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| High school student gets homecoming date with Vonn (AP) | 05/11/2011 17:25 |
| Parker McDonald found the perfect last-minute homecoming date in the school lunch room: Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn. The superstar skier was visiting Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy on Thursday when the 15-year-old McDonald worked up the courage to ask her to his dance. She accepted, and the two had their impromptu date Friday night. | |
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| Austrian venue to host makeup World Cup slaloms (AP) | 05/11/2011 8:54 |
| The World Cup slalom races canceled this month because of warm weather in Finland will be staged in December in Flachau, Austria. The International Ski Federation says the women will race on Dec. 20, two days after a World Cup slalom in Courchevel, France. The men race in Flachau on Dec. 21, two days after their slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. | |
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| Super-G world champion Innerhofer injured in crash (AP) | 03/11/2011 12:33 |
| Super-G world champion Christof Innerhofer of Italy has crashed during training and injured his head and left knee. The Italian winter sports federation says scans showed cranial trauma but no further head damage, and that Innerhofer did not lose consciousness. His knee was bruised and slightly twisted. | |
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| Levi World Cup canceled because of warm weather (AP) | 03/11/2011 5:25 |
| The World Cup ski races scheduled for northern Finland next week were canceled Thursday because of a lack of snow and unusually warm weather. The International Ski Federation (FIS) was looking to reschedule the men's and women's slaloms that were slated for Levi on Nov. 12-13 and would provide more information by Sunday. | |
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| Swiss downhill racer Kamer out with knee injury (AP) | 01/11/2011 16:52 |
| Swiss speed specialist Nadja Kamer will miss upcoming World Cup ski races in North America after injuring her left knee playing volleyball. Kamer was shaping up as a threat to Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso in downhills next month at Lake Louise, Alberta. She had three top-three finishes in 2010. The Swiss ski federation says Kamer strained knee ligaments on Monday. | |
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| Kostelic sees no strong World Cup favorite (AP) | 21/10/2011 13:36 |
| Ivica Kostelic doesn't consider himself a dominating force on the World Cup circuit despite earning his first overall title. The 31-year-old Croat all-rounder topped the final standings by 400 points ahead of second-place Didier Cuche. "There are no dominating persons," Kostelic said Friday. | |
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| Bode Miller slams ski officials over new rules (AP) | 20/10/2011 15:58 |
| Bode Miller has lashed out at the international ski federation, accusing the governing body of "ruining our sport" because of new equipment regulations set to take effect next year. The 34-year-old American ski star on Thursday called the FIS rule changes regarding minimum size and radius of skis "a complete joke. | |
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| Vonn says she's learned from mistakes last season (AP) | 20/10/2011 13:32 |
| After losing the overall World Cup title, being labeled a bad loser and falling out with friend and rival Maria Hoefl-Riesch, Lindsey Vonn says she has learned from her mistakes and has a new outlook going into the Alpine ski season. Last season ended in multiple disappointments for Vonn, who says she has put her problems on and off the slopes behind her just days ahead of the start of the new... | |
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| Hoefl-Riesch considers retirement after Olympics (AP) | 20/10/2011 13:01 |
| Maria Hoefl-Riesch is considering retiring from ski racing after the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The German overall World Cup champion, who then will be 29, said it would be a dream to end her career with another Olympic gold medal after winning the super-combined and slalom races at the 2010 Vancouver Games. | |
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| Croatia's Ivica Kostelic voted skier of the year (AP) | 20/10/2011 12:46 |
| Defending overall World Cup champion Ivica Kostelic has been voted skier of the year. The international association of ski journalists says the 31-year-old Croat received more than a third of all votes for the Skieur d'Or, the annual award presented by the association. Kostelic beat out women's overall champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch, world super-G champion Christof Innerhofer and World Cup... | |
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