Miller sets pace in giant slalom Reuters via Yahoo! News
Local favorite Bode Miller, fresh from victory in Friday's downhill, was quickest in the first leg of a men's Alpine skiing World Cup giant slalom on Saturday.
Top of bill shocks showman Townsville Bulletin
LOCAL favourite Bode Miller, fresh from victory in yesterday's downhill, was fastest in the first leg of a men's Alpine skiing World Cup giant slalom today (AEDT).
Myhrer keeps nerve for slalom win CNN.com
BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) -- Sweden's Andre Myhrer tamed the treacherous Birds of Prey piste on Sunday to win the second men's slalom of the World Cup season after several big names crashed out.
Alpine skiing-Buechel wins opening World Cup downhill Reuters via Yahoo!7 Sports
LAKE LOUISE, Alberta, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Liechtenstein's Marco Buechel overcame a broken rib to win the first downhill of the men's Alpine skiing World Cup season on Saturday and deny Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis an historic victory.
Maier is looking to prove a point CNN.com
Hermann Maier and the mighty Austrian men's team have a point to prove when the Alpine skiing season shifts to Beaver Creek in Colorado on Thursday.
Eco-catastrophe: The Cairngorms Independent
You know you are in a special part of the country when you spot a herd of reindeer out on the hillside, or when a man sweeps past on his dog-sleigh. This is the Cairngorms, Britain's largest National Park. Up here in the Highlands of Scotland, the landscape is more like Greenland than Kent. The Cairngorms has more mountain birds, animals and plants than anywhere else in the country. It is at once
Buechel spoils Canada's bash Boston Globe
Liechtenstein's Marco Buechel overcame a broken rib to win the first downhill of the men's Alpine skiing World Cup season yesterday in Lake Louise, Alberta, and deny Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis a historic victory.
Red hot in the big chill Canada.com
John Kucera flies down the course en route to victory in the men's Super-G race at Lake Louise, Alta., the first win by a Canadian male on home soil since 1989.
Nations Cup preview: Who's in the alpine hunt? Ski Racing
THE CHASE FOR THE NATIONS CUP is typically a battle for second place, with Austria topping the podium a seemingly foregone conclusion. Last season, the Austrians compiled a ridius 15,449 points, with second-place USA amassing 6,541 and Italy edging Sweden for third.
Aspen: U.S. hoping for a "big weekend" Ski Racing
ASPEN, Colorado — The women’s World Cup racers tested the race course on their freeskiing boards Friday. But Saturday, the focus shifts to runs at race speed with the first giant slalom of the season for the women as the Aspen Winternational kicks off.
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