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| McIvor: Canadian team expects to dominate skicross (AP) | 15/12/2009 15:12 |
| Ashleigh McIvor tries to take stock of her competition when she moves into the starting gate, sizing up who will give her the most trouble while screaming down a mountain in what can be described as motocross on skis. Usually it's another Canadian -- or two or three. The skicross world champion is one of the favorites to win gold in her backyard of Whistler, British Columbia, when the sport... | |
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| Injured Swiss skier Didier Cuche could be out (AP) | 14/12/2009 14:36 |
| Swiss skier Didier Cuche has a broken rib and could miss this weekend's World Cup races in Italy. The super-G world champion fell during training last week at Val d'Isere, France. His Web site says he had an MRI exam Monday, showing a broken fifth rib on his left side. The injury is described as "awkward but not serious." Cuche will go to Val Gardena for downhill training Wednesday... | |
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| Former slalom champ Kostelic has knee surgery (AP) | 13/12/2009 8:37 |
| Former slalom world champion Ivica Kostelic of Croatia is expected to compete at the Winter Olympics after having the sixth knee operation of his career. Croatia's ski federation said in a statement that Kostelic had surgery on Sunday to repair the meniscus on his right knee and that his ligaments were unaffected. | |
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| Kostelic undergoes knee surgery (AP) | 13/12/2009 3:39 |
| Former slalom world champion Ivica Kostelic of Croatia underwent the sixth knee operation of his career on Sunday but is expected to compete at next year's Winter Olympics. The 30-year-old Kostelic will head back to Croatia on Monday and is likely to return to training next month ahead of the Feb. | |
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| Miller to miss Val d'Isere's GS (AP) | 13/12/2009 3:20 |
| American Bode Miller will not enter Sunday's World Cup giant slalom in Val d'Isere after spraining his ankle. The 32-year-old, who placed fifth in Friday's super combined in the French Alps and ninth in the super-G on Saturday, hurt his ankle in "dryland training", the U.S. team said. | |
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| Todd Lodwick sweeps Continental Cup (AP) | 13/12/2009 1:12 |
| World champion Todd Lodwick of Steamboat Springs, Colo., swept his way through a blizzard Sunday to win his second straight Nordic Combined Continental Cup race. Austrian Tomaz Druml was second and Germany's Steffen Tepel third, matching the podium finish from Saturday's opening race. Visibility was limited by the blizzard conditions on Wasatch Mountain for Sunday's cross country leg. | |
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| Back in Are, Paerson eyes return to WCup podium (AP) | 12/12/2009 5:47 |
| A return to Are may be just what Anja Paerson needs to find her way back onto the World Cup podium. The Olympic slalom champion is still searching for her first top-three finish this season after seven races, but is skiing on one of her favorite slopes this weekend as the circuit returns to her native Sweden. | |
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| US skier Lanning to skip 2011 World Cup season (AP) | 11/12/2009 18:04 |
| U.S. skier TJ Lanning will skip the 2011 World Cup season to focus on recovering from a downhill crash last November in Lake Louise, Alberta, that fractured his neck and dislocated his left knee. Lanning, 25, said in a news release Wednesday that it simply makes more sense "for me not to push it again." He plans on skiing again and hopes to make the U.S. | |
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| Bjornlund., Richards win moguls opener (AP) | 11/12/2009 16:45 |
| Jesper Bjornlund of Sweden won his first moguls World Cup in the season-opener, while former world champion Kristi Richards of Canada won the women's event on Friday. Richards, world champ in 2007, scored 24.97 points, beating reigning world champion and last year's moguls World Cup winner Aiko Uemura of Japan on 24.56 points. | |
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| Vonn's crash raises more safety questions (AP) | 11/12/2009 11:22 |
| Lindsey Vonn has become the latest on a long list of high-profile skiers to get 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... | |
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