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Skiing: World Cup champion Fenninger to miss season after crash

Two-time reigning World Cup overall champion Anna Fenninger has been ruled out of the upcoming alpine skiing season following a training crash on

21/10/2015

Sport

Austrian skiing ace Raich retires

Austrian Benjamin Raich has called time on his glittering career announcing his retirement after 19 years on the World Cup circuit. The 37-year-old

10/09/2015

Sport

Kevin Rolland shines in New Zealand

France’s Kevin Rolland produced yet another flawless run to set the pace in qualifying ahead of Sunday’s halfpipe World Cup series final at the

21/08/2015

Series

Postcards from Kazakhstan: the mountain playgrounds close to the former capital

The Medeu & Shymbulak mountain resorts attract locals but also holidaymakers

13/07/2015

Switzerland

Skiers climb seven alpine peaks within 24 hours

21/05/2015

Sport

Tina Maze to take season off

Two-time Olympic champion Tina Maze has announced she will take a year’s break from skiing. The 32-year-old, who secured gold medals in the downhill

08/05/2015

Sport

Fastest man in the world

03/04/2015

France

Three skiers killed in avalanche in French Alps

Three skiiers have been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps. It happened in the Ecrins mountain range, more than 3,000 metres above sea level

01/04/2015

Sport

Xtreme Verbier sees fourth win for Ducroz in Freestyle World Tour finale

The final event of the Freeride World Tour season has been held in Verbier for the 20th edition of Xtreme Verbier Lighter snow cover on the course

28/03/2015

Sport

World Cup skiing showdown sees Fenninger, Hirscher win big

In this edition of Gravity we go to the French ski resort of Méribel as the World Cup draws to a close. The Giant Slalom was run on the Roc de Fer

22/03/2015

Sport

Slovenia win team ski-jumping title

Slovenia’s four-man ski-jumping hold-up in Planica saw them take the team title on home ground from under the noses of the Austrians. Led from the

21/03/2015

Sport

Crystal run continues for US as Shiffrin skis to slalom title

Three in a row for Mikaela Shiffrin as the American world and olympic champion won the slalom in Meribel , her fifth world cup win of the season, to

21/03/2015

Sport

Hirscher clinches Overall and Giant Slalom skiing World Cup double in Meribel

Austrian Marcel Hirscher’s fourth place in Meribel was enough to ensure he could not be beaten to this year’s Giant Slalom Crystal Globe. The result

21/03/2015

Sport

Prevc triumphs in Planica

The Slovenian fans certainly got their moneys worth on Friday as the ski jumping season heads towards a thrilling climax. Peter Prevc won the

20/03/2015

Sport

Switzerland win team event at World Cup finals

Switzerland stunned the bigger guns to win the Nations Team Event at the World Cup season finals in Meribel. The action-packed parallel event saw

20/03/2015

World

Vonn caps off remarkable comeback season with two titles

Lindsey Vonn blew out her right knee at the 2013 world championships and then injured it again on her return to action, keeping her out of last

19/03/2015

Sport

Jansrud wins overall downhill title

The men’s downhill title went to Kjetil Jansrud, who kept his composure to clinch the 10th World Cup win of his career and the seventh this winter

18/03/2015

Sport

Vonn clinches downhill title in Meribel

America’s Lindsey Vonn won the season-ending World Cup downhill at Meribel to secure the discipline’s crystal globe, the 18th of her career. The

18/03/2015

Sport

Severin Freund claims fourth successive win on Holmenkollen

Severin Freund claimed his fourth successive victory. His win on the Holmenkollen, his second of the weekend was a huge step towards winning the

15/03/2015

Sport

Severin Freund makes it three-in-a-row on the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo

Severin Freund clinched his third successive win on Saturday, this one on the imposing Holmenkollen. The large hill World Champion sealed victory in

14/03/2015