Kathrin Zettel

SOELDEN, Austria ( Reuters ) - Lindsey Vonn became the fifth female skier to win in all five Alpine disciplines when she claimed her maiden giant slalom victory in the opening race of the World Cup season on Saturday. The American, who had managed just one previous podium placing in the discipline, outclassed her rivals to triumph in a combined time of two minutes 24.43 seconds. Multiple world and Olympic champion Vonn, beaten last year for the overall World Cup crystal globe by arch-rival...Read Full Story

Unless Lindsey Vonn overcomes her alpine 'bete noire' in dramatic fashion, her Olympic medals bid will be kept in check in the women's giant slalom on Wednesday. Vonn won gold in the downhill, missed a certain medal when she crashed out of the super-combined then took a bronze from the super-G. But in the giant slalom the smart money in the two-run race is going on either Austrian Kathrin Zettel, an experienced World Cup campaigner who is second in the discipline standings, or Germany's...Read Full Story

Austrian Elisabeth Goergl was in pole position in the women's Olympic giant slalom, but will have to wait until Thursday for a medal chance after dismal weather put paid to the second run. Goergl clocked 1min 15.12sec on her first run down a course which again cost American speed queen Lindsey Vonn dearly before heavy snow gave way to thick fog that forced organisers to call off the final leg. It will now be raced at 9.30am on Thursday. Vonn, who has won downhill gold and super-G bronze here...Read Full Story

Bruised and weary, Anja Paerson and Lindsey Vonn will summon a final effort in Friday's slalom to complete their five-event Olympics program. Defending champion Paerson tries for a record seventh career medal in women's Olympic Alpine racing still hobbling after her horrific crash in last week's downhill won by Vonn. The 25-year-old American starts despite breaking her right pinkie crashing out in the first run of the giant slalom on Wednesday. Fresh challengers await them. Austria's Marlies...Read Full Story

Austrian Elisabeth Goergl topped the first leg of the women's Olympic giant slalom on Wednesday after disaster struck for American speed queen Lindsey Vonn. Vonn, who has won downhill gold and super-G bronze here, led the field at the third intermediary time by a massive 0.35 seconds, but misjudged a gate, lost her balance and bucked nastily off course. Paramedics rushed to treat Vonn, but she got up unaided and skied down the rest of the course but was to undergo an x-ray on her hand. "I...Read Full Story

Maria Riesch and Lindsey Vonn go head-to-head in the last women's alpine event of the Vancouver Games on Friday as Canada's ice hockey superstars seek to outgun Slovakia and take their place in the Olympic final. Going into day 15, and with just three days left, Germany, the United States and Canada are neck-and-neck at the top of the medals table with eight gold. All have chances to boost their haul with seven more finals on Friday. Germany's Riesch, the super-combined champion, will have...Read Full Story

Austrian Elisabeth Goergl topped the first leg of the women's Olympic giant slalom on Wednesday after disaster struck for American speed queen Lindsey Vonn. Vonn, who has won downhill gold and super-G bronze here, led the field at the third intermediary time by a massive 0.35 seconds, but misjudged a gate, lost her balance and bucked nastily off course. Paramedics rushed to treat Vonn, but she got up unaided and skied down the rest of the course. US team spokesman Doug Haney, in contact with...Read Full Story

Lindsey Vonn says she is looking forward to overcoming her alpine jinx in the giant slalom on the biggest stage of them all Wednesday, but happily admits she will start an underdog. The American has yet to podium in a giant slalom race at international level, and hinted at her true expectations from the Olympic Games post-speed events after her super-G bronze last week. However, with the injured shin she was nursing at the start of the Games now almost recovered, Vonn appears up for the...Read Full Story

Canada and Russia renew their long-standing rivalry in a heavyweight Olympic quarter-final ice hockey battle on Wednesday as Lindsey Vonn looks to overcome her alpine jinx in the giant slalom. With just five days of action left, the United States and Germany top the Vancouver medals table with seven gold, one ahead of Norway, Canada and Switzerland. Six more gold will be decided on Wednesday but a clash of the titans at the Canada Hockey Place arena is set to dominate, with the host nation...Read Full Story

MARIBOR, Slovenia (Reuters) - Austria's Kathrin Zettel claimed her first World Cup victory of the season in Maribor on Saturday while Lindsey Vonn's giant slalom woes continued. With less than a month to go before the Winter Olympics begin in Vancouver on February 12, Zettel's seventh career win was especially satisfying as she finally beat two of the best skiers in the world. Germany's Maria Riesch finished second, 0.23 seconds behind. Maribor queen Anja Paerson, winner of seven previous...Read Full Story