Canadian skeleton medalist Jon Montgomery talks about flying face first into Olympic gold.
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway claimed his first Olympic gold medal with victory in the men's super-G at Whistler Creekside on Friday.
A Georgian luger was killed during Olympic practice. CNN's Mark McKay reports.
Changes to the Winter Olympics have raised questions about safety, but experts say the games' transformations mark a natural evolution rather than an attempt to make competitions more dangerous and exciting.
Aksel Lund Svindal has won the men's overall World Cup title for the second time in his career, after Austrian rival Benjamin Raich dramatically crashed out in the first leg of the closing slalom at the World Cup finals in Are, Sweden.
Austria's Benjamin Raich won the giant slalom at the World Cup finals in Are on Friday to close on the overall title ahead of the final race of the season.
Italy's Werner Heel won the super-G at the World Cup finals in Are as second-placed Aksel Lund Svindal clinched the title in the speed discipline and extended his lead in the overall standings.
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway claimed the final downhill of the season at the World Cup finals in Are to edge ahead in a close battle for the men's overall title.
Overall World Cup leader Lindsey Vonn crashed out in the second leg as France's Sandrine Aubert opened her World Cup account with victory in the women's slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany, on Saturday.
Switzerland's Carlo Janka kept his nerve to claim gold in the men's giant slalom at the alpine skiing world championships in Val d'Isere on Friday.
American ski queen Lindsey Vonn claimed her second gold medal of the World Championships at Val d'Isere on Monday when she destroyed rivals to triumph in the downhill.
Lindsey Vonn of the United States saw her dream of sweeping the titles at the alpine skiing world championships disappear in a fraction of a second as she missed a slalom gate in the super-combi on Friday.
Switzerland's Didier Cuche claimed the first men's gold medal in the alpine skiing world championships in Val d'Isere with victory in Wednesday's super-G.
Austria's Reinfried Herbst upstaged favorites Jean-Baptiste Grange and compatriot Benjamin Raich to win the World Cup slalom in Abelboden in Switzerland on Sunday.
Austria's Benjamin Raich is the new leader of the overall World Cup standings after winning the men's giant slalom at Adelboden, Switzerland on Saturday.
France's Jean-Baptiste Grange took the lead in the overall World Cup standings after a superb slalom victory in Zagreb on Tuesday night.
Italy's Cristof Innerhofer mastered the treacherous conditions on the Stelvio course at Bormio to win the prestigious World Cup downhill event on Sunday.
Local favorite Werner Heel has won the men's super-G at Val Gardena, the first Italian to prevail at the Saslong slope since 2001.
March gets noisy around now, here in the States. Tickets to the Big Dance are punched daily, brackets are busted, NFL free agents are signing, and veterans are being released or given new life. (Good luck David Carr, and if Eli Manning goes down, I don't want to be you even for one minute). In Florida and Arizona, the regulars are playing deeper into every exhibition game as Opening Day draws near.
Hannes Reichelt led an Austrian podium sweep in the World Cup men's super-G race in Beaver Creek, Colorado on Monday.
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway continued his superb start to the men's World Cup skiing season with victory in the Super-G at Lake Louise in Canada on Sunday.
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal held off Austrian Benjamin Raich to win Alpine skiing's overall World Cup title on Sunday in one of the most exciting finishes for years.
Aksel Lund Svindal surged to within touching distance of the overall World Cup title on Saturday, winning the final giant slalom of the season to complete a stunning hat-trick of victories in this Swiss resort.
Aksel Lund Svindal won the final men's super-G of the World Cup season on Thursday as Bode Miller clinched the title in the speed event.
Didier Cuche clinched the 2007 downhill World Cup title with victory in the penultimate race of the Alpine ski season on Saturday.
Benjamin Raich took the giant slalom World Cup lead with his third successive victory in Kranjska Gora on Saturday.
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won his second gold medal of the world skiing championships in Are with victory in the men's giant slalom on Wednesday.
American Bode Miller claimed his fourth World Cup win of the season on Saturday with a storming performance in the classic Lauberhorn downhill.
Young Swiss skier Marc Berthod celebrated one of the most unlikely maiden World Cup victories in history on Sunday, coming from 27th place at the halfway stage to win a men's slalom race.
Michael Walchhofer snapped the win drought of the Austrian men's team with a dramatic victory in the World Cup downhill at Bormio on Thursday.
Massimiliano Blardone of Italy benefitted from a major error by American Bode Miller to win the first men's World Cup giant slalom of the season on Saturday.
A revived Bode Miller led a United States one-two and Austrian legend Hermann Maier saw the overall Super-G title slip from his grasp at the World Cup finals in Are, Sweden on Thursday.
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the downhill at the World Cup finals in Are, Sweden on Wednesday with American Bode Miller returning to form with a solid second place.
Chad Hedrick of the US won the men's 5,000 meters speed skating gold medal Saturday, a perfect start to his bid to win five gold medals and equal Eric Heiden's 1980 Olympic triumph.
Aksel Lund Svindal completed a great weekend for Norway when he took advantage of mistakes by some of the big names and hurtled to a maiden World Cup victory in the season's opening men's super-G in Lake Louise..
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