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Northug the man to beat as Olympic season starts

AP News 3 days ago

Northug enters Olympic season as man to beat in cross-country, and with swagger to match Petter Northug enters the Olympic season as the man to beat in cross-country skiing, and he isn't doing much to downplay expectations. The 23-year-old Norwegian has an ...

Get to know Lindsey and the Vonntourage

AP News 4 days ago

Get to know the Vonntourage _ skier Lindsey Vonn's traveling staff and fan club Lindsey Vonn and her husband, Thomas, were sitting on the couch watching "Entourage" when the idea popped into Thomas' head — the "Vonntourage." As the top female skier ...

Vonntourage Skiing

AP News 4 days ago

U.S. ski racer Lindsey Vonn looks back at the mountain after training on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, at Copper Mountain, Colo. Lindsey Vonn and husband Thomas were sitting on the couch one afternoon last year watching "Entourage" when the idea popped into ...

FINLAND SKIING WORLD CUP

AP News 4 days ago

Lindsey Vonn of USA reacts after finishing second in the FIS Alpine World Cup women's slalom competition in Levi, Finland, on Saturday Nov. 14, 2009. (AP Photo / LEHTIKUVA / Mikko Stig) Copyright 2009 AP News

Herbst takes Levi slalom honours

AFP Global Edition 8 days ago

Austria's Reinfried Herbst won the first Alpine skiing World Cup slalom of the season here on Sunday, ahead of Croatian Ivica Kostelic and last year's winner, France's Jean-Baptiste Grange. It was the sixth victory of 31-year-old Herbst's career, all of which have ...

Herbst wins men's World Cup slalom; Miller DQd

AP News 8 days ago

Reinfried Herbst wins men's World Cup slalom opener; Bode Miller disqualified Reinfried Herbst of Austria won the men's World Cup slalom opener on Sunday, and American Bode Miller was disqualified in his first race of the season. Herbst posted a two-run time ...

FIS World Cup - Men's Slalom in Levi

Getty Images 8 days ago

LEVI, FINLAND - NOVEMBER 15: (FRANCE OUT) Ivica Kostelic from Croatia takes 2nd place during the Alpine FIS Ski World Cup Men's Slalom on November 15, 2009 in Levi, Finland. (Photo by Alain Grosclaude/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) Copyright 2009 Getty Images

FINLAND ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP

AP News 8 days ago

Reinfred Herbst of Austria reacts in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, men's World Cup Slalom, in Levi, Finland, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) Copyright 2009 AP News

Olympics: Canadian court nixes women's ski jumping appeal

AFP American Edition 9 days ago

Women ski jumpers hoping to compete in the 2010 Olympics here lost a court bid Friday to force Games organizers to include them on constitutional grounds. The female athletes, from Canada, Europe and the United States, had argued that excluding them violated ...

Vonn confidence building after Levi podium

AFP American Edition 9 days ago

US star Lindsey Vonn said her confidence was building nicely after taking second place behind Germany's Maria Riesch in the women's World Cup slalom at Levi on Saturday. The overall World Cup champion has much to live up to this campaign after ...

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