It’s the first year since she was a rookie that Tessa Worley failed to get a win. However, this makes her fourth podium for the season, her most yet, as she finishes 4th in the Giant Slalom standings.
Tina Maze speaks about her triumphant season.
In the last race of the season, World Cup Giant Slalom and Overall winner Tina Maze (SLO) gets the win by .35 seconds over Tessa Worley, getting her 11th win this season and the 22nd for her career.
Denise Karbon (ITA) even though she made it to the seconds run, she ends the season with a crash, luckily she seems ok.
Irene Curtoni (ITA) ends the season with a crash, with the finish line in sight, luckily she seems ok.
Julia Mancuso (USA) ends her season 1.09 seconds off the podium, finishes ranked 4th 162 points behind Anna Fenninger (AUT), and 11th in Giant slalom.
Frida Hansdotter (SWE) ends the season with a crash, with the final line in sight, luckily she seems ok.
Germany’s Felix Neureuther reacts after winning the men’s alpine skiing slalom at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) By Manuele Lang LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland, March 17 (Reuters) – Felix Neureuther finished the season in style when he won the campaign-ending slalom in Lenzerheide on Sunday and promised closer […]
2011 World Cup winner Ivica Kostelic (CRO) finished .51 seconds out of first, and third in the slalom ranking for the season, but 5th overall.
Marcel Hirscher (AUT) won the World Cup slalom title with 960 points, though Sunday he finished .36 seconds behind Felix Neureuther (GER).
Felix Neureuther (GER) scored his 5th career win, by .36 seconds, over Marcel Hirscher (AUT). He ended the season second in Slalom and 4th in the Overall.
With 1,535 points, Marcel Hirscher wins his second consecutive World Cup title and his first slalom Globe.
Commentators Steve Porino and Doug Lewis talk about Ted Ligety and how his skiing technique is different than his competitors.
Once again Marcel Hirscher (AUT) finishes 2nd to Ted Ligety (USA), by .37 seconds, but with Askel Lund Svindal (NOR) skiing out in run one, it’s now official that Hirscher is the 2013 overall World Cup winner.
Triple world champion Ted Ligety, who secured the giant slalom World Cup last weekend, beat overall title winner Marcel Hirscher of Austria by 0.37 seconds to take his sixth win of the season in the discipline.
Alexis Pinturault (FRA) gets his 7th podium finish this season by .17 seconds, making this his most productive season, as he ranks 6th in the Overall.
Both Benjamin Raich (AUT) and Cyprien Richard (FRA) lost their footing in the last Giant Slalom race of the season; luckily both are ok.
Ted Ligety (USA) picks up the Giant Slalom World Cup title, after winning this year’s World Championships as well.
It’s been 40 years since someone as young as Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) won a World Cup Globe, but she took the Slalom globe away from Tina Maze (SLO) in the last race of the season.
Marlies Schild’s (AUT) little sister Bernadette gets her first World Cup podium, .05 seconds better than Tina Maze (SLO), but .20 seconds behind Mikaela Shiffrin (USA). She ranked 10th in slalom for the season.
Tina Maze (SLO) just had to beat Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) to earn her second World Cup Globe (she previously got the Super G), but after leading in run one, she dropped to third in run two and missed the Globe by 33 points.
Mikaela Shiffrin (USA), in just her second world cup season, secures a Globe, scoring the win with an amazing second run and beating Tina Maze by 33 points.
Tina Maze (SLO) gets the win by .25 seconds and along with it, a seven point lead over Mikaela Shiffrin (USA), with only one race left in the 2013 Slalom Alpine Skiing World Cup.
In women’s slalom, 19 yr old Wendy Holdener (SUI) gets her first podium finish, taking 2nd place over 17 yr old Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) by .50 seconds.
Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) loses the lead from run one, finishing .75 seconds behind Tina Maze (SLO) who takes the Slalom World Cup lead from Shiffrin by 7 points, with one race left.
Ivica Kostelic (CRO), 2002 and 2011 Slalom World Cup winner, picked up his only slalom win this season, moving up from 3rd in run one to win by .19 seconds.
Tina Maze of Slovenia celebrates in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, women’s World Cup slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) By Manuele Lang OFTERSCHWANG, Germany, March 10 (Reuters) – Tina Maze won her duel with world champion Mikaela Shiffrin in a women’s World Cup slalom on Sunday […]
Marcel Hirscher (AUT) takes second on the day, and with a mistake by Felix Neureuther (GER), Hirscher wins the World Cup Slalom title after finishing third overall last year.
Croatia’s Ivica Kostelic celebrates at finish line after winning an alpine ski men’s World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) By Patrick Lang KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, March 10 (Reuters) – Ivica Kostelic used all his experience to win the men’s World Cup slalom race in Kranjska Gora on […]
With six Americans hitting the hill Sunday, Ted Ligety is the only one to make the second run; he moved up from 21st to finish 18th, 2.46 seconds off the podium.
Anna Fenninger (AUT) scored her second win this season, and third in her career, winning by .44 seconds over world cup leader Tina Maze.
This year’s World Cup winner Tina Maze (SLO) continued to score podiums, getting her 21st this season, just one away from tying the record.
Julia Mancuso (USA) was in 4th after run one, but slipped to 8th after run two, 1.89 seconds off the podium.
American teenage superstar Mikaela Shiffrin was hoping to improve her Giant Slalom runs, but things don’t work out as planned, as she ditches in run one.
Ted Ligety (USA) gets his 5th win Saturday by .45 seconds, and secures enough points to win his 4th World Cup Giant Slalom title.
Last season’s Giant Slalom cup winner, Marcel Hirscher (AUT), settled for second place again, the 5th time this season. He is now second for the GS globe, but he still leads the overall by 69 points.
Finishing 6th Saturday didn’t help Aksel Lund Svindal’s (NOR) attempt for a third overall World Cup title; he was .53 seconds off the podium and is now 69 points behind Marcel Hirscher (AUT) for the globe.
Ted Ligety talks about winning his 4th Giant Slaom World Cup title.
In the second run of the Giant Slalom, a gate slaps Fritz Dopfer’s (GER) googles off his face, blinding him. As he tries to fix it, wham!, right into the netting.
Ted Ligety of the United States passes a gate during the first run of an alpine ski men’s World Cup giant slalom, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Shinichiro Tanaka) By Patrick Lang KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, March 9 (Reuters) – Taking risks paid off for American Ted Ligety as he won the […]
It was a tough day on the hill for Davide Simoncelli (ITA), Thomas Fanara (FRA), and Hannes Reichelt (AUT) who all wipe out.
World Cup leader Marcel Hirscher (AUT) moves up from 6th to takes 2nd, but is still over hundred points behind Ted Ligety in Giant Slalom.
Alexis Pinurault (FRA) gets his 4th career win and his first in Giant Slalom by .60 seconds.
World Champ Ted Ligety (USA) maintains his Giant Slalom World Cup lead, moving up from 5th to take 3rd place finish today, .23 out of first.
France’s Alexis Pinturault passes a gate during the first run of an alpine ski men’s world cup giant slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Shinichiro Tanaka) By Manuele Lang GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Gifted Frenchman Alexis Pinturault confirmed his all-round skills with a first Alpine ski World Cup giant slalom […]
Marcel Hirscher (AUT), to the delight of the home crowd, claims his first championship title, winning by .42 seconds.
Felix Neureuther (GER) picks up his first championship medal, scoring a Silver, finishing behind Marcel Hirscher (AUT) by .42 seconds.
Mario Matt (AUT), in front of the home crowd, gets back on the championship podium — after taking gold in 2001 and 2007 — finishing third, .65 seconds out of first.
Seems Ted Ligety’s (USA) luck finally ran out. After picking up three gold medals (Super G, Super Combined and Giant Slalom), he skies out and pops a ski in slalom.
Frida Hansdotter (SWE) was holding 1st after run one, slipped down to 3rd in run two, .26 seconds behind. It’s her first solo championship medal and her 5th podium this season.
Michaela Kirchgasser (AUT) gets her first solo championship medal, moving up from 6th in run one to claim second by .04 seconds.
17 year old Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) becomes the youngest World champ since 1985, moving up from 3rd in run one to win by .22 seconds.
Mikaela Shiffrin talks about her first World Championship victory.
United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin clears a gate during the second run of the women’s slalom, at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, Feb.16, 2013. American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest women’s slalom world champion in 39 years on Saturday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) By Manuele Lang SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 16 (Reuters – […]
Ted Ligety talks to Steve Porino about joining Jean-Claude Killy in the history books for having at least 3 wins at a world championship event.
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