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. Fri, 24 May 2013 01:42:48 +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/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-leanne-smith-interview/ http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-leanne-smith-interview/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:23:43 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-leanne-smith-interview/ ]]> Leanne Smith (USA) talks about how special her first career World Cup podium is after putting in so much time and effort to improve on her performances.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-lara-gut-wins/ http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-lara-gut-wins/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:03:28 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-lara-gut-wins/ ]]> Lara Gut (SUI) scored the win with a time of 1:19.74, beating out second place Leanne Smith (USA) by .16. Gut now sits in 5th in the overall standings.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-ross-goes-face-first-into-netting/ http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-ross-goes-face-first-into-netting/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:50:59 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-ross-goes-face-first-into-netting/ ]]> When Laurenne Ross (USA) went off course, it looked as though she was going to save herself from hitting the netting the same way her teammate Lindsey Vonn did, but some loose snow sent Ross violently into the netting head first.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-lindsey-vonn-crashes-hard-into-netting/ http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-lindsey-vonn-crashes-hard-into-netting/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:14:57 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-lindsey-vonn-crashes-hard-into-netting/ ]]> In the third downhill of the season, Lindsey Vonn (USA) uncharacteristically fell in the opening first seconds of her run. Although she was able to walk away, Vonn continues to loose ground on Tina Maze in the point standings.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-nadja-kamer-gets-third/ http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-nadja-kamer-gets-third/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:54:48 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-nadja-kamer-gets-third/ ]]> Nadja Kamer finished with a time of 1:20.25, .34 seconds out of second place. This was Kamer’s first podium of the season, as her previous best was a 6th place in the downhill at Lake Louise.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-leanne-smith-gets-second/ http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-leanne-smith-gets-second/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:52:28 +0000 universalsports http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-val-disere-downhill-leanne-smith-gets-second/ ]]> Leanne Smith (USA) gets her first career WC podium, finishing with a time of 1:19.91, just .16 seconds out of first. This is a major improvement for Smith, who placed 20th and 38th in the previous two downhills at Lake Louise.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-giant-slalom-val-disere-marcel-hirscher-interview/ http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-giant-slalom-val-disere-marcel-hirscher-interview/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:49:09 +0000 cbolter http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-giant-slalom-val-disere-marcel-hirscher-interview/ ]]> Hirscher (AUT) talks about his hard fought win and his thoughts about when he saw skier Alexis Pinturault ski out.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-giant-slalom-val-disere-hirscher-wins/ http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-giant-slalom-val-disere-hirscher-wins/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:19:38 +0000 cbolter http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-giant-slalom-val-disere-hirscher-wins/ ]]> Marcel Hirscher was the first Austrian to win a race this year, finishing with a time of 1:54.10. Hirscher was pinned as an underdog against previous GS winner Ted Legity (USA), but managed to grab his 5th podium of the season.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-giant-slalom-val-disere-luitz-gets-2nd/ http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-giant-slalom-val-disere-luitz-gets-2nd/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:19:10 +0000 cbolter http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-giant-slalom-val-disere-luitz-gets-2nd/ ]]> Stefan Luitz (GER) was the biggest surprise of the day as he came into this race as bid 35. No matter the bid number, Luitz put down an impressive performance and had the fastest time of the second run with 55.82. His total time was 1:55.26.

]]> 0 http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-giant-slalom-val-disere-american-ted-ligety-gets-3rd/ http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-giant-slalom-val-disere-american-ted-ligety-gets-3rd/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:18:27 +0000 cbolter http://universalsports.com/video/2012-alpine-world-cup-giant-slalom-val-disere-american-ted-ligety-gets-3rd/ ]]> Ted Ligety (USA) finished with a time of 1:55.52, just .71 seconds out of second place. Ligety finished first in the previous GS at Beaver Creek and is the leader in GS WC points.

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