Tina Maze

Slovenian Tina Maze brought her remarkable season to a suitable end here on Sunday winning the final race of the World Cup campaign the giant slalom.

American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin won the last World Cup slalom race of the season here on Saturday to also snatch the discipline's Crystal Globe from Slovenia's Tina Maze.

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal and USA's Lindsey Vonn were named World Cup downhill champions after Wednesday's final races of the season here was cancelled due to fog.

Overall World Cup winner Tina Maze claimed her tenth victory of the season in Sunday's slalom with Swiss Wendy Holden second and Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States third.

Austria's Anna Fenninger claimed her second consecutive World Cup victory here on Saturday by winning the giant slalom with overall World Cup winner Tina Maze second.

Austria's Anna Fenninger picked up her second World Cup win of the season in Sunday's Super-G to deny Maria Hoefl-Riesch a win on her home course.

Overall World Cup winner Tina Maze of Slovenia said Sunday she was not concerned despite receiving an emailed death threat before her race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Tina Maze won the women's downhill here on Saturday to break Hermann Maier's 13-year-old record for the most World Cup points collected in a season.

Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather earned the first World Cup win of her career in Friday's Super-G as overall leader Tina Maze edged closer to Hermann Maier's points record.

Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather picked up her first World Cup win of the season in Friday's Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Local favourite Maria Hoefl-Riesch will be looking for her first win since 2010 on her home town's Kandahar course when the World Cup comes to Garmisch-Partenkirchen this weekend.

Slovenia's Tina Maze claimed the women's overall World Cup title on Sunday after victory in the super-combined here left her with an unassailable lead atop the standings with nine events still to race.

Slovenia's Tina Maze claimed the women's overall World Cup title on Sunday after victory in the super-combined here left her with an unassailable lead atop the standings with nine events still to race.

Spain's Carolina Ruiz Castillo registered her first alpine skiing World Cup victory here on Saturday, the 31-year-old claiming the women's downhill.

US teenage sensation Mikaela Shiffrin was crowned women's slalom world champion.

Ted Ligety has etched his name in the pantheon of ski greats after sealing a third men's gold at the World Ski Championships, a feat last achieved by Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.

Shutting out the media buzz and focusing solely on her skiing was French racer Tessa Worley's ticket to the giant slalom world title on Thursday.

Teenage debutante Mikaela Shiffrin stormed into an impressive sixth place in the world championships giant slalom on Thursday, despite it not being her favoured event.

Tina Maze will not leave the world ski championships with five medals as she had hoped, but the in-form Slovenian is firm favourite to defend her giant slalom title on Thursday.

Medal expectations were high going into the world championships, as they always are for ski-crazy Austria, but with just one bronze to their name, the racers have resorted to oft-repeated arguments that "you need luck" and "this is sport."