Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA (GenevaLunch) - Swiss Graubuenden skier Carl Janka pulled off the unusual feat of winning three events in one weekend at Beaver Creek, adding the giant slalom event Sunday to his Friday and Saturday downhill and super combined wins. The 23-year-old was bowed to by the last man to take three World Cup races in a row, Aksel Lund Svindal, who did it 2.5 years ago.
Sestrières, Italy (GenevaLunch) - Didier Cuche struck another blow for the veterans by winning the Giant Slalom at Sestrières. At the age of 34 years and six months he is the oldest skier to win a World Cup giant. He also won the Super-G at the recent World Championships and took silver in the downhill. Austrians took the next three places.
Val d’Isere, France (GenevaLunch) – Carlo Janka added another gold medal to the Swiss collection when he dominated the Giant Slalom today.
Adelboden, Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – It was a disappointing weekend for Swiss skiers despite the support of 37,000 spectators at Adelboden, Bern.
Val d’Isere, France (GenevaLunch) – Carlos Janka scored the first Swiss giant slalom victory since 2003 when he won on the difficult Bellevarde course.
