at the American team's Austrian base in Zell am See on Monday, and says she's having a tough time focusing on the Winter Games six weeks away after crashing during a giant slalom race Dec. | |
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| Vonn's injury still playing on her mind (AP) | 04/01, 8:51 |
| With six weeks until her first race at the Vancouver Olympics, Lindsey Vonn is trying to stop worrying about her bruised left arm. The reigning overall World Cup champion returned to the U.S. team's Austrian base in Zell am See on Monday to get some rest ahead of the speed races in Haus im Ennstal this week. | |
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| Vonn to ski with arm injury in slalom in Croatia (AP) | 02/01, 16:07 |
| With her arm in a brace and a sluggish course waiting, Lindsey Vonn will try to bolster her lead in the overall standings in a World Cup slalom Sunday. Warm weather and heavy rain Saturday damaged the Crveni Spust course on Sljeme hill. Organizers anticipate the race will be held, with temperatures expected to drop overnight and machine-made snow to be added to the course. | |
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| Vonn to nurse arm injury in World Cup slalom race (AP) | 02/01, 13:45 |
| If Lindsey Vonn is to collect the biggest paycheck in women's skiing at a World Cup slalom race on Sunday, she will have to overcome an arm injury and an expected sluggish course as well as her rivals. Warm weather and heavy rain on Saturday damaged the Crveni Spust course on Sljeme hill. However, organizers believe the race will still be staged as temperatures were expected to drop overnight... | |
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| Miller, US teammates look to secure Olympic spots (AP) | 30/12/2009 12:40 |
| Bode Miller is in the middle of a holiday break from the ski circuit, resting his sprained ankle, working on his fitness and spending time with his daughter. When he returns on Jan. 6 for a slalom in Zagreb, Croatia, the two-time overall World Cup winner will have a month of racing to secure his starting spots for the U.S. | |
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| Vonn's crash raises more safety questions (AP) | 28/12/2009 13:18 |
| Lindsey Vonn is the latest on a long list of high-profile skiers injured this season, raising more questions over water-injected courses and safety measures. Vonn's crash Monday appeared to be the product of an icy patch on the giant slalom course in Lienz, Austria. Just after she came sharply around a gate, the American lost control and was sent tumbling down the mountain airborne with her... | |
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| Without Miller, Walchhofer favorite in Italy (AP) | 28/12/2009 11:30 |
| With Bode Miller at home resting a sore ankle, Michael Walchhofer is the favorite for the World Cup downhill Tuesday on the knee-jarring Stelvio course. Walchhofer won back-to-back downhills on consecutive days here three years ago and was fastest in the opening training session on Monday. "I feel I'm in great shape to do something big here," the Austrian skier said. | |
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| Ski jumper arrested for alleged attack on wife (AP) | 28/12/2009 8:39 |
| Finnish police say they are investigating former Olympic ski jumping champion Matti Nykanen for an alleged violent attack on his wife. Nykanen, 46, is suspected of attempting to stab his wife Mervi Tapola and then strangle her with a bath robe belt on Christmas Day in their southern Finland home, police said Monday. | |
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| Lindsey Vonn falls, bruises bone in left arm (AP) | 28/12/2009 6:02 |
| Vancouver Olympic favorite Lindsey Vonn bruised a bone in her left arm following a crash on the opening run of a World Cup giant slalom on Monday. Vonn had X-ray and MRI scans at a hospital before returning to the U.S. team hotel with her arm in a splint. According to U.S. team medical director Richard Quincy, the scans showed no fractures, only a bone bruise. | |
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| Russian cross-country champ gets 2-year doping ban (AP) | 24/12/2009 7:30 |
| The International Ski Federation has issued a two-year doping ban to Russia's triple Olympic gold medalist Julija Tchepalova. FIS says the cross country skier tested positive for the endurance-boosting drug EPO in January, and that the 33-year-old Russian is banned until August 2011. Sarah Fussek of the FIS anti-doping administration said Thursday that Tchepalova's teammate Natalia Matveeva... | |
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