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Kucera breaks leg at super-G

Canada's downhill world champion John Kucera is in danger of missing next year's Vancouver Olympics after breaking his leg in a high-speed fall Sunday.

Kucera was airlifted from the Lake Louise

Hoelzl backs up title with World Cup win

Kathrin Hoelzl proved her giant slalom world title was no isolated feat when she earned her maiden World Cup victory on Saturday.

The German skier surprised everyone last season by grabbing the

Alpine skiing-Hoelzl backs up title with first World Cup win

Kathrin Hoelzl proved her giant slalom world title was no isolated feat when she earned her maiden World Cup victory on Saturday.

The German skier surprised everyone last season by grabbing the

Herbst takes Levi slalom honours

LEVI, Finland (AFP) - Austria's Reinfried Herbst won the first Alpine skiing World Cup slalom of the season here on Sunday, ahead of Croatian Ivica Kostelic and last year's winner, France's Jean-Baptiste Grange.

It was the sixth victory of 31-year-old Herbst's career, all of which have been in the

Riesch beats chief rival Vonn in Levi

Germany's Maria Riesch edged out arch-rival Lindsey Vonn to win the season's opening women's World Cup slalom in Levi on Saturday.

World champion Riesch posted a combined time of one minute 48.

Northug wins 15km classic

KUUSAMO, Finland (AFP) - Norway's Petter Northug took the overall World Cup lead after winning the men's nordic skiing 15km classic event here on Sunday.

The triple world champion and favourite in this

Saarinen wins 10km cross country

KUUSAMO, Finland (AFP) - Finland's Aino-Kaisa Saarinen won the nordic skiing 10km classic style race here on Sunday.

The reigning world champion in the discipline clocked 25min 58sec to finish 13 seconds

Alpine skiing-Cuche becomes oldest man to win downhill

Swiss Didier Cuche blitzed to victory in the season-opening men's World Cup downhill on Saturday, laying down his marker as an Olympic medal threat.

The 35-year-old Cuche, who clocked a time of

American Lanning crashes in downhill

LAKE LOUISE, Canada (AFP) - TJ Lanning had to be airlifted off the Whitehorn Mountain course Saturday after falling heavily in the first downhill of the alpine skiing World Cup season.

Vonn aiming for glory as alpine skiing WC kicks off

PARIS (AFP) - The alpine skiing World Cup circuit opens this weekend at the Austrian resort of Soelden with American star Lindsey Vonn leading a host of skiers with one eye firmly set on Olympic glory.

Master skier Maier retires

VIENNA (AFP) - Hermann Maier, the grand old man of Austrian skiing, brought the curtain down on his glittering career on Tuesday after failing to recover from a knee injury sustained last March.