France24 (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Germany's Maria Riesch won the World Cup women's slalom here on Saturday, edging out US rival Lindsey Vonn and Finland's Tanja Poutiainen. The win was Riesch's sixth in the discipline - her first coming here in 2004 - and 12th career win overall. Champion in the discpline last season, Riesch was fastest down in the opening leg and held on to post a winning margin of 0.08sec on personal friend but...
BBC SPORT - Olympics 2008 blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
We're now less than 100 days away from the 2010 Winter Olympics , which begin in the Canadian city of Vancouver on 12 February. As a member of our Olympics reporting team and an ice hockey commentator, I'll be in Vancouver (and Whistler) alongside Rob Hodgetts and Anna Thompson , covering the Games for the BBC Sport website. But the Games won't just emerge out of nothing. The world's top winter sports...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Soelden, Austria - Swiss veteran Didier Cuche of Switzerland emulated Tanja Poutiainen on Sunday when he captured victory in the season-opening men's alpine skiing World Cup race. Cuche, 35, took the giant slalom top spot in 2 minutes 21.45 seconds, ...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Tanja Poutiainen of Finland won the opening race of the ski season Saturday, edging Kathrin Zettel of Austria by 0.01 seconds in the giant slalom on the Rettenbach glacier.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Soelden, Austria - Tanja Poutiainen pipped Kathrin Zettel by one hundredth of a second for victory in the alpine ski season-opener in which hosts Austria also had to swallow a season-ending knee injury of Nicole Hosp. Hosp, 25, fell halfway through t...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Tanja Poutiainen of Finland won the opening race of the ski season Saturday, edging Kathrin Zettel of Austria by 0.01 second ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Soelden, Austria - Tanja Poutiainen pipped Kathrin Zettel by one hundredth of a second for victory in the alpine ski season-opener in which hosts Austria also had to swallow a likely season-ending knee injury from Nicole Hosp. Hosp, 25, fell halfway ...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Tanja Poutiainen of Finland has won the opening race of the ski season, taking the giant slalom title on the Rettenbach glacier by just one one-hundreth of a second.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Tanja Poutiainen of Finland has won the opening race of the ski season, taking the giant slalom title on the Rettenbach glacier by just one one-hundreth of a second.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Soelden, Austria - Tanja Poutiainen pipped Kathrin Zettel by one hundredth of a second for victory in the alpine ski season-opener in which hosts Austria also had to swallow a grave knee injury from Nicole Hosp. Hosp, 25, fell halfway through the fir...
First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine (Free subscription) | 03/16/2009
Are, Sweden - First run leader Tina Maze of Slovenia held on for the win in the women's final giant slalom of the season. Finland's Tanja Poutiainen finished second to take the GS title, overtaking leader Austrian Kathrin Zettel by seven points as the finale of the Audi FIS World Cup Finals in Sweden. American Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) finished 17th.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 03/14/2009
ARE, Sweden (Reuters) - Slovenia's Tina Maze won the final women's race of the Alpine skiing World Cup season on Saturday while Finland's Tanja Poutiainen took the giant slalom title.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
MARIBOR, Slovenia, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- German star Maria Riesch sped to her fourth straight World Cup slalom victory Sunday in Maribor, Slovenia. Riesch, the overall cup points leader, came in ahead of Austrian Kathrin Zettel, who was second, and Finland's Tanja Poutiainen who came in third. Lindsey Vonn of Vail, Colo., finished in a fourth-place tie with Anja Paerson of Sweden. Riesch is 85 points ahead...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 12/13/2008
Lindsey Vonn was disqualified for running off the course and Tanja Poutiainen of Finland won the giant slalom on Saturday, overtaking ...
Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 12/13/2008
Tanja Poutiainen staked her claim as the best giant slalom specialist this season when she converted two second places into victory at last in La Molina on Saturday....
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