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Russia learns to love ski resorts, but not ski racing

Monday, 4 March 2019, 13:30 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

In the five years since the Sochi Olympics, Russians have been flocking south to enjoy their subtropical ski slopes. The mountains above the Black Sea resort city are full of weekend skiers, with...

Brian Galea wins the 3rd Trap Selection Shoot

Monday, 4 March 2019, 11:16 Last update: about 9 years ago Edwin Vella

Brian Galea won the 3rd Trap Selection Shoot, an event that was organised on five qualification rounds of twenty five clay targets each with seventy five targets being shot at on Saturday and the last...

Skiing: Paris beats title rival Feuz in penultimate downhill

Sunday, 3 March 2019, 11:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The fight for the season-long men's World Cup downhill title is going to the wire again. Dominik Paris won the penultimate race Saturday, preventing Swiss rival Beat Feuz from locking up the...

Skiing: Shiffrin clinches 3rd straight World Cup overall title

Saturday, 2 March 2019, 11:37 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Mikaela Shiffrin clinched the World Cup overall title for the third straight year in "strange" circumstances after snowstorms prevented the women's super-G race in Sochi from going ahead on...

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