Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Zagreb, February 17 (CP) – Croatia’s top skier Ivica Kostelic came in second in the first ever FIS World Cup slalom race on his home turf at Mt. Sljeme overlooking Zagreb on Sunday, with Austria’s Mario Matt winning.
Kostelic was second in the first race, but Mario Matt was better than him in the second run, […]
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Zagreb, February 17 (CP) – Apart from two official World Cup ski races, Zagreb’s Mt. Sljeme is to host a humanitarian race on Sunday afternoon in which world skiing legends like Janica Kostelic, Ingemar Stenmark and Alberto Tomba are to ski in a bid to raise money for charity.
The race has been organised as part […]
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Zagreb, February 17 (CP) - The two men who contacted the alert centre in the early hours of Saturday, claiming they lost their way on Mt. Sljeme overlooking Zagreb, have been found safe and well in their beds.
After the seek and rescue mission was lauched, the service operators checked the two men’s home addressed, just […]
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Zagreb, February 17 (CP) – The start list of the Men’s World Cup slalom race taking place on Sunday morning at Zagreb’s Mt. Sljeme was revealed on Saturday evening with local favourite Ivica Kostelic setting off as no. 14.
The start number draw for Saturday’s Men’s Slalom World Cup FIS event that lined up the 15 […]
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Zagreb, February 17 (CP) – The two men that had contacted the local alert centre in Zagreb in the early hours of Saturday claiming they had lost their way on Mt. Sljeme overlooking Croatia’s capital Zagreb have as yet not been located.
One of the two men contacted the 112 local alert service about half an […]
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
Zagreb, February 15 (CP) – Finnish ski champion Tanja Poutiainen has won the women’s slalom race held at Croatia’s Mt. Sljeme near the capital of Zagreb, while Austria’s Marilies Schield came in second and Slovakia’s Veronika Zuzulova third.
Croatian skiers Ana Jelusic and Sofija Novoselic had dropped out of the race in the first run and […]
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Zagreb, February 14 (CP) – Everything is ready for the Snow Queen trophy women’s slalom race that is to take place at Mt. Sljeme on Friday with some 65 skiers taking part.
Some 18 TV stations are to cover the event live. Croatia’s Ana Jelusic is to be the ninth to start, while Sweden’s Theresse Borssen […]
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