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Kostelic clinches World Cup overall title

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Silver medalist Croatia's Ivica Kostelic celebrates during the victory ceremony for the Men's Slalom during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in Whistler, Canada on February 27, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch 
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Published: March. 12, 2011 at 1:54 PM

KVITFJELL, Norway, March 12 (UPI) -- Croatia's Ivica Kostelic clinched the men's World Cup overall title with a 21st-place finish in Saturday's downhill event in Norway.

Michael Walchhofer of Austria won the event with a time of 1 minute, 45.92 seconds, but Kostelic was able to build his lead in the overall standings to 518 points over Didier Cuche of Switzerland.

Walchhofer continues to lead the downhill standings by 14 points over Cuche with one downhill remaining.

Austria's Klaus Kroell took second Saturday with a 1:46.05 and is in third in the season standings. Beat Feuz of Switzerland was second. Steve Nyman was the top American finisher in 20th place.

Topics: Didier Cuche, Ivica Kostelic
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