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Vonn plays it safe in Are slalom
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2009Her own safety was the top concern of Lindsey Vonn as she settled for an eighth-place finish in the World Cup slalom event at Are in Sweden on Saturday (December 13th).Vonn had already made a mistake when failing to finish in the giant slalom and was just intent on salvaging some points from the tri...
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Poncin misses out on second title
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2009UK speed skier Marc Poncin has missed out on clinching his second world title by a narrow margin.The 42-year-old, who was crowned champion in 2008 and races in the production category, came second to Austrian Austria's Gunter Foidl, reports BBC Sport.By finishing as the runner-up in the World Cup st...
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Svindal wins World Cup title by two points
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2009Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway has clinched the overall World Cup title for the second time in his career.He won the prize by two points after his last remaining rival, Austrian Benjamin Raich, crashed out of the competition on the first leg of the final run.Svindal said he was not entirely happy abou...
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Bjorndalen claims third gold
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2009Norwegian skier Ole Einar Bjorndalen claimed victory in the men's individual biathlon race in South Korea recently, becoming a triple biathlon world champion in the process.Despite missing a total of three targets in the vital shooting sessions, he skied fastest, finishing the 20-kilometre race in 5...
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Bode Miller achieves World Cup goal
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2008American skier Bode Miller has won the overall title in the skiing World Cup at the weekend.Miller was awarded the crystal globe title in an awards ceremony that took place in Bormio, Italy this Sunday (March 16th 2008) much to the delight of those enjoying European ski holidays in the vicinity.Fame...