Skier cross will test competitors' mettle
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Last February in the Olympic Games in Turin, a new discipline of snowboard cross -- "NASCAR on snow" -- proved to be as exciting and TV ratings-worthy as its early billing.
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Anja Paerson is looking to extend her streak. The two-time defending champion in the giant slalom will aim for her fourth straight gold medal at the world championships on Tuesday.
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Olympic champion sprinter Justin Gatlin will challenge his four-year doping suspension and may take the case to federal court.
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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany  - World champion Mario Matt of Austria beat local hero Felix Neureuther in a World Cup slalom on Sunday with two classy runs down a steep and difficult course.
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No American woman has ever won an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing. But Kikkan Randall, a two-time Olympian, is hoping to change that.
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ASPEN, Colorado (CP) - Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen charged down the hill on the final stretch of her second run and edged Sweden&#39;s Anja Paerson by 0.09 seconds for her first World Cup giant slalom title on Friday.
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Ski fans used to a constant diet of Bode Miller and Hermann Maier enjoyed a varied menu this weekend. Thomas Grandi and Max Rauffer, veteran journeymen of the World Cup for
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BEAVER CREEK - Most individuals wouldn&#39;t be able to turn a steering wheel 63 times in less than a minute. Try it on skis. Some racers in Sunday&#39;s Birds of Prey slalom didn&#39;t even make it through the first
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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Norway&#39;s biathlon queen lost more grip on her reign Thursday. The world&#39;s top biathlon athletes gathered in Oslo for World Cup competition due to last through the weekend.
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Daron Rahlves , one of the most decorated US skiers in history, found his way back to the podium by winning his first X Games ski cross gold.
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Ski racing is not just about timing, it's also about figuring out the trade-off between risk and reward. The higher the stakes, the more tempting it is to roll the dice.
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It takes more than a little  imagination to see this Russian ski resort in the same bracket  as St. Moritz or Aspen.
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Usually at sporting events, people know who wins and who loses or who comes in first, second, third and so forth by the score. In fact, there is no other way to run athletic competitions; most would agree
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ST ANTON, Austria  - Less than a week after dominating the speed events at St Moritz, Sweden's Anja Paerson aims to achieve another hat-trick in St Anton, which hosts the last World Cup races before Christmas on Friday and Saturday.
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Lindsey Kildow already leads the World Cup downhill standings. Now the Vail, Colo., skier is making a bid for the super giant slalom title as well.
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American Daron Rahlves made his first serious attempt at skiing since a dramatic crash nine days ago, completing a men's training session Thursday ahead of the Hahnenkamm downhill this weekend.