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Olympic medalist skier found dead in Spain
Olympic medalist Blanca Fernandez Ochoa has been found dead, Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday, following a long search after the former alpine skier was reported missing last week.
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Cricket
Luitz regains his 1st World Cup win on appeal
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has given German skier Stefan Luitz his first World Cup win and 45,000 Swiss francs ($45,000) in prize money.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Shiffrin gets 3rd, closing in on 1st GS season title
American Mikaela Shiffrin is closing in on her first GS season title after taking third at the women's World Cup GS in the Czech Republic on Friday, behind winner Petra Vlhova.
Skiing
Bad weather cancels women's WCup super-G
The women's World Cup super-G race in Sochi planned for Sunday has been canceled after a weeklong struggle with adverse weather.
Olympics - Alpine Skiing
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Ski racer A.J. Hurt's playlist
An up-and-comer in the racing world, 18-year-old A.J. Hurt likes to listen to just about anything before she competes. Except Blink-182, that is.
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Switzerland wins team gold at Alpine worlds
Ramon Zenhausern edged Marco Schwarz in the final run as Switzerland beat rival Austria to follow up its Olympic title with gold in the team event at the Alpine skiing world championships Tuesday.
Skiing
Vonn, Miller comments upset Shiffrin
Mikaela Shiffrin has taken issue with comments by Lindsey Vonn and Bode Miller questioning her decision to sit out several events at the world championships.
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Svindal just misses gold in final race
If anyone had to beat Aksel Lund Svindal in his final race, he seemed just fine with it being Norwegian teammate Kjetil Jansrud.
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Shiffrin to skip combined at world championships
Hours after winning the super-G on Tuesday, Mikaela Shiffrin announced she will not enter Friday's Alpine combined race.
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Downhill skier Svindal retiring over knee injuries
Olympic downhill champion skier Aksel Lund Svindal will retire after next month's world championships in Sweden, citing persistent right knee injuries that have hampered him the past three years.
Skiing
Noel tops Hirscher for 2nd straight WC slalom win
Clement Noel won his second World Cup slalom title in less than a week, beating seven-time overall champion Marcel Hirscher of Austria by 0.29 seconds in Austria.
Skiing
Schmidhofer wins super-G race, denies Goggia
Austrian skier Nicole Schmidhofer, the super-G world champion, finished 0.23 seconds ahead of Sofia Goggia, who was racing for the first time after breaking a bone in her right ankle.
Lindsey Vonn
Vonn 'hopeful' she can ski again after diagnosis
Skier Lindsey Vonn now knows what is causing her pain in her knees, but "the next issue is fixing it" and she is hopeful that can happen.
Skiing
Norwegian skier Jansrud breaks hand in crash
Norwegian skier Kjetil Jansrud said he'll be back in "no time" after suffering two broken bones in his left hand during a downhill training crash.
Skiing
Kriechmayr edges Feuz to win downhill
Vincent Kriechmayr found the special run it takes to beat Beat Feuz in Switzerland and won a World Cup downhill on Saturday.
Lindsey Vonn
Vonn struggles in downhill, finishes ninth
Austrian skier Ramona Siebenhofer won her second World Cup downhill in two days, while Lindsey Vonn finished tied for ninth Saturday in the second race since her return from injury.
Skiing
Shiffrin dominates for 10th WC win of season
Mikaela Shiffrin took advantage of a massive first-run lead to win a World Cup giant slalom on Tuesday and earn her 10th victory of the season.
Skiing
Austrian Hirscher gets 30th career WC slalom win
Marcel Hirscher won the first men's World Cup slalom of 2019 on Sunday for his 30th career victory in the discipline.
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Svindal gets record 7th WC win in Val Gardena
With his win Friday, Norwegian skier Aksel Lund Svindal has now won five super-Gs and two downhills in Val Gardena and can add to his record by defending his downhill title Saturday.
Olympic Sports
Hirscher continues dominance in giant slalom
Marcel Hirscher dominated yet again in the World Cup on Saturday, winning a giant slalom by a huge 1.18-second margin.
Olympic Sports
Vonn plans to retire after 2018-19 WC season
Lindsey Vonn, who is four World Cup wins shy of the all-time record, said the upcoming campaign will be her last -- regardless of whether she breaks the mark.
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U.S. skier Johnson out for season with torn ACL
U.S. downhill skier Breezy Johnson, who finished seventh in Pyeongchang, was diagnosed with a torn ACL, ending her World Cup season before it ever got started.
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Brady, Shiffrin, LeBron to vie for ESPY awards
Tom Brady, Jose Altuve, Alex Ovechkin and James Harden will vie for the best male athlete award at the ESPYS, while Mikaela Shiffrin, Sylvia Fowles, Chloe Kim and Julie Ertz are nominated for the women's award.
Olympics - Alpine Skiing
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Lindsey Vonn: 'I would be a Bond girl any day'
After another ski season, the three-time Olympic medalist will be ready for a career change.
Medal Tracker
Total Medal Leaders
- 39
NOR - 31
GER - 29
CAN
- Gold14NORGER
14 CAN11 - Silver14NORGER
10 CAN8 - Bronze11NORCAN
10 
OAR9
Total Medal Leaders
- 5Bjørgen
- 4
Kalla - 4Nilsson
- Gold3Klæbo
Fourcade3 Bjørgen2 - Silver3KallaBolshunov
3 Nilsson2 - Bronze2BjørgenJohansson
2 Bescond2
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The Big Short - 'Small' Amit Panghal rules a big world
Amit Panghal didn't win gold, but in becoming the first Indian male to win silver at the Worlds, he demonstrated how he has turned a height disadvantage into an advantage.
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Ravi Kumar's passion bears fruit in impressive Worlds debut
Using his impressive speed, stamina and reach, Ravi Kumar secured an Olympic quota as well as a bronze medal in his World Championship debut in the 57kg category.
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'What I left in Rio, I will take in Tokyo' - Vinesh on track for Olympics success after Worlds medal
Though Vinesh Phogat didn't seem good enough to step on the very top of the podium yet, her performance at the World Championships showed she can beat most other wrestlers in her weight division.
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South African sprinter Horn handed doping ban
South Africa's fastest female sprinter Carina Horn has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance.
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Kamworor breaks world half-marathon record
Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor broke the world half-marathon record by 17 seconds in Copenhagen on Sunday when he won the IAAF Gold Label road race.
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Semenya will not collect 2011 World Champ gold
Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya will be officially awarded her gold medal from the 2011 world athletics championships at this year's edition in Doha, but will not be there to receive it.
