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Boštjan Kline is the latest addition to the list of Slovenian winners at World Cup skiing races. Six years after becoming the Junior World Champion, Kline won the downhill race in Kvitfjell. “Wonderful! I skied well and I did everything I had to do. This is one of the best days in my career,” said the 25-year-old Kline, who had ...

St. Moritz, 12 February – Slovenian skier Ilka Štuhec took downhill gold at the World Championships in St. Moritz, winning Sunday’s race ahead of Austria’s Stephanie Venier and US skier Lindsey Vonn. Štuhec’s victory came as no surprise, as the 26-year-old had rocketed to the top of this season’s downhill World Cup rankings with three victories in December. The downhill ...

The Slovenian handball team has won a historic bronze at the world championship in France after defeating Croatia with 31:30 in a match for third place. And what a way to win! Slovenians had fallen behind by eight goals in the 40th minute (16:24) after a weak first half-time (13:18) and it seemed the match was a done deal. However, ...

Slovenian handball players repeated their success from four years ago, and after winning against Qatar with 32:30 qualified for the semi-finals of the World Championship against the host team, France. Slovenia gave an extraordinary team performance in Paris – dedicated, brave, and above all efficient. Jure Dolenec (five goals) was declared the best player of the match. Especially the Slovenian ...

Filip Flisar continued his winning streak, taking home a win at the second ski cross competition in Innichen, Italy. He is now second in the overall standings. The 29-year-old Maribor native showed an even more convincing performance than a day earlier; he ended up winning all four knockout rounds. In the round of 16 and in the semifinals, he won ...

Ilka Stuhec continued her outstanding form by winning a World Cup downhill race on Saturday for her fourth victory so far in a remarkable season. The 26-year-old Slovenian finished .28 seconds ahead of Austrian Cornelia Huetter and .32 clear of Italian Soffia Goggia — who is also enjoying a breakthrough season. Stuhec had never finished higher than fourth in a ...

At the next Ski Jumping World Cup meet at the end of this week Peter and Domen Prevc will be joined by Cene Prevc. Cene had his World Cup debut in 2014 in Planica. At the three-day Ski Jumping Continental Cup in Vikersund the 20-year-old Cene Prevc one twice and once even finished second. The Slovenian team has now decided ...

The Slovenian team at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games will be led by the sailor Vasilij Žbogar, who had already won two Olympic medals, and has been chosen as the flag bearer. The Slovenian Olympic Committee has announced their decision via Twitter. Žbogar is the only member of this year’s Olympic team who had already won an ...

Slovenian ice hockey superstar Anže Kopitar, who has become a new captain of his Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL), said he has been exceptionally honored with the title, adding that it also means great responsibility. The 28-year-old took the captaincy from Dustin Brown, who captained the team since 2008, to become the 14th captain in the ...

Slovenian handballers secured a place among the twelve teams that will compete at the Rio Olympics with a 33:17 win against Iran at the qualifying tournament in Malmo on Sunday. Having previously defeated Spain and lost to Sweden, Slovenia delivered a resounding win against underdogs Iran, which was only able to keep pace for the first 15 minutes of the ...