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Skiing: Vlhova wins slalom to deny Shiffrin 8th straight victory

Tuesday, 8 January 2019, 21:58 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Petra Vlhova of Slovakia won a women's World Cup night slalom Tuesday, denying Mikaela Shiffrin a record-equaling eighth consecutive win in the discipline. Racing in dense snowfall, Vlhova was...

Skiing: Vonn plans return to World Cup at speed races in Austria

Monday, 7 January 2019, 17:46 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Lindsey Vonn is planning to return from injury this weekend for speed races in Austria, resuming her quest for the all-time record for World Cup wins. It will be her first ski races of the season...

WADA to return to Moscow lab in search of elusive data

Monday, 7 January 2019, 17:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The World Anti-Doping Agency is returning to the Moscow anti-doping lab this week in hopes of obtaining samples and data it did not receive before a Dec. 31 deadline. The Russians were supposed...

Egger gets first World Cup luge win; US medals in team relay

Sunday, 6 January 2019, 19:31 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Snow piled up in Germany this weekend, and so did Summer Britcher's medal collection. Britcher and USA Luge got a bronze medal in a World Cup team relay Sunday, her second medal from a weekend...

Skiing: Austrian Hirscher gets 30th career World Cup slalom win

Sunday, 6 January 2019, 19:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Marcel Hirscher returned to winning ways Sunday, triumphing in the first men's World Cup slalom of 2019 after he had missed the podium in the last two races. The seven-time overall champion...

Former Malta Marathon champion Cecilia Fenech passes away

Friday, 4 January 2019, 10:17 Last update: about 9 years ago

Former long distance runner Cecilia Fenech passed away peacefully on Friday. She was 57. Fenech will be remembered as one of Malta’s top performers in the athletics scene. Among her...

Deadline passes without Russian turnover of data to WADA

Tuesday, 1 January 2019, 22:45 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The deadline for Russia to turn over samples and other data from its Moscow anti-doping lab passed Tuesday, leaving the World Anti-Doping Agency to decide whether to reinstate the ban it had lifted in...

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