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- Skier Nik Zoricic's family wants impartial probe into his death video
- The family of Canadian racer Nik Zoricic says it will not launch a lawsuit if international skicross authorities agree to hold an independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death during a World Cup race.
- Skier Hans Grugger retires after life-altering injury
- Austrian skier Hans Grugger has ended his career, 15 months after life-threatening head injuries during a training crash on the World Cup downhill course in Kitzbuehel.
- Nik Zoricic's family questioning skier's fatal crash
- Lawyers for the family of Nik Zoricic are challenging the claim from the Canadian skier's team that his fatal crash in a World Cup skicross race in Switzerland last month was a "freak" accident.
- American skier Vonn pays off $1.7M in back taxes
- Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn announced through her Facebook page that she has paid the more than $1.7 million US she owed in back taxes.
- Freestyle skiing pioneer Sarah Burke remembered in service at Whistler
- Thousands gathered in Whistler Village on Tuesday night to bid a sad farewell to late freeskiing pioneer Sarah Burke, who passed away in January after a fall while training in the Superpipe at Park City, Utah.
- Canadian mogulist Rousseau retiring to pursue skydiving
- Canadian moguls specialist Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau is packing away his skis and taking to the skies. The former world champion from Drummondville, Que., is retiring from freestyle skiing to pursue a career in skydiving.
- Canadian skier Brad Spence undergoes knee surgery
- Canadian Olympic skier Brad Spence has undergone surgery to fix a chronic knee pain that has slowed down the slalom specialist.
- Lindsey Vonn won't need surgery on sore knees
- Lindsey Vonn won't need surgery on her sore knees, just rest after a long season. Tests on Monday revealed some fraying of the meniscus in Vonn's left knee, but no tear. The right knee turned out to be fine.
- blog VanderBeek: Why do athletes keep risking it?
- The 2011-12 season will be remembered as an annus horribilis in the snow sport community after the deaths of Nik Zoricic and Sarah Burke. With those tragedies laying bare the inherent dangers of their jobs, why do athletes keep coming back for more? Canadian alpine skier Kelly VanderBeek finds the answer in moments of unexpected triumph.
- Vonn to get both knees examined after eventful season
- Lindsey Vonn says she will undergo tests on both knees after a grueling World Cup season in which she recaptured the overall title.
- Trevor Philp wins men's slalom at Canadian championships
- Trevor Philp won the men's slalom title at the Canadian championships on Monday. The 20-year-old from Calgary clocked a two-run time of one minute 37.77 seconds to edge out fellow Calgarian Trevor White (1:38.52) and Whistler, B.C., native Mike Janyk (1:38.79).
- Friends, family gather in Toronto for Nik Zoricic's funeral
- Friends, family and teammates have gathered at a Toronto church to pay tribute to Canadian freestyle skier Nik Zoricic.
- Canada's Kershaw nabs x-country silver
- Canada's Devon Kershaw finished with a silver medal after the men's 15-kilometre pursuit on Sunday in Falun, Sweden in the last race of the World Cup finals. Fellow countryman Alex Harvey had the second-fastest time of the day (39:03.1) to cap a fine season and secure sixth place in the overall standings.
- Canada's Kingsbury ends dual moguls season with silver
- The World Cup freestyle ski season ended Sunday much like it began — with Canadian Mikael Kingsbury on the podium. The 19-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., was second in the season-ending World Cup men's dual moguls event.
- Sweden's Myhrer claims World Cup slalom title video
- Andre Myhrer of Sweden crowned a strong finish to his slalom season Sunday by winning the last race and securing the World Cup discipline title.
- German Rebensburg clinches women's GS title video
- Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany won the final women's World Cup giant slalom of the season to take the discipline title, while Lindsey Vonn failed to break the 2,000-point record for one season.
- Kershaw clinches 2nd overall on World Cup X-C circuit
- Devon Kershaw, of Canada, finished in fifth place on Saturday in the World Cup finals cross-country race, to clinch a second place overall standing int his year's World Cup ski circuit; the highest finish ever by a Canadian.
- Svendsen wins 4th biathlon World Cup event of season
- Emil Hegle Svendsen won the men's season-ending mass-start race to claim his fourth biathlon World Cup victory of the season on Sunday. The Norwegian missed two targets and completed the 15-kilometre race in 43 minutes, 15. 7 seconds.
- Canadian Rochon claims aerials World Cup title
- Olivier Rochon has claimed the Crystal Globe as the overall aerials World Cup champion, capping a comeback season for the Canadian.
- blog What can we learn from Nik Zoricic's death?
- It's the hope of Canadian alpine skier Kelly VanderBeek that the recent tragic deaths of Nik Zoricic and Sarah Burke don't deter people from picking up skicross and freestyle skiing and engaging in this community. She writes that their loss only re-affirms her belief that safety questions need to be addressed - not only urgently but more broadly.
- Vonn sets record with 8th place slalom finish
- Lindsey Vonn set a women's record for the most World Cup points in a single season after finishing eighth in Saturday's slalom. The race was won by Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria.
- Hirscher clinches World Cup giant slalom title
- Marcel Hirscher won the World Cup giant slalom title Saturday after Ted Ligety of the United States skied off-course in the opening run of the season-ending race.
- France's Fourcade claims World Cup biathlon title
- World champion Martin Fourcade of France claimed the World Cup biathlon overall title after winning the men's pursuit race on Saturday.
- Canada's Harvey 1st, Kershaw 3rd in cross-country event
- Canadian Alex Harvey won the men's classic prologue while Norwegian Marit Bjoergen won the women's event on Friday in the second of four stages of the cross-country World Cup finals. Canadian Devon Kershaw was third, 3.1 behind his compatriot.
- blog Russell: Kershaw blazes new cross-country trail
- Canadian cross-country skier Devon Kershaw is fast becoming a star in a sport traditionally dominated by Europeans, writes Sports Weekend host Scott Russell.
- Vonn captures World Cup super-G title
- Lindsey Vonn won the World Cup super-G title Thursday in Schladming, Austria, after narrowly avoiding skiing out and finishing sixth in the final race of the season.
- Svindal claims men's super-G title video
- Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the World Cup super-G title for a third time Thursday, while overall leader Beat Feuz of Switzerland crashed and missed an early chance tosecure the overall championship.
- Canadian Valjas takes bronze in cross-country sprint
- Canadian Len Valjas captured a bronze medal in the men's sprint at the cross-country skiing World Cup finals Wednesday.
- Champion Vonn victorious in downhill final race
- Overall champion Lindsey Vonn ended the women's World Cup downhill season in style by dominating the final race on Wednesday.
- Canada's Ricker nabs World Cup snowboard cross gold
- Maelle Ricker of West Vancouver, B.C., won a snowboard cross World Cup event Wednesday to close the gap in the race for the overall title. Ricker held off Bulgaria's Alexandra Jekova and France's Nelly Moenne Loccoz to earn her second straight World Cup win.
- Bjoergen wins Royal Palace Sprint
- Three-time Olympic champion Marit Bjoergen of Norway won the Royal Palace Sprint on Wednesday, extending her lead in the World Cup cross-country standings over Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland.
- Austria's Kroell wins World Cup downhill title
- Austrian veteran Klaus Kroell won the World Cup downhill title Wednesday after holding on to his lead over Swiss rivals Didier Cuche and Beat Feuz in the final event of the season.
