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Alpine Skiing: Hirscher wins World Cup Crystal Globe title

March 14, 2013 13:45
Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the overall World Cup title for a second straight year on Thursday when chief rival Aksel Lund Svindal withdrew from the slalom race. The Norwegian's decision followed the cancellations due to bad weather of a downhill race on Wednesday and a super-G race on Thursday. He had hoped to close in on Hirscher's lead of 149 points in the two specialities he excells in before tackling the slalom which is more favourable to the Austrian.

Alpine Skiing: Hirscher wins World Cup Golden Globe title

March 14, 2013 12:46
Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the overall World Cup title for a second straight year on Thursday when chief rival Aksel Lund Svindal withdrew from the slalom race. The Norwegian's decision followed the cancellations. due to bad weather. of a downhill race on Wednesday and a super-G race on Thursday. He had hoped to close in on Hirscher's lead of 149 points in the two specialities he excells in before tackling the slalom which is more favourable to the Austrian.

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March 14, 2013 12:01
Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the overall World Cup title for a second staright year on Thursday when chief rival Aksel Lund Svindal withdrew from the slalom race. The Norwegian's decision followed the cancellations. due to bad weather. of a downhill race on Wednesday and a super-G race on Thursday. He had hoped to close in on Hirscher's lead of 149 points in the two specialities he excells in before tackling the slalom which is more favourable to the Austrian.

Alpine Skiing: Men's World Cup results

March 14, 2013 11:46
World Cup standings after the cancellation of the men's super-G on Thursday:- Overall World Cup standings (after 32 out of 34 races) 1. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 1375 points 2. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 1226 3. Ted Ligety (USA) 922 4. Felix Neureuther (GER) 848 5. Ivica Kostelic (CRO) 840 6. Alexis Pinturault (FRA) 730 7. Manfred Mölgg (ITA) 584 8. Hannes Reichelt (AUT) 571 9. Andre Myhrer (SWE) 525 10. Christoph Innerhofer (ITA) 522 Final super-G standings after five races 1. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 480 pts

Races delayed for the second day at World cup finals

March 14, 2013 04:00
LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Both the men's and women's super-G's scheduled for Thursday at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide had to be delayed because of the weather conditions, organisers said. Fog has already forced cancellation of the two downhills planned for Wednesday as the rules of the International Ski Federation (FIS) state that World Cup finals races cannot be rescheduled.

Alpine Skiing-World Cup men's standings

March 9, 2013 09:00
March 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the World Cup Men's on Saturday Giant Slalom Points 1. Ted Ligety (U.S.) 620 2. Marcel Hirscher (Austria) 495 3. Manfred Moelgg (Italy) 275 4. Alexis Pinturault (France) 266 5. Felix Neureuther (Germany) 232 6. Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway) 229 7. Thomas Fanara (France) 191 8. Marcus Sandell (Finland) 168 9. Fritz Dopfer (Germany) 166 10. Davide Simoncelli (Italy) 151 11. Ivica Kostelic (Croatia) 140 12.

Alpine Skiing: Men's World Cup results

March 3, 2013 09:30
Men's World Cup alpine skiing super-G results on Sunday: 1. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 1:29.79 2. Georg Streitberger (AUT) 1:30.31 3. Werner Heel (ITA) 1:30.36 4. Hannes Reichelt (AUT) 1:30.48 5. Joachim Puchner (AUT) 1:30.68 6. Matteo Marsaglia (ITA) 1:30.92 7. Max Franz (AUT) 1:30.95 8. Matthias Mayer (AUT) 1:31.07 9. Klaus Kroell (AUT) 1:31.20 10. Siegmar Klotz (ITA) 1:31.24

Alpine skiing: Svindal triumphs in Kvitfjell super-G

March 3, 2013 08:30
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway clinched the World Cup super-G title with his fifth victory of the season here on Sunday. He notched his 21st career victory in a time of 1min 29.79sec, finishing 0.52sec ahead of Austria's Georg Streitberger, with Italy's Werner Heel third a further 0.05sec adrift. It was his first success on the Kvitfjell slopes after seven placed finishes over the years, and he buried the jinx in style, taking his fourth World Cup super-G title and moving to within 29 points of overall World Cup leader Marcel Hirscher of Austria in the process.

Alpine Skiing: World Cup results

March 2, 2013 09:30
Men's World Cup alpine skiing downhill results here on Saturday: 1. Adrien Theaux (FRA) 1:29.10 2. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 1:29.29 3. Klaus Kroell (AUT) 1:29.60 4. Manuel Osborne-Paradis (CAN) 1:29.61 5. Silvano Varettoni (ITA) 1:29.87 6. Jan Hudec (CAN) 1:30.02 7. Max Franz (AUT) 1:30.05 8. Georg Streitberger (AUT) 1:30.07 9. Dominik Paris (ITA) 1:30.08

Alpine skiing: Theaux triumphs in Kvitfjell downhill

March 2, 2013 08:45
Adrien Theaux of France on Saturday claimed his second career World Cup win, and first of the season, in the downhill in the Norwegian resort of Kvitfjell. Theaux's time of 1min 29.1sec gave him the victory by a margin of 0.19sec from home favourite Aksel Lund Svindal, with Klaus Kroell of Austria in third, half a second behind the winner. Theaux has endured a disappointing season since finishing second in the Super-G at Lake Louise in Canada in November. This is his first win since claiming the downhill in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, in March 2011.
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