Top men to watch at the Alpine skiing world championships, which open Monday in Courchevel and Meribel, France: MARCO ODERMATT Closing in on his second overall title, Marco Odermatt’s dominance on the World Cup circuit makes it hard to believe he has
VIENNA (AP) Only one skier in the 24-member Austrian squad for the upcoming world championships has won on the Word Cup circuit this season. A star coach left the women’s team mid-January. And “crisis” has become a common word on the ski-mad nation’s sport pages.
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Frenchman Clement Noel surged through the field on the second run to edge to victory and banish doubts in the World Cup slalom in Schladming, Austria, on Tuesday.