Browsing entries tagged with Racing
22 Feb 2010
It’s fast, furious and pumped-up the Vancouver crowds on Sunday; it is ski cross – the no-fear event making its Olympic debut in 2010. The first Olympic ski cross competition took place at Cypress…
21 Feb 2010
Bode Miller has won his first ever Olympic gold medal, taking the top spot in the men’s super combined event at Whistler. American Miller sealed his third medal of the Games, having already won a…
18 Feb 2010
Sweden’s Anja Pearson has stunned the Whistler crowds to win an Olympic bronze medal in the women’s super combined competition – despite a limping away from a serious crash in Wednesday’s downhill…
17 Feb 2010
Lyndsey Vonn has secured Olympic gold in the women’s downhill, with a tremendous run that put her half a second ahead of teammate Julia Mancuso. The pair took gold and silver medal positions in the competition…
16 Feb 2010
Britain’s Zoe Gillings has finished a very respectable eighth in the Olympic women’s snowboard cross, reaching the semi finals. But it was Canada that eventually took the gold medal, with a…
16 Feb 2010
The Olympic women’s downhill race, now rescheduled for Wednesday 17 Feb to accommodate the Whistler weather, holds obvious interest for British spectators with the participation of Chemmy Alcott.…
16 Feb 2010
After a thrilling showdown in the men’s snowboard cross final on Monday 15 February, the attention falls on the women’s event this evening (Tuesday 16 February) – with British hopes resting on 24-year-old…
15 Feb 2010
Switzerland has taken its first Olympic men’s downhill gold medal in 22 years, with a superb performance by Didier Defago. The Blue Riband event finally got going at Whistler Creekside on Monday…
14 Feb 2010
How do you like your moguls? Or perhaps bump runs aren’t for you? But the athletes on Cypress Mountain made them look easy as young knees took a pounding in the Women’s freestyle moguls event. Rain…
13 Feb 2010
Whistler’s notoriously fickle weather has forced postponement of the Men’s Olympic Downhill races due to take place at Whistler on Saturday – and of Sunday’s Women’s Super Combined event. The…
12 Feb 2010
Are you ready? The 2010 Winter Olympic Games is about to begin in Canada, with over two weeks non-stop sporting action from the slopes of Whistler and Cypress Mountains, near Vancouver. And we can’t…
30 Jan 2010
The men’s World Cup racing series has been taking place in Kranjska Gora this weekend, with double action from the 49th Vitranc World Cup and the Adelboden giant slalom race – rescheduled to Slovenia…
27 Jan 2010
The 2010 Olympic Winter Games are due to take place from 12 to 28 February in Vancouver and Whistler, in far western Canada – and the final British team was announced in London on Tuesday. But the company…
22 Jan 2010
The 70th Hahnenkamm World Cup races are underway in Kitzbühel, and will continue until 24 January. Didier Cuche has already claimed the first medal, storming to victory in the super-G. After the excitement…
18 Jan 2010
Carlo Janka of Switzerland won the 2010 Lauberhorn downhill race, in another classic weekend of World Cup racing. A crowd of 30,000 turned out to watch the famous Wengen race, celebrating its 80th year…
15 Jan 2010
Bode Miller has won the first of the World Cup races in Wengen on Friday 15 January, taking the super-combined title. The win was Miller’s first victory since 2008 and puts him back on form for Vancouver.…
12 Jan 2010
With just one month to go until the Winter Olympics, ski-racing action is about to hot up with another classic: the Lauberhorn. All eyes will be on Wengen in Switzerland this weekend, 15-17 January, as…
9 Jan 2010
Thickening fog and snow showers have forced officials in Adelboden to cancel the men’s World Cup giant slalom. The International Ski Federation called off Saturday’s (8 Jan) race part way through the…
4 Jan 2010
The Audi FIS Ski World Cup moves to Adelboden on 9/10 January, and one of the circuit’s steepest slalom courses – the Chuenusbärgli. The men’s slalom and giant slalom races will take place in…
29 Dec 2009
Slovenian Andrej Jerman has won the men’s downhill in Bormio, claiming his first World Cup victory for three years. Jerman raced into first position in 2 minutes, 0.32 seconds – 0.44 seconds ahead…
28 Dec 2009
The International Ski Federation will be using Bormio’s World Cup event as a testing ground for new safety gates. The new gates feature flags that tear apart on impact and are designed to minimise collision…
23 Dec 2009
Snow is expected to fall over the next few days in Bormio, with clear, colder weather to follow in time for the men’s World Cup downhill races on Tuesday 29 December – pretty much an ideal arrangement.…
20 Dec 2009
Selva Val Gardena hosted the men’s downhill and super-G races this weekend – and the Italian resort didn’t disappoint: there were top performances on the Saslong run, which this winter is also celebrating…
20 Dec 2009
It has been an eventful weekend for the World Cup women’s races in Val d’Isère: Saturday’s races were cancelled, then a serious crash delayed Sunday’s super-G race. Sunday’s race was interrupted…
11 Dec 2009
Friday dawned crisp and clear in Val d’Isère, giving a perfect start to the 54th Critérium de la Première Neige – the event that signals the arrival of the World Cup circus in the Alps, after…
29 Nov 2009
Aspen’s technical downhill course didn’t faze Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany, when she skied to victory in the women’s giant slalom there on Saturday 28 November. Hoelzl 25 had an excellent first run…
20 Nov 2009
When the International racing teams hit the slopes in Panorama Mountain Village shortly, they are in for a treat: bucket loads of the white stuff. Although the Canadian racing teams have been in training…
10 Nov 2009
Britain’s top male ski racer Ed Drake took bronze at the first Europa Cup Super G race in Austria on Monday (9 November). Drake’s third place in the Super G was a personal best for the 23 year old…
19 Oct 2009
The season opening FIS World Cup event in Sölden will go ahead as planned on 24/25 October. A couple of weeks ago the FIS Alpine World Championships in Sölden looked doubtful, with low snow depths…
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