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Mar 8, 2013

Skier Ito nabs silver at worlds

Miki Ito won the silver medal in the women’s moguls at the Freestyle Skiing World Championships on Wednesday. American Hannah Kearney took the gold and the bronze went to Canadian Justine Dufour-Lapointe. It was the 25-year-old Ito’s second world medal after placing second in ...

Feb 26, 2013

Takanashi, Japan win team gold

Sara Takanashi collected her second medal of the Nordic skiing world championships after Japan won a gold in the mixed team ski jumping Sunday. The 16-year-old Takanashi teamed up with Yuki Ito and male jumpers Daiki Ito and Taku Takeuchi for Japan’s first gold ...

Feb 25, 2013

Japan leads Nordic combined event at worlds

Japan took the lead after the first half of the Nordic combined team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on Sunday. The team of Akito and Yoshito Watabe, Yusuke Minato and Taihei Kato surged into the lead in the jumping portion on ...

Feb 24, 2013

Takanashi grabs silver at worlds

Overall ski jumping World Cup champion Sara Takanashi fell just short in her bid for gold at the FIS World Nordic Ski Championships on Friday, taking a silver medal behind American rival Sarah Hendrickson. The 16-year-old Takanashi, coming off four consecutive World Cup wins, ...

Takanashi becomes youngest to claim overall World Cup title

Feb 19, 2013

Takanashi becomes youngest to claim overall World Cup title

Sara Takanashi became the youngest-ever winner of an overall World Cup skiing crown Sunday, claiming the women’s ski jumping title with her fourth consecutive victory and eighth of the season. The 16-year-old Takanashi marked 89.5 meters in the first round of jumps and followed ...

Feb 19, 2013

Hirscher delivers gold for Austria

Austrian star Marcel Hirscher lived up to the expectations of the medal-hungry public in this ski-mad country by winning the men’s world slalom in dramatic fashion on Sunday. In what was a perfectly choreographed finish to the two-week world ski championships, Hirscher followed up ...

Feb 18, 2013

Takanashi moves step closer to title

Sara Takanashi edged closer to the overall women’s ski jumping World Cup title Saturday with her third consecutive victory and seventh of the season. The 16-year-old Takanashi posted the day’s longest jump of 88.5 meters in the first round and followed up with an ...

Feb 17, 2013

Uemura third in Sochi test run

Aiko Uemura finished third in the women’s moguls Friday in a World Cup Olympic test event at the venue for the 2014 Winter Games. It was Uemura’s second podium finish of the campaign following the season-opening competition in the dual moguls in Ruka, Finland, ...

Feb 16, 2013

Hiraoka claims first World Cup win

Taku Hiraoka won a halfpipe snowboarding competition on Thursday to claim his first World Cup title at a test event for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The 17-year-old Hiraoka coasted into the semifinals in first and earned the highest score of 90.25 points in ...

Feb 15, 2013

Takeuchi earns runnerup supt in World Cup ski jumping

Ski jumper Taku Takeuchi claimed a personal World Cup best with his second-place finish at a meet in Germany on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Takeuchi, whose only previous podium finish came at Innsbruck in January 2012, landed jumps of 133.5 and 130.5 meters to score ...