UPDATE 1-Alpine skiing-Neureuther emulates father with Wengen win
* Neureuther follows father as Wengen winner * Hirscher increases World Cu p overall lead (Adds quotes) WENGEN, Switzerland, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Germany’s Felix Neureuther won the classic Wengen World Cup slalom on Sunday, 39 years on from his father Christian’s last victory there. Winner of the men’s parallel event at home in Munich on New Year’s Day, Neureuther skied a near-perfect second run to beat favourite and first leg winner Marcel Hirscher of Austria by 0.21 seconds. Croatia’s Ivica Kostelic, a four times winner of the slalom in the Swiss resort, was third and 0. …
ELLACLU100. La Clusaz (France), 20/01/2013.- Norway's (L-R) Martin Sundby, Didrik Toenseth, Sjur Roethe and Eldar Roenning celebrate after winning the men's 4×7,5km relay competition of the Cross Country Skiing World Cup in La Clusaz, France, 20 January 2013. EFE/EPA/EDDY LEMAISTRE
ELLACLU100. La Clusaz (France), 20/01/2013.- Norway's Sjur Roethe (front) crosses the finish line to win the men's 4×7,5km relay competition of the Cross Country Skiing World Cup in La Clusaz, France, 20 January 2013. In background second placed Marcus Hellner of Sweden. EFE/EPA/EDDY LEMAISTRE
PK110 LBH. Wengen (Schweiz Suisse Switzerland), 20/01/2013.- Felix Neureuther of Germany clears a gate during his second run of the men's slalom race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland, 20 January 2013. EFE/EPA/PETER KLAUNZER
PK110 LBH. Wengen (Schweiz Suisse Switzerland), 20/01/2013.- Felix Neureuther of Germany clears a gate during his second run of the men's slalom race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland, 20 January 2013. EFE/EPA/PETER KLAUNZER
INTERVIEW-Golf-No Lance Armstrongs in our sport, say top trio
ABU DHABI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Thomas Bjorn, Henrik Stenson and Richard Green, three leading figures on the European Tour, are united in their view that golf is free of doping. The trio, speaking after this week’s admission by American cyclist Lance Armstrong that he cheated his way to his seven Tour de France wins, believe their own sport is clean when it comes to performance-enhancing drugs. “I would find it very surprising if we encountered any enhancing drugs in golf,” twice former Ryder Cup player Stenson told Reuters in an interview on Sunday, the final day of the Abu Dhabi Championship. …
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