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Audi FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill Training

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Didier Cuche, Bode Miller, Aksel Lund Svindal, Adrien Theaux, Johan Clarey

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Audi FIS World Cup - Men's Super Combined

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Romed Baumann, Alexis Pinturault, Beat Feuz, Adrien Theaux, Ivica Kostelic

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Audi FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill Training

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Didier Cuche, Beat Feuz, Adrien Theaux, Sebastien Pichot, Guillermo Fayed

Miller moves into lead in downhill standings

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BORMIO, Italy — Ted Ligety owns a solid lead in the giant slalom standings and Bode Miller just earned the red bib in downhill. With both Americans in the mix for the overall World Cup title, U.S. men’s coach Sasha Rearick is satisfied heading into the circuit’s short New Year’s holiday. “We’ve got two guys in red bibs and two guys in there for the overall, so that’s pretty good,” Rearick said Thursday after Miller finished fifth behind Swiss winner Didier Defago on the demanding Stelvio...Read Full Story

Injured Olympic ski champion Defago vows return

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Olympic downhill champion Didier Defago vowed on Sunday to return to competitive skiing after doctors who operated on torn knee ligaments confirmed that he would miss the full World Cup season. Doctors at La Tour hospital at Meyrin, near the Swiss city of Geneva , said they were pleased with the 32 year-old's progress after surgery on Friday, aiming to get him race-fit in about a year. "My athlete's instinct is still there," the Swiss skier told journalists. "I still have aims in my sporting...Read Full Story

Defago targets super-G gold as Plushenko row rages

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Didier Defago attempts to add super-G gold to his downhill title at the Winter Olympics on Friday as Yevgeny Plushenko's failure to defend his figure skating title sparked a furious backlash in Russia. As day eight of the Vancouver Games gets underway, the United States tops the medal table with six gold, ahead of Germany on four, with South Korea, Switzerland, Norway and Canada each having three. Defago could give the Swiss more to cheer, with regaled teammates Didier Cuche and Carlo Janka...Read Full Story

Defago captures gold in men's downhill

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WHISTLER (Reuters) - Switzerland's Didier Defago left his more fancied team mates in the shade to win the showcase men's Olympic Alpine skiing downhill on Monday. Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal took the silver medal with American showman Bode Miller ripping down the gleaming Dave Murray piste for bronze on a day when the big pre-race favorites ended up as also-rans. With team mates Didier Cuche and Carlo Janka failing to match his time, Defago became the first Swiss to win a men's Olympic Alpine...Read Full Story

Defago restores downhill gold to Switzerland

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Didier Defago broke a two-decade Swiss drought with gold in the Olympic downhill Monday and American Bode Miller broke his personal streak of major championship mishaps by taking the bronze. Defago sped down the Dave Murray course in 1 minute, 54.31 seconds to match countryman Pirmin Zurbriggen's feat at the 1988 Calgary Games — the last time a Swiss man had won an Olympic medal. While teammate and pre-race favorite Didier Cuche was still to ski, Defago was already aware he had laid down a...Read Full Story

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Olympic champion Didier Defago wins World Cup downhill in Bormio; Guay fourth...

BORMIO, Italy - Olympic champion Didier Defago won a gruelling World Cup downhill on the bumpy Stelvio course Thursday while Canadian Erik Guay just missed the podium with a fourth-place finish. Defago had a nearly flawless run and clocked a time of two ...

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Bode Miller finishes 5th to lead downhill standings; Didier Defago wins WCup...

Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway finished sixth and reclaimed the lead in the overall World Cup standings from Marcel Hirscher of Austria, a technical specialist who does not race downhill. Svindal leads Hirscher by 31 points, with Ligety third ...

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LEAD: Cuche storms to record fifth Kitzbuehel downhill win

I can live with the lost record. Didier was sensational in the lower part of the course,' Klammer said. Cuche's victory continued a Swiss winning run at the Streif, with the 2009 race going to Didier Defago. It was Cuche's second win in the World Cup this ...

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Two Swiss Win the Final Race of 2011

Didier Defago of Switzerland claims Downhill gold at World Cup while his compatriot Patrick Kueng finishes the second. Switzerland's Didier Defago speeds down the course on his way to win the World Cup downhill December 29th, 2011. [Photo: CFP] Olympic ...

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Olympic Alpine Skiing Schedule 2010

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February 13 11:45 AM Alpine Skiing - Men's Downhill (Medal Event)
February 14 12:45 PM Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Super Combined Downhill
February 14 1:45 PM Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Super Combined Slalom (Medal Event)
February 16 2:45 PM Alpine Skiing - Men's Super Combined Downhill
February 16 3:45 PM Alpine Skiing - Men's Super Combined Slalom (Medal Event)
February 17 4:45 PM Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Downhill (Medal Event)
February 19 5:45 PM Alpine Skiing - Men's Super - G (Medal Event)
February 20 6:45 PM Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Super - G (Medal Event)
February 21 7:45 PM Alpine Skiing - Men's Giant Slalom 1st Run
February 21 8:45 PM Alpine Skiing - Men's Giant Slalom 2nd Run
February 24 9:45 PM Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Giant Slalom 1st Run
February 24 10:45 PM Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Giant Slalom 2nd Run (Medal Event)
February 26 11:45 PM Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Slalom 1st Run
February 26 12:45 AM Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Slalom 2nd Run (Medal Event)
February 27 1:45 AM Alpine Skiing - Men's Slalom 1st Run
February 27 2:45 AM Alpine Skiing - Men's Slalom 2nd Run (Medal Event)

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Didier Defago (born October 2, 1977) is an athlete from Switzerland who competes in alpine skiing. Find more Didier Defago news, pictures, and information here.

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