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| American Greg Bretz wins halfpipe for first World Cup victory (AP) | 08/03, 5:46 |
| Greg Bretz won the halfpipe competition for his first World Cup victory Sunday, beating Canadian Brad Martin. Bretz, from Mammoth Lakes, Calif., used a frontside 900, backside 540, air to fakey, cab 7, frontside 7 to top the field. "It feels amazing," Bretz said. "I was definitely surprised. I wasn't planning on winning. |
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| Lindsey Vonn aims for US downhill record, extending overall World Cup lead (AP) | 06/03, 21:02 |
| Lindsey Vonn will attempt to break the U.S. career downhill record set by Picabo Street on the same course where the famed skier crashed 10 years ago. Vonn, who has nine career World Cup downhill victories, also looks to retain her overall World Cup lead at Crans-Montana. She'll be making her debut on the slope, the site of the downhill Saturday and super-combined Sunday. |
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| Austrian skier Mario Scheiber out for season with left shoulder injury (AP) | 06/03, 19:45 |
| Austrian skier Mario Scheiber is out for the rest of the World Cup season after damaging his left shoulder in a training crash. Scheiber sustained torn ligaments Thursday in Maria Alm and was expected to undergo surgery in a Salzburg hospital, the Austrian ski federation said. The 25-year-old Scheiber had three top-three finishes this season but has yet to win a World Cup race. |
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| Skier Matthias Lanzinger back in Austria after lower left leg amputation (AP) | 04/03, 11:47 |
| Skier Matthias Lanzinger returned to Austria on Thursday to recover from the amputation of his lower left leg after a crash during a World Cup event. Lanzinger was taken to a hospital for three weeks of rehabilitation. Lanzinger arrived in his hometown accompanied by his girlfriend and Austrian ski federation doctor Markus Wegscheider. |
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| Ski jumper Harri Olli suspended for rest of the season by Finnish Skiing Association (AP) | 26/02, 20:15 |
| Finnish ski jumper Harri Olli was banned Tuesday for the rest of the season for breaching team rules and unsportsmanlike conduct at the ski flying world championships. The Finnish Skiing Association banned Olli after he reportedly disappeared late Friday and turned up Saturday three hours before the second day of jumping at the worlds in Germany. |
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| World Cup Women's Super Combined Results (AP) | 25/02, 2:58 |
| (Run times in parentheses) 1. Maria Riesch, Germany (1:21.49-48.58) 2 minutes 10.07 seconds. 2. Marlies Schild, Austria (1:22.58-47.58) 2:10.16. 3. Anja Paerson, Sweden (1:22.32-48.06) 2:10.38. 4. Nicole Hosp, Austria (1:22.27-48.13) 2:10.40;. 5. Elisabeth Goergl, Austria (1:22.62-48.01) 2:10.63. 6. Lindsey Vonn, United States (1:22.62-48.02) 2:10.64. |
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| Ski racing writer, historian Paul Robbins dies at 68 (AP) | 24/02, 23:52 |
| Paul Robbins, the ski and travel journalist who served as the U.S. Ski Team's primary writer for more than two decades, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack. He was 68. Robbins died while working in his home, the U.S. Ski Team said. Well known for wearing a Scottish tam, Robbins started writing about ski racing in the late '70s. |
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