http://universalsports.com 30 sports, 25 world championships, your destination for Olympic sports and athletes – world class events in cycling, swimming, track & field, gymnastics, skiing, figure skating, triathlon, rugby & more. Mon, 20 May 2013 22:04:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/3729db9ad5d405e0ea9c098bd62f5b66?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://universalsports.com http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-fenninger-wins/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-fenninger-wins/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:35:09 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-fenninger-wins/ ]]> Former super-combined world champion Anna Fenninger earned her third victory, her first in a speed event. The last Austrian to win a women’s super-G was Elisabeth Goergl in the 2009-2010 season.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-hoefl-riesch-2nd/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-hoefl-riesch-2nd/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:28:23 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-hoefl-riesch-2nd/ ]]> On Friday, Maria Hoefl-Riesch (GER) took 11th in the Super G make-up race, but Sunday she gets on the podium, .20 seconds behind Anna Fenninger (AUT).

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-julia-mancuso-3rd/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-julia-mancuso-3rd/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:21:14 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-julia-mancuso-3rd/ ]]> Julia Mancuso (USA) gets her 4th Super G podium this season, by .20 seconds over Tina Maze (SLO), who leads her by 55 points in Super G with one race left to go.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-laurenne-ross-2nd/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-laurenne-ross-2nd/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:31:52 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-laurenne-ross-2nd/ ]]> Laurenne Ross (USA) finally scores her first World Cup podium, taking second place, .41 seconds behind Tina Maze (SLO).

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-hoefl-riesch-3rd/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-hoefl-riesch-3rd/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:21:12 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-hoefl-riesch-3rd/ ]]> 2011 World Cup winner Maria Hoefl-Riesch (GER) gets her 4th podium this season, .50 seconds out of first; she ranks second overall, 1,054 points behind Tina Maze (SLO).

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-julia-mancuso-6th/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-julia-mancuso-6th/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:13:48 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-julia-mancuso-6th/ ]]> Julia Mancuso (USA) scored her 15th top ten finish this season, .43 seconds off the podium, and is currently 41 points off the World Cup podium in 4th.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-tina-maze-wins/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-tina-maze-wins/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:07:18 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-tina-maze-wins/ ]]> In one minute and 40.46 seconds, Tina Maze bagged her ninth World Cup victory of the season and became only the second woman in modern skiing to win in all five disciplines in the same season after Croatia’s Janica Kostelic in 2006.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-mckennis-crashes/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-mckennis-crashes/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:51:56 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-downhill-mckennis-crashes/ ]]> Alice McKennis (USA) continues to have an up and down season; Saturday it was down as she wiped out hard and had to be airlifted away.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-weirather-wins/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-weirather-wins/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:22:28 +0000 cbolter http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-weirather-wins/ ]]> Tina Weirather (LIE) gets her first career World Cup win, winning the Super G by .12 seconds, it’s her second podium this season.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-tina-maze-2nd/ http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-tina-maze-2nd/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:24:53 +0000 cbolter http://universalsports.com/video/2013-alpine-skiing-world-cup-garmisch-super-g-tina-maze-2nd/ ]]> This season’s World Cup winner Tina Maze (SLO) continues to place on the podium taking 2nd today (tied with Julia Mancuso), giving her a total of 1924 world cup points, 76 away from the all time record.

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