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Sports News // 1 decade ago

Switzerland's Cuche wins downhill title

Swiss veteran Didier Cuche won the season title in the men's downhill Wednesday at the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup Finals in Switzerland.

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Switzerland's Feuz wins men's downhill

Switzerland's Beat Feuz won the men's downhill in Norway Friday for the first Alpine World Cup win of his career.

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Theaux, Cuche tops in downhill practice

France's Adrien Theaux turned in the fastest time in Friday's training run for the men's downhill at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Germany.

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Austria's Kroell wins Lauberhorn downhill

Austria's Klaus Kroell flew to a narrow win over Switzerland's Didier Cuche in Saturday's men's Lauberhorn downhill at Wengen, Switzerland.

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Walchhofer wins men's super-G in snowstorm

Austria's Michael Walchhofer moved into first place in the overall World Cup standings Friday with a win in the men's super-giant slalom at Val Gardena, Italy.

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Osborne-Paradis skis to super-G victory

Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis raced to a World Cup super-G win Sunday, edging Austria's Benjamin Raich at Lake Louise, British Columbia.

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Innerhofer takes downhill; Miller is 4th

Christof Innerhofer placed first and defending World Cup overall champion Bode Miller rallied to reach fourth place Sunday in a downhill race at Bormio, Italy.

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American benefits from Bode Miller mistake

A wave of mishaps, one of which struck superstar Bode Miller, left American Ted Ligety with the alpine combined Olympic gold medal Tuesday.

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Frenchman surprises in Olympic downhill

Antoine Deneriaz of France overcame a poor starting position Sunday to record an Olympic downhill victory that was as surprising as it was one-sided.

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Olympic Medal: Men's Downhill

Antoine Deneriaz of France became the surprise Olympic gold medal winner in the men's downhill Sunday. Michael Walchhofer of Austria earned the silver and Bruno Kernen of Switzerland took the bronze. Americans Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves finished fifth

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I knew I had a good chance to ski well here on this difficult course but I didn't expect such a success
Walchofer wins surprise gold at Worlds Feb 08, 2003

Michael Walchhofer (born 28 April 1975, in Radstadt) is an Austrian alpine ski racer. He started his career in slalom, but now participates in the downhill speed events. He won the silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the men's downhill event. He also participated in the combined event, but he did not finish the slalom portion. He became the first skier to win the Bormio Downhill three times with his victory on December 29, 2010.

18 total wins (13 downhill, 3 Super G, 2 combined)

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