Intuition Can Be Explained Jul 3, 2008
Can t splain sump n to somebody who doesn t understand it ; my legs think faster than I do (Swedish alpine skiing champion Ingemar Stenmark). Skate where the puck. (Science Daily)
Sports in 2 Minutes (209) Mar 3, 2008
This was Miller s third downhill win of the season and the 31st World Cup victory of his career way behind Ingemar Stenmark s record total of 85. Miller became the fourth American winner at Kvitfjell since Tommy Moe won gold at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Bode matches U.S. record for World Cup wins Jan 14, 2008
Swedish legend Ingemar Stenmark won a record 86 World Cup races during his career. Didier Cuche of Switzerland was second, 0. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Sadly, Roost on way out Dec 6, 2007
In the 1980s, Swedish superstar Ingemar Stenmark, who had raced all over the world, declared Vail his favorite ski town. For lunch we would come down to the village and carry our skis to one of the racks out front of the restaurants and shops, reminding us of storefront hitching posts in cowboy movies. (Boston Globe)
Adding traction at Fila May 22, 2007
In the 1970s, Fila dominated tennis and skiing, outfitting two of the legends of those sports, Bjorn Borg and Ingemar Stenmark. It sponsored the U.S. Open tennis tournament for 22 years and introduced cotton rib gear to the sport. (Sunspot.net -- Business)
Alpine Skiing: Svindal and Hosp win world overall titles in final races Mar 19, 2007
"You have to be very consistent to win this now," said Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden, the most successful World Cup racer of all time, who watched Svindal on Sunday. "He's heavy and tall, and I think that's important, too.". (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Alpine Skiing: Czech stops Paerson in quest for record Feb 17, 2007
Swedes have been especially fond of slalom since Ingemar Stenmark dominated the event in the 1970s and 1980s. Paerson, 25, could still collect her record fourth gold in the team event, but that is a new race format (introduced at the previous world championships two years ago), and it is unclear whether the fans and historians will consider it a true gold medal. (International Herald Tribune)
Hosp wins giant slalom for Austria Feb 14, 2007
Whatever happens next, she will leave Are as Sweden's most decorated skier ahead of such great names as Ingemar Stenmark and Pernilla Wiberg. "I would have loved to win another gold but I can't really say I'm disappointed," said Paerson, who had started her campaign with victories in the super-G and the super-combined. (CNN -- International)
Alpine Skiing: Hosp wins as Paerson tumbles Feb 14, 2007
The Swedes have loved the technical events, giant slalom and slalom, since Ingemar Stenmark became so good at them in the early 1980s that the International Ski Federation introduced an entirely new speed discipline, the super- G, to undercut his dominance of the overall classification, which adds together points won in all the disciplines. Sweden already has five medals in Are, from three different racers, and its single strongest squad the men's slalom skiers doesn't even hit the race... (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
At 37, a Swede's long wait ends Feb 13, 2007
It took a special doggedness for any man to pursue downhill glory in a country where the great Ingemar Stenmark, with a record 86 World Cup race wins in the 1970s and 1980s, made the turnier technical disciplines cool. Today in Sports. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Mancuso and Paerson add to their medal hauls Feb 10, 2007
That's even more than Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark, who shares the Arctic hometown of Tarnaby with Paerson. Paerson now has world championship titles in four of the five disciplines, and is only missing a downhill gold to complete the set. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Paerson wins women's combined gold medal Feb 10, 2007
That's even more than Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark, who collected seven major championship medals, including two Olympic and three world titles. "For me, it's just putting my name next to [Kjetil Andre] Aamodt, Ingemar and Pernilla [Wiberg]. They are great skiers. They are my idols," said Paerson, who comes from Tarnaby in northern Sweden -- the same Arctic town as Stenmark. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
• Morning Tipoff Feb 3, 2007
From 1D: Skier Steve Mahre, twin brother of World Cup overall champion Phil Mahre, became the first American man to win a gold medal in Olympic or world championship competition when he edged Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark by 0. 51 seconds in the giant slalom. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Alpine Skiing: Austrian loses one antagonist but gains another Feb 1, 2007
This year they are in Are, Sweden, about 500 kilometers, or 300 miles, south of Tarnaby, the Lapland village of 550 that blessed the World Cup circuit with Ingemar Stenmark and Anja Paerson before it revealed Byggmark this season (until this winter, Byggmark had participated in no more than four World Cup races). Raich will not compete in the race Saturday; given a chance, he might have earned a start position in the super-G, but he was so busy training for this last week's string of three... (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Bode still eyes slalom at worlds Jan 29, 2007
The 21-year-old Swede won back-to-back slaloms in Kitzbuehel, pocketed $173,000 in prize money and will have his name painted on one of the gondolas that ride up the majestic Hahnenkamm, joining past Kitzbuehel champions Jean-Claude Killy, Alberto Tomba, Franz Klammer, Hermann Maier and Byggmark's idol and countryman Ingemar Stenmark. Fifth after the opening leg, Byggmark delivered a superb second effort to win with a combined time of 1 minute, 44. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Skiing: Crash can't keep American down Jan 29, 2007
Byggmark, a cherub-faced Laplander from the same tiny village as Ingemar Stenmark, the career leader in World Cup wins with 86, was overwhelmed by the prizes and attention that came with winning at the most celebrated site on the circuit. "I have no idea what this will lead to; it's really hard to describe," said Byggmark, who was overcome by apparently uncontrollable fits of giggling after each of his victories. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Goetschl leads women's World Cup downhill training Jan 17, 2007
Ingemar Stenmark won eight times in Madonna di Campiglio. Cortina is the premier stop on the women's circuit. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
