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speed skating-World Cup title

March 12, 2013 16:19
SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean speed skater Lee Sang-hwa on Sunday was crowned the women's overall champion in 500 meters at the Speed Skating World Cup. At the Speed Skating World Cup Final in Heerenveen, Netherlands, Lee won the 500ｍ race with a time of 37.77 seconds, edging out Wang Beixing of China by 0.01 of a second. The victory gave Lee 150 World Cup points for a season-total of 1,055, the best score among all 500ｍ female skaters this season. Lee is the first South Korean to win the World Cup overall title in any distance.

Skiing: Kostelic set for knee surgery in April

March 11, 2013 07:00
Veteran ski champion Ivica Kostelic is to once again undergo knee surgery which will sideline him for up to two months, the Croatian national ski association said on Monday. It will be the 10th time that the 33-year-old Croatian has gone under the knife to repair damage to his knees caused by years of wear and tear on the slopes, especially in his preferred slalom discipline.

UPDATE 1-Alpine skiing-Maze wins slalom to keep grand slam chances alive

March 10, 2013 11:45
(Adds quotes) By Manuele Lang OFTERSCHWANG, Germany, March 10 (Reuters) - Tina Maze won her duel with world champion Mikaela Shiffrin in a women's World Cup slalom on Sunday to keep her chances alive of scoring a grand slam of crystal globes this season. Led by her young American rival in the morning run, the Slovenian overall runaway leader fought back in the afternoon to snatch her 10th victory of the World Cup season, her second in a slalom.

Alpine skiing: Ski queen Maze claims slalom win

March 10, 2013 10:45
Overall World Cup winner Tina Maze claimed her tenth victory of the season in Sunday's slalom with Swiss Wendy Holden second and Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States third. Slovenia's Maze was the fastest over the two runs with a winning time of 1min 52.85sec with Holden at 0.25sec back and 17-year-old Shiffrin, the world slalom champion, at 0.75sec off the pace. Olympic slalom champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany failed to finish her fourth consecutive slalom after missing a gate on her first run.

Skiing: Hirscher clinches World Cup slalom title

March 10, 2013 10:31
Croatia's Ivica Kostelic won a World Cup slalom race here on Sunday, with Marcel Hirscher of Austria finishing second to clinch the season's crystal globe in the discipline. France's Alexis Pinturault went fastest by a good margin on the first run, but he skied out on the second with victory in his sights, clearing the way for the veteran Kostelic to win a World Cup slalom for the first time since he triumphed at Wengen in January, 2012.

UPDATE 1-Alpine skiing-Kostelic wins first slalom of the season

March 10, 2013 10:31
* Kostelic wins 26th World Cup race * Hirscher stretches overall lead (Adds further quotes) By Patrick Lang KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, March 10 (Reuters) - Ivica Kostelic used all his experience to win the men's World Cup slalom race in Kranjska Gora on Sunday, 10 years after his first victory in the Slovenian resort.

Alpine skiing: Ski queen Maze claims slalom win

March 10, 2013 10:17
Overall World Cup winner Tina Maze claimed her tenth victory of the season in Sunday's slalom with Swiss Wendy Holden second and Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States third. Slovenia's Maze was the fastest over the two runs with a winning time of 1min 52.85sec with Holden at 0.25sec back and Shiffrin, the world slalom champion, at 0.75sec off the pace. ryj/ak

Alpine Skiing: Men's World Cup slalom results

March 10, 2013 10:00
Men's World Cup alpine skiing slalom results on Sunday: 1. Ivica Kostelic (CRO) 1:45.81 (52.30 + 53.51) 2. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 1:46.00 (52.90 + 53.10) 3. Mario Matt (AUT) 1:46.15 (52.74 + 53.41) 4. Jens Byggmark (SWE) 1:46.18 (52.42 + 53.76) 5. Reinfried Herbst (AUT) 1:46.38 (53.42 + 52.96) 6. Andre Myhrer (SWE) 1:46.73 (52.24 + 54.49) 7. Markus Larsson (SWE) 1:47.08 (53.74 + 53.34)

Alpine skiing-Experience helps Kostelic win first slalom of the season

March 10, 2013 10:00
By Patrick Lang KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, March 10 (Reuters) - Ivica Kostelic used all his experience to win the men's World Cup slalom race in Kranjska Gora on Sunday, 10 years after his first victory in the Slovenian resort. Hampered by a lingering knee injury, the Croatian had not won a slalom race this season but the 33-year-old broke his duck in style to earn his 26th World Cup victory after clear first-leg leader Alexis Pinturault messed up his second run.

Alpine Skiing-World Cup men's standings

March 10, 2013 09:15
March 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the World Cup Men's on Sunday Slalom Points 1. Marcel Hirscher (Austria) 880 2. Felix Neureuther (Germany) 616 3. Andre Myhrer (Sweden) 482 4. Ivica Kostelic (Croatia) 475 5. Manfred Moelgg (Italy) 309 6. Fritz Dopfer (Germany) 288 7. Jens Byggmark (Sweden) 274 8. Mario Matt (Austria) 269 9. Alexis Pinturault (France) 264 10. Reinfried Herbst (Austria) 197 11. Mattias Hargin (Sweden) 178 12. Manfred Pranger (Austria) 171 13. Stefano Gross (Italy) 170 14.
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