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Skijump: Schlierenzauer, Zyla take Oslo honours

World Cup champion Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria had to share the honours with Poland's Piotr Zyla on the large hill in Oslo on Sunday in landing his ninth win of the season and 49th of his career. Schlierenzauer had missed the podium in his past three meetings but in this the penultimate event of the season he came back to form as he and Zyla totalled 270.1 points to leave Slovenia's Robert Kranjec third in 266.8.

Alpine Skiing: Men's World Cup slalom results

Men's World Cup slalom results here on Sunday: 1. Felix Neureuther (GER) 1:52.20 ( 58.96 + 53.24) 2. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 1:52.56 ( 59.47 + 53.09) 3. Ivica Kostelic (CRO) 1:52.71 ( 59.30 + 53.41) 4. Andre Myhrer (SWE) 1:53.28 ( 59.96 + 53.32) 5. Steve Missillier (FRA) 1:53.49 ( 59.74 + 53.75) 6. Mario Matt (AUT) 1:53.55 ( 1:00.42 + 53.13) 7. Markus Larsson (SWE) 1:53.80 ( 1:00.74 + 53.06)

Skijumping: Germans win team event in Latvia

Germany gained a measure of revenge as they won the World Cup ski-jumping event here on Saturday, making up for their silver medal at last week's World Championships in Italy. Norway finished second with Poland in third while world champions Austria missed out altogether on the podium by finishing fourth. Led by Severin Freund, who managed 131m on his second jump, Germany amassed 1079.5 points to finish well clear of their rivals. 1. Germany 1079.5 pts (Andreas Wank, Michael Neumayer, Severin Freund, Richard Freitag)

Skijumping: Team success for Austria

Austria won Saturday's team event on the long hill at the Nordic World Championships at Predazzo, retaining a title they have held since 2005. The Austrian quartet saw off Germany and Poland with Norway dropped to fourth. The Norwegians initially placed second but were demoted two places after the race jury accepted a protest by Germany over the first leg points tallies. 1. Austria 1135.9 points (Wolfgang Loitzl, Manuel Fettner, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer) 2. Germany 1121.8

Nordic Ski: World Championship results

Nordic combined results in the World Nordic Ski Championships here on Thursday (placing in ski jump in brackets): Men Big Hill Individual + 10km cross country race 1. Eric Frenzel (GER) 27min 22.8sec (1), 2. Bernhard Gruber (AUT) at 36.7sec (6), 3. Jason Lamy Chappuis (FRA) 37.2 (10), 4. Akito Watabe (JPN) 38.4 (8), 5. Hideaki Nagai (JPN) 42.3 (12) afp13

Ski jumping: Nordic worlds mixed team results

Results from Sunday's mixed team ski jumping title at the Nordic world championships: 1. Japan 1011.0 pts (Yuki Ito, Daiki Ito, Sara Takanashi, Taku Takeuchi) 2. Austria 986.7 (Chiara Hoelzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, Gregor Schlierenzauer) 3. Germany 984.9 (Ukrike Graessler, Richard Freitag, Carina Vogt, Severin Freund) 4. Norway 969.3 5. France 941.2 6. United States 938.4 7. Italy 923.1

Alpine skiing: Picassos, slip crew ensure tip-top slopes

Thousands watch live or on television when Ted Ligety or Lindsey Vonn race down icy slopes at over 100kph, but without perfect courses -- and the preparation that goes into that -- there can be no competition. Gone are the days when champions like Toni Sailer or Jean-Claude Killy bumped along irregular courses in top-level competitions.

Alpine skiing: Cool and calm - Worley's ticket to world gold

Shutting out the media buzz and focusing solely on her skiing was French racer Tessa Worley's ticket to the giant slalom world title on Thursday. The 23-year-old dominated the event with two dominant lead runs to finish with an aggregate time of 2min 08.06sec, a full 1.12sec ahead of Slovenian star Tina Maze, whose silver was her third medal of these worlds. "It seems simple but when you're at an event like this one, you have everything that makes you think that you're at the world championships, that there's medal at the end that you can maybe win," Worley said.

Alpine skiing: Cool and calm - Worley's ticket to world gold

Shutting out the media buzz and focusing solely on her skiing was French racer Tessa Worley's ticket to the giant slalom world title on Thursday. The 23-year-old put in two dominant lead runs to finish with an aggregate time of 2min 08.06sec, a full 1.12sec ahead of Slovenian star Tina Maze, whose silver was her third medal of these worlds. "It seems simple but when you're at an event like this one, you have everything that makes you think that you're at the world championships, that there's a medal at the end that you can maybe win," Worley said.

Alpine skiing: Downhill and danger go hand-in-hand

Dressed only in figure-hugging catsuits and helmets, the skiing speed kings and queens hurtle down long, steep and icy slopes at motorway-coasting speeds. US star Lindsey Vonn's horror crash in the opening women's super-G at the World Ski Championships was but an unfortunate part of the heady mix that makes the sport one of the most dangerous in which to participate.
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