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Austria's Olympic rivals wonder if Alpine skiing's Wunderteam can live up to past glories

GENEVA (AP) — Austria's Alpine skiing "Wunderteam" looks a little less than wonderful going into the Vancouver Olympics.After its historic 14-medal haul in Turin four years ago, team coaches have set more modest medal targets this time.Rivals are increasingly confident about toppling the powerhouse whose talismanic leaders Hermann Maier and Renate Goetschl retired last year."I think the Swiss guys caught up with them pretty good," said Marco Buechel, a six-time Olympian from Liechtenstein who trains with the Switzerland team. "I'd say if it comes down to medals I'd put Switzerland in the favorite's position."Buechel's confidence comes from gold medals for Didier Cuche and Carlo Janka at last year's World Championships that carried the Swiss atop the medals table after years of often humiliating defeats to its neighbor at major events.Austria also got two golds at the 10-event worlds held in Val d'Isere, France — but so did the United States and Germany .Its aura of invincibility dimmed...

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  1. 'It's nice to be anonymous ... sometimes': Vonn hopes to boost skiing's profile at Olympics

    Lindsey Vonn recalls being mobbed by fans when Alpine skiing's World Cup made its debut stop at Bansko, Bulgaria, a year ago.Even with her husband, her coach, two tr...

  2. This time, led by Miller, Vonn and Mancuso, US Alpine skiers really are 'Best in the World'

    WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Four years ago, Bode Miller's washout of a Winter Olympics symbolized where the United States stood in the Alpine skiing hierarchy....

  3. Miller, Ligety, Ford, Zamansky make US 4-man roster for men's giant slalom

    WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Bode Miller will try to become the first man to win four Alpine skiing medals at a single Olympics when he races in Tuesday's giant...

  4. Just in time for final races, bad weather returns to Whistler and puts women's GS at risk

    WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Alpine skiing at the Vancouver Olympics is ending the same way it began — clouded by bad weather.With three races left over the nex...

  5. Warm weather puts men's Olympic downhill in Whistler at high risk of postponement

    WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — The men's downhill that is to open Alpine skiing at the Olympics on Saturday is at high risk of being postponed."Right now, we need...

  6. Miller's 1st chance at redemption comes in men's downhill, but he's hardly the favorite

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Bode Miller , an afterthought?The enigmatic American skier won't hear of such a thing."That's a completely ridiculous idea at the ...

  7. Ashleigh McIvor fashions success on skicross slopes

    By Larry FineNEW YORK (Reuters) - Ashleigh McIvor has strolled down the fashion runway in New York and modeled in major advertising campaigns but when it comes to wi...

  8. Paralympic head upbeat on Vancouver Games

    By Allan DowdThe Winter Paralympics, which feature international athletes with physical disabilities, are held in conjunction with the Olympics, with competitions su...

  9. Ghana's Snow Leopard is one ice-cool cat

    By Steve GinsburgWHISTLER (Reuters) - As a 35-year-old Olympic Alpine skier from Africa , Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is accustomed to beating the odds.Just not the com...

  10. Sochi a point of national pride for Putin's Russia

    One year before Russia hosts its first Winter Olympics, this Black Sea resort is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 40 kilometers (25 miles) along the coa...

  11. Sochi a point of national pride for Putin's Russia

    One year before Russia hosts its first Winter Olympics, this Black Sea resort is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 40 kilometers (25 miles) along the coa...

  12. Cypress Mountain gets much-needed break while Whistler suffers with fog, threat of big snow

    WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A good day for Cypress Mountain, with plenty of snow. Whistler was another matter — fog ruled with heavy snow coming soon to ...

  1. Kwame, the skiing Snow Leopard from Ghana, prepares to win an army of admirers a

    GENEVA (AP) — The Snow Leopard of Ghana is going to race in Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics. Seriously.Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, the self-taught, self-funded, o...

  2. 'Better than everybody else': Miller, Weibrecht get super-G medals, lift US Alpine total to 6

    WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Leave it to Bode Miller to bring a little trash talk to Alpine skiing .After his silver and Andrew Weibrecht's bronze behind winner...

  3. Russia's Sochi busy storing snow for 2014 Olympics

    In April, at the end of another seemingly endless winter, most Russians are eager to get rid of the piles of snow that have clogged their cities and streets and yard...

  4. 2014 Winter Olympics Host City Fears Snow Shortage

    Organizers of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, are storing snow to assure there will be enough for the winter games that will take place in February.Seven st...

  5. 'It's The US Ski Team Show': Miller, Weibrecht get super-G medals, lift US Alpine total to 6

    WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — U.S. Ski Team men's coach Sasha Rearick was talking about the "focus" and "effort" of his racers at these Olympics, earnestly insis...

  6. Amid massive construction and tight security, Alpine ski test for 2014 Sochi Games a success

    The first major test event for the 2014 Sochi Olympics was hailed as a success. Construction for the games may be behind schedule elsewhere, but the Alpine skiing ve...

  7. Ligety Strikes U.S. Olympic Gold

    Young Ted Ligety gave the United States the Olympic gold medal that Bode Miller couldn't deliver Tuesday night, uncorking two dynamic slalom runs to win the men's co...

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