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Alpine skiing: Very Gut downhill victory

Lara Gut celebrated a home snow victory on Saturday. The Swiss Olympic Bronze medallist recovered from a slow start to master the bottom half of the

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Ski jumping: Prevc soars to morale-boosting Sapporo win

Slovenia’s Peter Prevc won his first World Cup ski jump event of the season and first in just under a year on Saturday.

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Dominik Paris shines in Kitzbuehel

Italy’s Dominik Paris produced a stunning performance to clinch his first career World Cup super-G in Kitzbuehel on Friday. Two years after his

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Vonn becomes the World Cup's most successful female skier

Lindsey Vonn’s skiing career reached new heights on Monday. The American became the most successful female in Alpine skiing World Cup history when

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Zakopane crowd in raptures as Kamil Stoch leaps to World Cup victory

Of good Stoch, that’s Kamil as the Pole delighted the home support in Zakopane with an imperious World Cup large hill victory. The two-time Olympic

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Vonn the bomb defies gravity and serious injury to equal the record of World Cup wins

Do up the boots and get on the piste, Vincent Menard is the euronews mountain guide. Welcome to gravity, our weekly round up from the world of

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Ski Jumping: Germany win second straight team event

Germany’s male ski jumpers won their second consecutive team event on Saturday after flying to victory in Zakopane, Poland. The quartet of Richard

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Neureuther tops slalom standings after Wengen win

Felix Neureuther was all smiles on top of the podium on Saturday after winning a World Cup slalom race in Wengen, Switzerland. The German was fifth

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Janka back to winning ways

Carlo Janka ended a four-year-victory drought by winning a World Cup super-combined event in front of a jubilant home crowd in Wengen, Switzerland

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Fanchini celebrates first World Cup win in over nine year

Italy’s Elena Fanchini upset the odds for a surprise World Cup downhill victory on home snow at Cortina d’Ampezzo. The 29-year-old bombed down the

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Ski jumping: Stefan Kraft continues winning streak

Stefan Kraft Stefan Kraft scored a victory in the Ski Jumping World Cup after the final round was cancelled. The Four-Hills tournament winner won the

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A winter's tale in the Land of the Rising Sun

Just two hours from Tokyo lie Japanese Alps, offering the promise of an exotic ski adventure. Powder snow, stunning slopes and monkeys in hot springs

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Traveller's diary: Winter in Japan

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Wester and Sildaru win Freestyle World Tour opener

The worlds best slopestyle skiers gathered in the Val Thorens for the first stop on the 2015 SFR Freestyle World Tour. After an excellent 2014

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Sunday surprise: Stefano Gross takes a very close slalom victory

Welcome to Gravity, our weekly programme dedicated to the world of alpine skiing. We were in for a surprise on Sunday (January 11) at the Adelboden

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Hirscher wins giant slalom in Adelboden

Austria’s Marcel Hirscher extended his lead at the top of this season’s standings with a convincing win over Alexis Pinturault at a giant slalom in

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Massive avalanche in South Tyrol engulfs 30 skiers

In Italy’s South Tyrol region an enormous avalanche engulfed a group of 30 skiers leaving one man dead and another seriously injured. The huge mass

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Hirscher wins third straight Zagreb slalom

Marcel Hirscher enjoyed a double success on Tuesday night after his slalom victory in Zagreb sent the Austrian to the top of the overall world cup

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Two US ski hopefuls die in Austrian avalanche

Team USA ski hopefuls Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle have died in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps while skiing close to their base near Soelden

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Mikaela Shiffrin crowned "Snow Queen" on the slopes in Zagreb

Welcome to the first Gravity of 2015 our weekly sports magazine dedicated to winter sports. There was just the one event this Sunday the Women’s