Winter Sports

Fact of the day

The first athlete to be disqualified from the Olympics for using a banned substance was Swedish pentathlete Hans-Grunner Liljenwall, who tested positive for excessive alcohol at the 1968 Games in Mexico City after drinking several beers before the competition. 

Skiing News

Exclusive: Long-time backer urges sponsors to give British skiing a lift

By David Owen

Chemmy Alcott_21-03-12March 21 - British skiing's most faithful benefactor has warned of the sport's desperate need for long-term funding on the eve of the British National Alpine Ski Championships which begin next Sunday (March 25) – in France.
   

UK Sport boosts winter sports funding ahead of Sochi 2014

By David Gold

Katie Summerhayes_13-12-11March 5 - UK Sport has announced that almost £350,000 ($553,000/€419,000) will be awarded to British Ski & Snowboard to help their athletes' preparations for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
   

Vonn wins super combined Alpine World Cup title after last race is cancelled

By David Gold

139217844February 19 - The third and final women's Alpine World Cup super combined race was cancelled today at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics test event at Rosa Khutor after heavy snowfall, handing Lindsey Vonn her second title of the weekend.
   

Vonn secures Alpine World Cup downhill title at Sochi 2014 test event

By David Gold

Maria Hoefl-Riesch_in_Sochi_February_18_2012February 18 - America's Lindsey Vonn clinched the Alpine World Cup downhill title after finishing third in the Sochi 2014 test event, behind Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch (pictured) and Austria's Elisabeth Goergl.
   

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