She is the former overall World Cup cross-country winner, but of late has been struggling with some fitness problems… The 26-year-old Norwegian Marit Bjoergen has decided to quit some of the competitions this season… She is worried that if she takes part in too many events, she may suffer in the latter stages of the [...]
Janica Kostelic of Croatia is a ‘Ski Queen’ she is one of the most thriving woman in the history of Alpine skiing… The former overall World Cup Champion has unfortunately opted out of the coming World Cup season. The 24-year-old has won the overall World Cup titles on three occasions and has combined tally of [...]
Zigzagging between obstacles is passion for Schoch brothers, Swiss Olympic silver medalist Simon and the Olympic Champion Philipp…they have unparallel passion for the sport…When the two are a part of a competition it’s just a matter of which Schoch will take away the title… The Schoch brothers proved that yet again dominating the season-opening parallel [...]
Soelden ski station was all set to host the World Cup season, Rettenbach slopes were prepared for the season’s opening two giant slalom events. But the organizers, competitors and fans are all frustrated because the opening World Cup races in Soelden have been cancelled due to heavy rain and warm temperatures. Via: eurosport
The former World Champion was down with an ankle injury during the summer, but as a true competitor didn’t let that affect his preparations for the new season, now when the season unfolds itself he plays down his chances for another victory, this is a wrong perception of his own capabilities. The secret of success [...]
The world renowned pair of Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang of China were immaculate in their approach, with a spectacular performance the Olympic and World silver medalist pair won the skate Canada pairs title. The duo finished with a winning total of 190.97, which was good 25 points better than the US Champions pair of [...]
If you are a keen ski fanatic then you must be familiar with the name Franciso Fernandez Ochoa, the only Winter Olympic gold medalist from Spain. He was a very competitive and an outstanding athlete, he won gold in the men’s special slalom event at the 1972 games in Japan when it was unfeasible for [...]
The World cup season opens this weekend with slalom races in Levi, Finland, the season was originally scheduled to begin two weeks back in Soelden, Austria, but stood canceled due to rain and warm weather. There is good news for the Americans; Bode Miller is hoping to compete with the defending overall champion Benjamin Raich, [...]
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 [...]
Norwegian coach Mika Kojonkoski has come out with his team for the weekend’s World Cup opener: Anders Bardal Lars Byst’l Anders Jacobsen Sigurd Pettersen Roar Lj’kels’y Bj’rn Einar Rom’ren Just because he could only send six competitors for the event 29-year-old two-time Olympian, Tommy Ingebrigtsen a prominent name in the Norwegian camp (part of Norway’s [...]








