USA MEN'S ALPINE WORLD CUP SKIING SLALOM
France's Stephane Tissot (L) hugs USA's Ted Ligety (R) in the racer's corral waiting for the conclusion of the men's World Cup alpine slalom on the Birds of Prey course in Beaver Creek, Colorado December 4, 2005. Tissot finished second with Ligety finishing in third. (UPI Photo/Gary C. Caskey)
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ALTA BADIA, Italy, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher turned in a pair of sharp runs Monday in winning the slalom at Alta Badia, Italy, and moved into the overall World Cup lead.
SOELDEN, Austria, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The United States continued its fast start to the Alpine World Cup season Sunday with Ted Ligety's victory in the men's giant slalom at Soelden, Austria.
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, March 5 (UPI) -- Carlo Janka of Switzerland won the men's World Cup giant slalom in Slovenia Saturday just two weeks after undergoing minor heart surgery.
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships ended Sunday with Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Grange winning the golf medal in the men's slalom.
ALTA BADIA, Italy, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- American Ted Ligety won his third consecutive World Cup giant slalom in Italy Sunday by .14 seconds over Cyprien Richard of France.
VAL D'ISERE, France, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- American Ted Ligety won his second consecutive World Cup giant slalom today by more than 1 second over Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal.
WHISTLER, British Columbia, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Giuliano Razzoli of Italy overcame terrible conditions Saturday to win the Olympic slalom, the final alpine event of the Vancouver Games.
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. skier Ted Ligety won his third consecutive giant slalom at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, with a 0.34-second margin of victory Friday.
ADELBODEN, Switzerland, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Fog scrubbed Saturday's men's World Cup giant slalom in Adelboden, Switzerland.
PARK CITY, Utah, March 19 (UPI) -- Phil McNichol, who was the men's coach for the U.S. Alpine Ski Team for 11 seasons, is retiring, ski team officials confirmed Wednesday.
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