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Two-time Olympian Scott Macartney has decided to retire from ski racing after a 12-year career with the national team. The 32-year-old of Crystal Mountain, Wash., says hip, knee and head injuries over the past few seasons were simply his body's way of "telling me it was time." Macartney, a speed specialist, started 98 World Cup races in his career and had two podium finishes.

Emil Jonsson of Sweden won a men's 1.2-kilometer cross country World Cup sprint Thursday, and Andrew Newell of the U.S. placed third 2 seconds back. Jonsson finished in 2 minutes, 57.9 seconds to become the first non-Norwegian to win the men's sprint in Drammen, Norway, which held its inaugural race in 2003.

Alpine skier Heath Calhoun will carry the flag for the U.S. Paralympic Team at the opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Games. The U.S. Olympic Committee announced the selection of the Iraq war veteran from Bristol, Tenn., on Thursday. The opening ceremonies will be held Friday in Vancouver. Calhoun lost both legs above the knee while serving as a squad leader for the 101st Airborne Division.

The international luge federation has set up a donation campaign to help the family of Nodar Kumaritashvili.

Lindsey Vonn crashed and bruised her right knee during the World Cup giant slalom Thursday, but is expected to compete Friday in the super-G in an attempt to win her third straight overall title. Vonn fell in first run of the giant slalom when her skis locked, she spun in the air and crashed into the safety netting.

Canadian silver medalist Vaughn Chipeur, who finished 23rd at the Vancouver Olympics, has withdrawn from the World Figure Skating Championships with a right foot injury. He will be replaced by Kevin Reynolds. Chipeur has been bothered by the foot problem all season. An MRI exam after the Olympics revealed a ligament on the outside of his foot has torn away from the bone and may require surgery.

Lindsey Vonn may have crashed in the giant slalom Thursday, but she got some good news after the race. The International Skiing Federation confirmed Vonn as the super-combined World Cup champion. She already had secured the downhill and super-G titles. Vonn sealed the super-combined title when the third race of the season in the event was canceled because of bad weather last week in Crans-Montana,...

Olympic silver medalist Tina Maze of Slovenia won the final giant slalom race of the season Thursday and Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany clinched the World Cup title in the event by finishing second. Maria Riesch of Germany placed third to cut Lindsey Vonn's overall World Cup lead to 165 points with two races remaining.

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press Writer

Erik Guay of Canada produced a daring run to win the final race of the season Thursday and claim a World Cup title in the super-G. Guay became the first Canadian to win a crystal globe since Steve Podborski in 1982. Guay went into the race in third place, but his blistering run as snow fell on the Kandahar course gave him the title.

Erik Guay of Canada produced a daring run on Thursday to win the final super-G race of the season and claim the World Cup title. Coming off a super-G victory on Sunday in Kvitfjell, Norway, Guay went into the race in third place but a blistering run down the Kandahar course earned him the title. "I didn't think it would happen today, I was so far behind," Guay said, after winning his...

* Polish cross-country skier tested positive in Vancouver

Pyeongchang has submitted its 2018 application file to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with South Korea still basking in glory from the Vancouver Games.

The stick and glove Sidney Crosby used to give Canada its Olympic gold medal are back where they belong. Crosby's missing gear was on its way to the Pittsburgh Penguins star on Wednesday. Hockey Canada says the gear was misplaced rather than stolen, with both items ending up in the wrong place in the process of packing and shipping equipment after the Olympic final.

The stick and glove Sidney Crosby used to give Canada its Olympic gold medal are back where they belong.

With the arithmetic clearly in her favor, Lindsey Vonn is closing in on a third straight overall World Cup title after finishing second to Maria Riesch on Wednesday in the season's final downhill. Three races remain and Vonn holds a commanding 225-point lead over Riesch, her good friend and rival.

An Olympic mystery was solved on Wednesday when officials said they had located the stick Sidney Crosby used to win the men's hockey gold medal for Canada at the Vancouver Games.

The U.S. Olympic team will prepare and train for the 2012 London Games at a university complex near the athletes' village. The University of East London announced Wednesday that about 600 U.S. athletes and 500 support staff will use its campuses, gyms and sports facilities, including a new $26.8 million indoor sports center that is expected to open next year.

Former Olympic ski jump champion Toni Innauer has left the Austrian ski federation after 17 years as sport director for ski jumping and Nordic combined. The 51-year-old Innauer, who won gold at the 1980 Lake Placed Games and silver four years earlier in Innsbruck, said Wednesday that he got "several offers" but that he won't join a foreign ski federation for at least the next year.

British athletes have been given a goal of winning at least 10 medals at the European Championships to keep the country on track for fourth place at the London 2012 Olympics. Funding body UK Sport wants Britain to finish fourth in the medal table for a second straight Summer Games and says athletes could win as many as 15 at the July 26-Aug.