Didier Cuche

The usual suspects of speed kings ruled the top times in Thursday's first training run for the men's downhill, the blue riband event of the World Ski Championships scheduled for the weekend.

Dominik Paris of Italy belied his relative inexperience on Saturday to keep his nerve and win the toughest and most dangerous event on the World Cup circuit, the men's Kitzbuehel downhill.

Norwegian speed king Aksel Lund Svindal claimed victory in the men's World Cup super-G on Friday, his maiden win on the notoriously tough Hahnenkamm mountain.

Austrian Klaus Kroell fired out a warning to Norwegian rival Aksel Lund Svindal by topping Thursday's third and final training run for the men's World Cup downhill on the weekend.

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal got off to a headstart in Kitzbuehel on Tuesday, finishing fastest in the first of three training runs for the downhill scheduled for Saturday.

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the first men's alpine skiing World Cup downhill of the season at Lake Louise on Saturday.

US skier Lindsey Vonn proved the season's star once again, swiping four World Cup trophies including the prized overall title, while Austria found a new heart-throb in Marcel Hirscher.

US skier Lindsey Vonn proved the season's star once again, swiping four World Cup trophies including the prized overall title, while Austria found a new heart-throb in Marcel Hirscher.

Marcel Hirscher was given double reason to celebrate Saturday after handing Austria their first overall World Cup men's alpine title since 2006 following his victory in the men's giant slalom.

World Cup leader Klaus Kroell relished the thought of depriving Switzerland's Didier Cuche of an end-of-career bang ahead of the season's last downhill race here on Wednesday.

Swiss veteran Didier Cuche showed he was still a force to be reckoned with in World Cup training here on Tuesday, as he outskied his main rivals for the downhill trophy.

KVITFJELL, Norway (Reuters) - Kjetil Jansrud finally earned the success he deserved by winning a Super-G in Kvitfjell Sunday for his first World Cup victory after nine podium finishes.

Austrian Klaus Kroell made it two from two when he won the men's World Cup downhill here on Saturday for his sixth career victory and took the lead in the discipline's overall standings.

Austria's heavily decorated Benjamin Raich won Saturday's men's alpine skiing super-G for his first World Cup victory in two years and his 36th overall.

Austria's heavily decorated Benjamin Raich won Saturday's men's alpine skiing super-G for his first World Cup victory in two years and his 36th overall.

Didier Cuche of Switzerland won the men's alpine skiing World cup super-G race here on Friday ahead of Jan Hudec of Canada and Benjamin Raich of Austria.

Austria's Georg Streitberger proved fastest in the third and final training session Friday for the men's World Cup downhill on the course to be used at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Poor visibility at the venue which will host the 2014 Olympics forced the cancellation of a second training session for the men's World Cup downhill here Thursday.

Swiss downhill specialist Didier Cuche said Wednesday a million-euro offer to remain in alpine skiing one more year won't change his plans to retire at the end of the season.

Austria's Hannes Reichelt pipped Swiss Didier Cuche Wednesday as alpine's speed event specialists were given a first glimpse of how difficult it will be to win Olympic downhill gold in 2014.