Cuche wins downhill marred by bad crash
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KITZBUEHEL, Austria  - Ten years after his first World Cup victory in Kitzbuehel, Swiss Didier Cuche won the most prestigious downhill of the men's season on the Streif on Saturday.
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American Daron Rahlves made his first serious attempt at skiing since a dramatic crash nine days ago, completing a men's training session Thursday ahead of the Hahnenkamm downhill this weekend.
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Aksel Lund Svindal became the first Norwegian to win the downhill gold medal at the Alpine world championships after defending champion Bode Miller was unable to hold an early lead.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Bode Miller put a poor start to the Alpine ski season firmly behind him by winning a men's World Cup downhill race on Friday.
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On a choppy course in Beaver Creek, Colo., Andre Myhrer never looked better. The 23-year-old Swede won a slalom for his first World Cup victory yesterday, preserving his lead during the second run on a deteriorated Birds of Prey slope.
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American Lindsey Kildow took the first World Cup downhill win in her career in Lake Louise, Alberta,Canada. Hailed as the bright young hope of American women&#39;s downhill, the 20
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Steve Nyman of the United States won a downhill Saturday for his first World Cup victory. Nyman covered the 2.1-mile Saslong course in 1 minute, 56.52 seconds. Didier Cuche of Switzerland was second, 0.02 seconds behind, and Fritz Strobl of Austria was third.
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. Grandi, who had never won in 12 years on the circuit before Sunday&#39;s victory in the Italian resort of Alta Badia, beat first-leg leader Didier Cuche of Switzerland by 0.15sec with a time of 2min 15.90sec.
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American Lindsey Kildow wins a World Cup downhill Saturday by a whopping 1.33 seconds over Austria's Renate Goetschl.
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LAKE LOUISE,  - American Lindey Kildow won the women&#39;s downhill, holding off France&#39;s Carole Montillet to claim the first World Cup victory of her career.
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Lindsey Kildow of the United States won her first World Cup race yesterday, capturing the season's first downhill in 1 minute 23.44 seconds. The 20-year-old Kildow battled wind and swirling snow on a shortened men's Olympic downhill course.
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Bode Miller became the first American to win the men's downhill at a world championships Saturday, and teammate Daron Rahlves was runner-up in this signature event for an overpowering show by the U.S. team.
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American skier Bryon Friedman broke his leg in two places in a downhill training crash yesterday.
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BORMIO, Italy  - Austria&#39;s Johann Grugger won the men&#39;s World Cup downhill, ahead of countrymen Michael Walchhofer and Fritz Strobl, for the first victory of his career.
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Austria&#39;s Johann Grugger passes a gate on his way to setting the fastest time during a training session for a World Cup men&#39;s downhill race in Bormio, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004.
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Winter sports Bode Miller was back on the World Cup podium yesterday for the first time since breaking away from the US Ski Team. Miller was second in a super-G and just missed a successful title defense, finishing 0.02 seconds behind Didier Cuche of Switzerland in Val Gardena, Italy. Miller's previous best finish in 11 races this season was fourth ...
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SANTA CATERINA, Italy  - Ingrid Jacquemod of  France claimed her maiden World Cup win with a shock victory in  Friday's rescheduled women's downhill.