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Lindsey Vonn and Marcel Hirscher have ended their best-ever World Cup seasons, though neither of the overall champions finished on a high note.
Lindsey Vonn wants to cap another successful season by becoming the first skier to win more than 2,000 World Cup points.
Andre Myhrer of Sweden won the season's second-to-last men's World Cup slalom Sunday, while Marcel Hirscher of Austria straddled a gate in the opening run and failed to score points for the overall championship.
Austrian veteran Klaus Kroell won the World Cup downhill title Wednesday after holding on to his lead over Swiss rivals Beat Feuz and Didier Cuche in the final event of the season.
Defending champion Ivica Kostelic returned to the top of the overall World Cup standings Sunday after finishing third in a men's slalom won by Italy's Cristian Deville.
Bode Miller got a slap on the back from Austrian great Franz Klammer after narrowly escaping a crash on the famed Streif course.
Didier Cuche won his second consecutive World Cup downhill race on a shortened Kandahar course on Saturday.
Bode Miller aims for his first downhill win on the Streif course, while Didier Cuche tries for a record fifth.
Teen ski racers dreaming of becoming the next Lindsey Vonn received firsthand tips on how to do it from the Olympic downhill champion herself on Thursday.
A high-tech air bag meant to improve safety in ski racing was presented by the International Ski Federation and the manufacturer on Thursday, two years before its planned introduction at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Wiley Maple's first run down the famous Streif downhill lasted only a few seconds as he crashed at a steep starting section and lost his skis before ending up in a safety net.
The head of the organizing committee for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics has "no doubts" that all construction work will be finished on time despite delays at more than 70 projects.
Fabienne Suter of Switzerland won a super-G race Sunday, while Lindsey Vonn was 18th and failed to finish among the top three in this World Cup event for the first time in nearly three years.
Marcel Hirscher of Austria extended his perfect start to 2012 by winning a World Cup slalom Sunday to pad his lead in the overall standings.
Marlies Schild stretched her World Cup slalom winning streak to five, cruising to the victory Tuesday night while overall leader Lindsey Vonn finished ninth despite a stomach illness.
Mikaela Shiffrin suddenly faces an aspect of skiing altogether new to her — handling pressure.
Teenager Mikaela Shiffrin used to watch skiers Marlies Schild and Lindsey Vonn on television when she was a kid.
Marlies Schild is dominating slalom races three years after a preseason crash broke her left leg.
Defending overall champion Ivica Kostelic won a night slalom Wednesday for his 20th career World Cup victory.
Former Olympic cross-country ski champion Christian Hoffmann of Austria, who retired from the sport in 2009, has been given a six-year ban for blood doping.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rallied from a set and a break down to beat Juan Martin Del Potro 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 Sunday in the final of the Erste Bank Open, claiming his second title of the season and seventh overall.
World champion Ted Ligety completed an American double at the season-opening World Cup weekend by winning Sunday's giant slalom, a day after Lindsey Vonn took the women's race for her first ever GS title.
Lindsey Vonn used a blistering finish to win the season-opening World Cup giant slalom Saturday and become the fifth female skier to win a race in all five Alpine disciplines.
Ivica Kostelic doesn't consider himself a dominating force on the World Cup circuit despite earning his first overall title.
Maria Hoefl-Riesch is considering retiring from ski racing after the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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