Alpine ski great Marcel Hirscher ends comeback attempt for Winter Olympics
Alpine ski great Marcel Hirscher is ending his effort to make a comeback for the Milan Cortina Olympics.
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One last slalom for Eritrean trailblazer Abeda
CAPE TOWN, Jan 8 : Eritrean athlete Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda took up skiing reluctantly but will retire after his third Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina following a career forged against the odds.
Alpine skiing's Speed Girl Colturi an unlikely trailblazer for Albania
Jan 8 : Lara Colturi might well have been preparing to deliver gold for the home nation at next month's Milano Cortina Olympics, but instead will be an unlikely trailblazer for Albania.
Alpine skiing-Olympic champion Noel wins Madonna night slalom
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy, Jan 7 : France's reigning Olympic slalom champion Clement Noel took his first win of the World Cup Alpine skiing season on Wednesday with less than a month to go before the start of the Milano Cortina Games.
Generational talent Odermatt bids to cement legacy with downhill gold
Jan 7 : In a sport where races are decided by the tiniest of margins and injury is never more than a heartbeat away, domination is unusual - which makes Swiss racer Marco Odermatt's reign as the king of men's Alpine skiing all the more remarkable.
Shiffrin pressure eased at Milano Cortina as Vonn return shares spotlight
PARIS, Jan 6 : At every Olympic Games, some athletes arrive carrying more than just competitive ambition - they bring the emotional weight of expectation from an entire sport, and for Alpine skiing that figure has long been Mikaela Shiffrin.
Water skiing would make more sense than novelty events at Winter Games, says FIS chief Eliasch
PARIS, Jan 6 : International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) president Johan Eliasch warned that the Winter Olympics should not be diluted with novelty events, saying the Games must remain rooted in snow and ice — even joking that water skiing would make more sense than some recent proposals.
Alpine Skiing-Rast ends Shiffrin's season-long slalom winning streak
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, Jan 4 : Switzerland's Camille Rast completed a World Cup double and ended U.S. Alpine ski great Mikaela Shiffrin's season-long winning streak in slalom with victory in the Slovenian resort of Kranjska Gora on Sunday.