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Gimpl tops Cavigelli in big air event
Associated PressStefan Gimpl has won a snowboard World Cup big air event on a ramp built on the field inside the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona.
Story | Conversation | November 07, 2009Bright, Kokubo claim Swiss pipe events
Associated PressTorah Bright of Australia and Kazuhiro Kokubo of Japan won season-opening World Cup snowboarding events on Thursday.
Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009Svindal still nursing bruised leg
Associated PressDefending overall World Cup champion Aksel Lund Svindal is still having problems with his bruised leg and may be forced to skip his next race.
Story | Conversation | October 30, 2009Edwards to be part of torch relay
Associated PressMichael Edwards was an inexperienced and unorthodox ski jumper from England who became a fan favorite during the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. He will carry the flame during the torch relay for the Vancouver Games.
Story | Conversation | October 29, 2009Indoors event planned for November
Associated PressOrganizers from Austria, France, Switzerland and Italy have revealed plans to hold a European skiing championship indoors next month.
Story | Conversation | October 25, 2009Cuche, Ligety finish 1-2 in giant slalom
Associated PressDidier Cuche of Switzerland and Ted Ligety of the United States have finished 1-2 in the opening men's World Cup race, a giant slalom on the Rettenbach glacier skipped by U.S. star Bode Miller.
Story | Conversation | October 25, 2009Poutiainen wins World Cup opener
Associated PressTanja Poutiainen of Finland has won the opening race of the ski season, taking the giant slalom title on the Rettenbach glacier by just one one-hundreth of a second.
Story | Conversation | October 24, 2009Combined event change focuses Ligety
Associated PressTed Ligety isn't preoccupied with defending his Olympic combined title in Vancouver in February.
Story | Conversation | October 20, 2009World Cup sets start date
Associated PressThe opening races of the World Cup ski season in Soelden, Austria, have been confirmed for Oct. 24-25.
Story | Conversation | October 16, 2009Miller back with U.S. Team
Associated PressAfter two years away, Bode Miller is back training with the U.S. Ski Team.
Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009Gut forced to wait on comeback
Associated PressSwiss skier Lara Gut will be out until January and faces a race to be fit for her much-anticipated Olympic showdown with Lindsey Vonn after further surgery on her dislocated right hip.
Story | Conversation | October 13, 2009Olympic gold medalist Maier retires
Associated PressAustrian ski star Hermann Maier has announced his retirement.
Story | Conversation | October 13, 2009Defago expected to miss first race
Associated PressSwiss skier Didier Defago has broken his right thumb and is expected to miss the opening race of the World Cup season.
Story | Conversation | October 01, 2009Gut has hip reset following fall
Associated PressSwiss skier Lara Gut has dislocated her right hip in a training accident just weeks before the World Cup season starts.
Story | Conversation | September 29, 2009Sandell reportedly has kidney removed
Associated PressFinnish Alpine skier Marcus Sandell has had his left kidney removed in a hospital in Innsbruck, Austria, after badly crashing during a training run on the nearby Pitztaler glacier.
Story | Conversation | September 29, 2009
