United States’s Ted Ligety speeds down the course on his way to win the men’s giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Friday, Feb.15, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) By Brian Homewood SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Ted Ligety became the first male skier for 45 years and only the fifth […]

France’s Marion Rolland speeds down the course on his way to win the women’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Sunday, Feb.10, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) By Manuele Lang SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 10 (Reuters) – France’s Marion Rolland used her knowledge of the course to snatch a surprise downhill gold medal […]

Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal speeds down the course on his way to win the men’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, Feb.9, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) By Manuele Lang SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Aksel Lund Svindal joined an illustrious group on Saturday when he became world downhill champion […]

Gold medallist Javier Fernandez of Spain poses during the award ceremony for the men’s skating at the European Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb, January 26, 2013. (REUTERS/Antonio Bronic) Courtesy of isu.org The competition at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2013 concluded in Zagreb, Croatia on Saturday with the Men’s and Ladies Free Skating. Javier […]

Gold medallists Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev of Russia pose during the award ceremony for the ice dance competition at the European Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb, January 25, 2013. (REUTERS/Antonio Bronic) The 2013 ISU European Figure Skating Championships continued in Zagreb, Croatia on Friday with the Ladies Short Program and the Free Dance. Adelina […]

Winners of the overall pairs competition pose with their medals on the podium at the European Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb, January 24, 2013. Seen are from (L-R) silver medallists Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany, gold medallists Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov and bronze medallists Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek of Italy. (REUTERS/Antonio […]

Russia’s Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev perform during the ice dance short dance program at the European Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb, January 23, 2013. (REUTERS/Antonio Bronic) Courtesy of isu.org The 2013 ISU European Figure Skating Championships opened in Zagreb, Croatia on Wednesday with the Short Dance and the Pairs Short Program. Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev […]

Men’s World Cup Skiing at the Famed Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel Headlines 30 Hours of World-Class Winter Sports Action Universal Sports Network announced its on-air schedule for this weekend’s “Winter Bowl” programming lineup. From Friday, January 25 through Sunday, January 27, Universal Sports will air 30 hours of premier winter sports action from around the globe, […]

Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg speeds down the course on her way to clock the fastest time in the first run of an Alpine ski World Cup women’s Super G, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati) By Patrick Lang CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg made the most […]

Chasing history, @lindseyvonn wins the @fisalpine World Cup Women’s Downhill for her 58th World Cup victory! Congrats!! bit.ly/WgqeLf— Universal Sports (@universalsports) January 19, 2013 By Patrick Lang CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Lindsey Vonn returned to her winning ways after a self-imposed Christmas break when she dominated the Cortina d’Ampezzo downhill for the […]

Italy’s Christof Innerhofer speeds down the course on his way to win an Alpine Ski World Cup men’s downhill, in Wengen, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Shinichiro Tanaka) By Manuele Lang WENGEN, Switzerland, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Christof Innerhofer boosted his world championship hopes when he became the first Italian in 16 years to […]

By Manuele Lang WENGEN, Switzerland, Jan 18 (Reuters) – France’s Alexis Pinturault made the most of his all-round talent to clinch his third World Cup race in a men’s super-combined in Wengen on Friday. The 21-year-old, one of the most exciting prospects to emerge in the sport in recent years, outclassed his rivals in the […]

Austria’s Marcel Hirscher speeds past a gate on his way to win an alpine ski men’s World Cup slalom in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan.13, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) By Manuele Lang ADELBODEN, Switzerland, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Austria’s Marcel Hirscher won his third World Cup slalom in succession on Sunday, fighting back from the disappointment […]

By Patrick Lang ST ANTON, Austria, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Alice McKennis underlined the depth of American alpine skiing as she eclipsed her more celebrated compatriot Lindsey Vonn to claim her maiden World Cup downhill victory in St Anton on Saturday. While all eyes were on Vonn who was making her comeback following a three-week […]

By Manuele Lang ADELBODEN, Switzerland, Jan 12 (Reuters) – A last-gasp mistake by arch-rival Marcel Hirscher handed American Ted Ligety his first victory in the Adelboden classic giant slalom on Saturday. Ligety clinched his 15th top spot in the discipline in a combined time of two minutes 28.67 seconds. The world champion owed his fourth […]

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Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland reacts after crossing the finish line to win the ladies’ FIS Tour de Ski after the 9km free final climb pursuit start from the lago di Tesero track to Cermis, in Val di Fiemme, January 6, 2013. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo) Poland’s Cross-Country Skiing super star Justyna Kowalczyk makes it 4 FIS Tour […]

TOBLACH, Italy (Jan. 3) – Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk remained in the Tour de Ski lead with a comfortable win in the 15k freestyle pursuit, but the field closed the gap with Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla 23.3 back and Therese Haug of Norway 28.7 back. Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) dropped from fifth to eighth, but is now just […]

VAL MUESTAIR, Switzerland (Jan. 1) – American Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) was absolutely untouchable on New Year’s Day, leading qualifying by nearly five seconds and winning each of her three heats by huge margins to claim her second victory in three Tour de Ski starts in the freestyle sprint at Val Muestair. The win boosted Randall […]

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OBERHOF, Germany (Dec. 30) – Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk made a big statement in Sunday’s 9k classic pursuit stage two of the Tour de Ski, posting a 41.4 second win over Norway’s Therese Johaug and moving into a commanding lead in her bid for a fourth straight Tour title. Tour de Ski leader Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) […]

By Patrick Lang BORMIO, Italy, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Hannes Reichelt and local favorite Dominik Paris were joint winners in the closest finish to an Alpine skiing World Cup downhill, with only 0.02 seconds separating the top four in Bormio on Saturday. Austrian Reichelt and Italian Paris both had the time of one minute and […]

By Julien Pretot PARIS, Dec 28 (Reuters) – The Lance Armstrong scandal left a huge gap in cycling’s record books and further tainted the sport in a year when Britain experienced Olympic bliss in the wake of Bradley Wiggins’ Tour de France title. Armstrong was banned for life and stripped of his record seven Tour […]

Courtesy of http://www.fiscrosscountry.com With just two days to go until the start of the 7th edition of the Viessmann FIS Tour de Ski presented by Craft Sportswear in Oberhof, Germany, the weather is yet again a major story. After days of above seasonal temperatures, the stadium is showing the wear of days of warm wind […]

Universal Sports is your destination for comprehensive coverage of the 2012 FIS Cross Country World Cup: Tour de Ski. Get LIVE online streaming and on-demand access to all events listed below, as well as free post-event highlights, photo galleries, and more. (All times ET — subject to change) For our skiing fans: Since the beginning […]

By Patrick Lang MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Austria’s Marcel Hirscher finished 2012 in style with his second victory of the winter in a floodlit slalom in Madonna di Campiglio, his last race of the year. The reigning overall World Cup champion won both runs and destroyed the field in the night’s […]

By Manuele Lang COURCHEVEL, France, Dec 16 (Reuters) – World champion Tina Maze turned another trademark cartwheel in celebration after clinching her fourth straight giant-slalom victory of the Alpine ski World Cup season on Sunday. The Slovenian, who has also won a super-combined, clocked a two-leg time of two minutes 16.84 seconds to pull ahead […]

By Patrick Lang ALTA BADIA, Italy, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Ted Ligety outclassed his rivals again with a comfortable victory in the classic Italian giant slalom of Alta Badia on Sunday. The world champion won his third giant slalom of the season in a combined time of two minutes and 37.27 seconds, 2.04 ahead of […]

By Patrick Lang VAL GARDENA, Italy, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Steven Nyman took advantage of improving weather conditions to conquer the Val Gardena classic downhill for the second time on a shortened Saslong course on Saturday. Six years after his only World Cup victory to date on the same Italian piste, the 30-year-old American upset […]

By Patrick Lang VAL GARDENA, Italy, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Aksel Lund Svindal tightened his grip on the men’s Alpine skiing World Cup with his third victory of the season in a super-G on Friday. The Norwegian, winner of a downhill and a super-G in Lake Louise last month, clocked one minute 36.95 seconds and […]

ISTANBUL, Turkey – The United States extended their total medal count to 11 by placing in seven events on the second night of the 2012 FINA World Championships. Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill.), Olivia Smoliga (Glenview, Ill.) and the men’s 4x200m free relay team each walked away from the Sinan Erdem Arena in Istanbul, Turkey […]

Known as the most successful female ski racer in American history – and quickly gaining on “all time” status – Lindsey Vonn is one of the few world-class, four-event ski racers. She is the only American woman to have captured downhill gold at the Olympics and the only American woman with four World Cup overall […]

Courtesy of http://www.usaswimming.org ISTANBUL, Turkey – On the first night of the 2012 FINA World Championships (25m) competition, the United States walked away with four medals and three victories. Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.) won the 200m free, with the men’s 4x100m free relay and women’s 4x200m free relay also earned the top spot on […]

VAL D’ISERE, France (Dec. 9) – World Champion Ted Ligety battled soft snow and a shortened course to finish third in the Val d’Isere giant slalom behind race winner and reigning Audi FIS Alpine World Cup overall and GS champ Marcel Hirscher of Austria. The podium kept Ligety in the World Cup GS driver’s seat […]

By Patrick Lang VAL D’ISERE, France, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Marcel Hirscher opened his own tally and gave the Austrian Alpine ski men’s team their first win of the season when he dominated a World Cup giant slalom on Sunday. The overall World Cup holder, who had been on the podium four times so far, […]

Dec 2 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the World Cup Lake Louise, Canada, Women’s Super G FOR THE 2012-2013 FIS ALPINE WORLD CUP STANDINGS: CLICK HERE Results Name Run 1. Lindsey Vonn (U.S.) 1:22.82 2. Julia Mancuso (U.S.) 1:23.25 3. Anna Fenninger (Austria) 1:23.27 4. Tina Maze (Slovenia) 1:23.44 5. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Germany) 1:23.98 6. […]

Dec 1 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the World Cup Lake Louise, Canada, Women’s Downhill FOR THE 2012-2013 FIS ALPINE WORLD CUP STANDINGS: CLICK HERE Results Name Run 1. Lindsey Vonn (U.S.) 1:52.90 2. Stacey Cook (U.S.) 1:53.42 3. Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden (Switzerland) 1:53.52 4. Marie Marchand-Arvier (France) 1:53.72 5. Daniela Merighetti (Italy) 1:54.03 6. Maria […]

Dec 2 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the World Cup Beaver Creek, CO, Men’s Downhill FOR THE 2012-2013 FIS ALPINE WORLD CUP STANDINGS: CLICK HERE Results Name Run 1. Christof Innerhofer (Italy) 1:41.69 2. Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway) 1:41.92 3. Kjetil Jansrud (Norway) 1:42.19 4. Florian Scheiber (Austria) 1:42.29 5. Dominik Paris (Italy) 1:42.54 6. […]

Dec 2 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the World Cup Beaver Creek, CO, Men’s Super G FOR THE 2012-2013 FIS ALPINE WORLD CUP STANDINGS: CLICK HERE Results Name Run 1. Matteo Marsaglia (Italy) 1:14.68 2. Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway) 1:14.95 3. Hannes Reichelt (Austria) 1:15.38 4. Ted Ligety (U.S.) 1:15.42 5. Werner Heel (Italy) 1:15.56 […]

Dec 2 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the World Cup Beaver Creek, CO, Men’s Giant Slalom FOR THE 2012-2013 FIS ALPINE WORLD CUP STANDINGS: CLICK HERE Results Name Run 1 Run 2 Overall 1. Ted Ligety (U.S.) 1:13.49 1:12.10 2:25.59 2. Marcel Hirscher (Austria) 1:14.27 1:13.08 2:27.35 3. Davide Simoncelli (Italy) 1:14.59 1:13.07 2:27.66 4. […]

Ted Ligety of the U.S. celebrates in the finish area after skiing to first place in men’s World Cup giant slalom ski race in Beaver Creek, Colorado December 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Mike Segar) By Manuele Lang BEAVER CREEK, Colorado, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Ted Ligety was again far too strong for his rivals when he cruised […]

Matteo Marsaglia of Italy skis past a gate on his way to winning the men’s World Cup Super-G ski race in Beaver Creek, Colorado, December 1, 2012. (REUTERS/Mike Segar) By Manuele Lang BEAVER CREEK, Colorado, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Italy’s Matteo Marsaglia snatched his maiden World Cup victory in a men’s Super-G at Beaver Creek […]

Christof Innerhofer of Italy skis past a gate on his way to winning the men’s World Cup downhill ski race in Beaver Creek, Colorado, November 30, 2012. (REUTERS/Mike Segar) By Patrick Lang BEAVER CREEK, Colorado, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Christof Innerhofer put his latest injury woes behind him by winning the Beaver Creek men’s downhill […]

(Infostrada Sports) – World Cup Aspen women’s slalom results: Results Name Run 1 Run 2 Overall 1. Kathrin Zettel (Austria) 52.74 49.72 1:42.46 2. Marlies Schild (Austria) 53.04 50.09 1:43.13 3. Tina Maze (Slovenia) 52.99 51.28 1:44.27 4. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Germany) 53.57 50.82 1:44.39 5. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (Sweden) 53.55 51.06 1:44.61 6. Lena Duerr (Germany) […]

(Infostrada Sports) – World Cup Lake Loiuse Men’s Downhill and Super G results: Results Name DH Time Name SG Time 1. Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway) 1:48.31 1. Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway) 1:34.96 2. Max Franz (Austria) 1:48.95 2. Adrien Theaux (France) 1:35.81 3. Klaus Kroell (Austria) 1:48.97 3. Joachim Puchner (Austria) 1:35.86 3=. Marco Sullivan […]

By Patrick Lang LAKE LOUISE, Alberta, Nov 24 – Aksel Lund Svindal made the most of his experience and terrain knowledge to clinch his fourth World Cup victory in Lake Louise, this time in a downhill, on Saturday. “To me, it’s like home here. The snow, the cold, the landscape, it’s very similar to Norway […]

Courtesy of http://www.isu.org Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov (RUS) strike gold Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov of Russia struck gold and Canada’s Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford claimed the silver medal. Stefania Berton/Ondrej Hotarek of Italy captured the bronze medal. Kavaguti/Smirnov produced a triple twist, throw triple Salchow and loop as well as difficult lifts in their routine to “February,” but […]

Courtesy of http://www.isu.org Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov (RUS) win Pairs Short Program Russia’s Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov won the Pairs Short Program followed by Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford of Canada and Cheng Peng/Hao Zhang of China. Peforming to „The Blue Danube“, Kavaguti/Smirnov completed a level-four triple twist, a side by side triple toeloop and throw triple loop. The […]

(Infostrada Sports) – World Cup Levi women’s slalom results: Results Name Run 1 Run 2 Overall 1. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Germany) 1:00.54 55.04 1:55.58 2. Tanja Poutiainen (Finland) 1:00.24 55.89 1:56.13 3. Mikaela Shiffrin (U.S.) 1:00.78 55.54 1:56.32 4. Tina Maze (Slovenia) 1:01.24 55.30 1:56.54 5. Veronika Velez Zuzulova (Slovakia) 1:01.69 55.13 1:56.82 6. Therese Borssen […]

(Infostrada Sports) – World Cup Levi men’s slalom results: Results Name Run 1 Run 2 Overall 1. Andre Myhrer (Sweden) 53.86 55.69 1:49.55 2. Marcel Hirscher (Austria) 54.13 55.48 1:49.61 3. Jens Byggmark (Sweden) 54.17 55.99 1:50.16 4. Manfred Moelgg (Italy) 54.40 55.88 1:50.28 5. Patrick Thaler (Italy) 54.79 55.71 1:50.50 6. Reinfried Herbst (Austria) […]