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Pavel Rostovtsev Bids Adieu to Ice

It seems like today is some retirement day for the sporting icons – I just covered news of the Swimming legend Ian Thorpe bidding farewell to the sport and now I came across this one. Biathlon king of Russia Pavel Rostovtsev has announced his retirement. The 35-year-old, three-time World Champion will now head the Krasnoyarsk [...]

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Bode Miller Critic for Critics

The Former World Cup Champion Bode Miller provoked controversy last season when he had questioned why using certain performance enhancing substances were illegal, the American had been severely criticized for skiing while drunk – but he this season seems a transformed competitor and has made slow but confident start to the season. The US ski [...]

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Ice at it’s Thrawting Best!!

Skiing, flip-flops and tumbles are all synonyms – professionals enjoy the ice thoroughly, but if you aren’t one yet and wish to derive the pleasure of having your way on the ice you could find different places and ways to do so… but just check out this video before you get out there just to [...]

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Svindal retrieves the top spot by seizing the giant slalom Thursday

In a breathtaking contest Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal, leaving the Bode Miller of the United States behind, reclaimed the overall World Cup lead by winning the men’s giant slalom Thursday that he finished in a combined time of 2 minutes 25.63 seconds. This event also proved great for Canadian Francois Bourque who, earlier lying at [...]

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Miller reaffirms his World’s itinerary!

Owing to a recurrent knee trouble the veteran Bode Miller had refused to compete in the downhill event – however now the schedule for the American seems stiffer as he has decided to compete in all five events at the World Championships. The explanation he has quoted for his for taking on the downhill is [...]

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Burning the ice with nudity!

What is the craziest bet that you have herd or ever made – could have been anything, but I guarantee none would be as extreme as this: to make it and then implement it in public is what puts this at the top of them all. Rainer Schoenfelder, a 29-year-old Austrian Skier had vowed he [...]

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What are some of the biggest injuries resulting from extreme skiing?

Skiing is one of the most popular sports in the world. Winters play host to some of the best skiing competitions in the snow-clad mountains. Skiing is an extreme form of sport. It involves breathtaking stunts and gravity-defying speeds. Though skiing is a great adventure, the sport has some negative aspects, too. The injuries related [...]

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