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Alpine skiing: Slovenian rounds off amazing season in style

March 17, 2013 09:15
Slovenian Tina Maze brought her remarkable season to a suitable end here on Sunday winning the final race of the World Cup campaign the giant slalom. The 29-year-old overall World Cup champion - who was recording a record 24th podium finish of the season - timed 2min 16.67sec over the two legs to finish ahead of Tessa Worley of France (2:17.02) and Swiss skier Lara Gut (2:18.05).

Alpine skiing: Maze wins final giant slalom

March 17, 2013 09:00
Slovenian Tina Maze won the final women's giant slalom World Cup race here on Sunday recording a record 24th podium finish this season. Maze, whose stellar season has seen her capture the overall World Cup title as well as the super-G and slalom crystal globes, finished ahead of Tessa Worley of France and Swiss skier Lara Gut. stp/gv/pi/bc

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.

Alpine skiing: Death threat fails to faze Maze

March 3, 2013 10:00
Overall World Cup winner Tina Maze of Slovenia said Sunday she was not concerned despite receiving an emailed death threat before her race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Maze, 29, finished fourth in Sunday's Super-G having won Saturday's downhill race here to become the first skier to collect more than 2000 World Cup points in a season, breaking Austria legend Hermann Maier's 13-year-old record. But Maze, the Super-G world champion, was assigned police protection on Saturday after race organisers received death threats against her via email.

Alpine skiing: Death threat fails to faze Maze

March 3, 2013 09:30
Overall World Cup winner Tina Maze of Slovenia said Sunday she was not concerned despite receiving an emailed death threat before her race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Maze, 29, finished fourth in Sunday's Super-G and won Saturday's downhill race here to become the first skier to collect more than 2000 World Cup points in a season, breaking Austria legend Hermann Maier's 13-year-old record. But Maze, the Super-G world champion, was assigned police protection on Saturday after race organisers received death threats against her via email.

URGENT ¥¥¥ Alpine skiing: Record-breaking Maze wins Garmisch downhill

March 2, 2013 07:30
Tina Maze won the women's downhill here on Saturday to break Hermann Maier's 13-year-old record for the most World Cup points collected in a season. Maze's tally of 2024 bettered Maier's record of 2000 points, set in the 1999-2000 season, for the highest tally of World Cup points and she has already been confirmed as the season's overall winner. The 29-year-old Slovenian produced a superb technical display down the 3km Khandahar course, leading at every split, with a winning time of 1min 40.46sec, having finished third in Friday's Super-G on the same piste. ryj/ak

FEATURE-Alpine skiing-Maverick Maze can smash Maier's mark

February 28, 2013 11:45
By Clare Fallon LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Whether flashing her bra in a finish-line protest, turning cartwheels or singing her way into the Slovenian music chart, ski racer Tina Maze knows how to make an impact. Now, the skier who turned her back on her national federation to set up her own racing team is ready to enter the record books. This weekend, all being well, Maze could become the first Alpine ski racer, man or woman, to surpass 2,000 World Cup points in a single season.

UPDATE 1-Alpine skiing-Maze wins race and overall World Cup

February 24, 2013 12:00
(Adds quotes and details) By Patrick Lang MERIBEL, France, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Tina Maze sealed her near-perfect Alpine skiing season with the overall World Cup when she won a women's super-combined event on Sunday. Fastest in the morning downhill section, the Slovenian secured her position in the afternoon slalom to bag her ninth victory of the season in an aggregate time of one minute 59.54 seconds.

URGENT ¥¥¥ Alpine skiing: Slovenian Maze wins World Cup overall title

February 24, 2013 10:31
Slovenia's Tina Maze claimed the women's overall World Cup title on Sunday after victory in the super-combined here left her with an unassailable lead atop the standings with nine events still to race. The 29-year-old has now amassed 1,844 points, meaning she cannot be caught by her closest rival, Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch, who has 886 points. Hoefl-Riesch fell in the slalom section of the super-combined. cyb/lp/nr13

UPDATE 1-Alpine skiing-Maze completes the set with a super-G win

January 13, 2013 10:00
(Adds quotes) By Patrick Lang ST ANTON, Austria, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Tina Maze became only the sixth woman to win in all five Alpine ski World Cup disciplines when she took victory in a super-G on Sunday. The Slovenian's sixth race win of the season, in one minute 16.55 seconds, completed the set for Maze, who now looks almost certain to win the overall World Cup given her enormous lead over her rivals.
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