Germans Leitner, Resch win World Cup luge event Posted Nov 20 9:28p ET By Associated Press Germany's Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch clocked the fastest second run to win the men's doubles race at the season-opening luge World Cup in Calgary. Americans Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin finished eighth.
Skeleton: What to expect Posted Sep 2 4:54p ET By Lee Ann Gschwind Five of the six athletes Torino medalists are back to defend their Olympic hardware, but they'll have to fend off both familiar rivals and emerging challengers.
Canada, Germany rule Lake Placid Posted Nov 20 7:13p ET Canada's Mellisa Hollingsworth and Frank Rommel of Germany claimed top spots in Lake Placid on Friday, leaving the U.S. without a medal for the second straight week in a row in the 2009-10 Skeleton World Cup campaign.
Stiegler out for the season Posted Nov 20 2:37p ET By Greg Groggel U.S. Alpine racer Resi Stiegler will be out for the rest of the season following a training run crash on Nov. 19 at Copper Mountain, Colo. The 24-year-old hooked a gate at the bottom of Copper's giant slalom course and suffered a serious complex injury to her left leg which required surgery and will keep her from skiing for the rest of the season.
Already a world champ, Hamlin eyes Olympic gold Posted Nov 18 3:11p ET American singles slider Erin Hamlin ended Germany's 99-race winning streak when she won the 2009 World Championships in Lake Placid in February. She'll defend her title as the World Cup season gets underway in Calgary this week.
On eve of opener, Benshoof's chronic pain is back Posted Nov 19 7:25p ET Tony Benshoof, who was fourth in the 2006 Torino Games, wrote on his Twitter feed that he will have his back examined Friday -- just one day before he's scheduled to slide in luge's first men's World Cup event of the Olympic season.
Hays sees return to racing in 2 weeks Posted Nov 19 4:53p ET Olympic bobsled hopeful Todd Hays intends to be racing again in two weeks after recovering from a strained left hamstring.
Americans fall short in World Cup skeleton openers Posted Nov 13 2:46p ET Latvia's Martins Dukurs won the men's World Cup start to this Olympic season, finishing in 1 minute, 39.75 seconds on the 2002 Salt Lake City Games track. In the women's race, which was cut to one run because of heavy snow, Germany's Anja Huber prevailed by 0.14 seconds over Canada's Amy Gough.
Cross-country skiing: What to expect Posted Oct 23 11:50a ET By Ron Vaccaro With four medals in 20 Olympic Winter Games, the United States and Canada have not exactly dominated cross-country skiing. Although talented Europeans stand in the way, the 2010 Games could be a much different story.
