Topic: Carlo Janka

Janka out of downhill, super-combined

Reigning World Cup winner Carlo Janka on Thursday pulled out of the downhill and super-combined at the world ski championships, because of fatigue caused by a heart problem.The 24-year-old will miss Saturday's downhill and Monday's super-combined so he can ...

Olympic Alpine Skiing 2010

2010 Olympic Alpine Skiing was held at Whistler Creekside in Vancouver , British Columbia from February 13 through February 27 . Competitors to watch include Ted Ligety , Bode Miller and Julia Mancuso of the United States , Benjamin Raich and Marlies Schild of Austria , Ivica ...

Janka given green light after illness

Reigning Olympic and world ski champion Carlo Janka has been allowed to train fully again after being laid low by a virus since spring, his doctor said on Friday."The blood tests made by the medical centre in Bad Ragaz (eastern Switzerland ...

Janka wins giant slalom, 2010 World Cup ski title

Olympic and world champion Carlo Janka won the men's giant slalom on Friday to be crowned the 2010 overall World Cup champion and claim the hat-trick of global titles.Italy's Davide Simoncelli finished the race second with Austria's Philipp ...

Janka wins giant slalom, 2010 World Cup title

Switzerland's Carlo Janka won the men's giant slalom on Friday to be crowned the 2010 overall World Cup champion as Italy's Davide Simoncelli finished the race second.Austria's Philipp Schoerghofer took joint third here with Ted Ligety of ...
Canada's Erik Guay won the men's Super-G race on Thursday here at the World Cup finals with Croatia's Ivica Kostelic second and Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal third." Having also had his first World Cup here in 2007 in ...

Austria season a near miss, not failure says Raich

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Austria have failed to win a downhill this season, came away from the Vancouver without a single medal in men's Alpine skiing yet could still end up with the overall world champion thanks to Benjamin Raich.Raich finished ...

Janka takes downhill to claim World Cup ski lead

Switzerland's Carlo Janka won the men's World Cup finals downhill on Wednesday to take the lead in the overall standings in his ding dong battle for supremacy with Austria's Benjamin Raich.Mario Scheiber of Austria finished second in the ...

Janka wins downhill to lead World Cup

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Switzerland's Carlo Janka went back to the top of the overall World Cup standings by winning a thrilling downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in which 0.07 seconds separated the top four.The Olympic giant slalom gold medalist beat Austria ...

Kim draws first blood, Canada takes revenge

South Korea world champion Kim Yu-Na drew first blood in the Asian glamour battle for Olympic Games figure skating gold as Canada restored its battered hockey pride before celebrating a new national heroine.Kim scored 78.50 points on Tuesday - a new ...