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Didier Cuche wins World Cup super-G

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Didier Cuche of Switzerland won a men's World Cup super-G race on Friday for his third victory of the season and 12th overall. Cuche finished the 2,260-meter Streifalm course in 1 minute, 17.94 seconds. Austria's Michael Walchhofer was 0.28 seconds back, and teammate Georg Streitberger another 0.01 behind. "It took a long time, but I really enjoy winning here," said Cuche, who became the first Swiss skier to win a super-G in Kitzbuehel. "I got that good feeling from the start of the season...Read Full Story

Janka returns to Val d'Isere in best form of his life

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Swiss tyro Carlo Janka returns here for a three-day World Cup event starting Friday in the best form of his life and onto an unforgiving slope which he has admitted to relishing. The 23-year-old Janka became the first man since 2007 to win three consecutive alpine men's World Cup ski races when he won the giant slalom on the Birds of Prey course at Beaver Creek last weekend to add to his earlier victories in downhill and super combined. Tellingly it was the last North American elite race...Read Full Story

With Miller sidelined, Ligety leads US men in GS

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Ted Ligety posted a blazing second run on Sunday to grab 10th place in a World Cup giant slalom in the French Alps that Bode Miller skipped to protect an ankle he injured playing volleyball. Ligety made several crucial errors that cost him more than 2 seconds in the morning run on the icy Face de Bellevarde course, but stormed back to post the second run's best time, 1 minute, 9.86 seconds, and finish 0.83 seconds away from a second podium-finish in as many days. Marcel Hirscher claimed his...Read Full Story

Cuche breaks thumb, Olympics could be in doubt

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Olympic medal contender Didier Cuche broke his right thumb Friday during a World Cup giant slalom, putting his participation at the Vancouver Games in doubt. The Swiss ski federation said Cuche traveled back to Switzerland and will have surgery in Zurich on Saturday. In his second run, Cuche hit the second-to-last gate with his right ski, fell and slid over the finish line. "More details regarding possible consequences for participation at the Olympic Winter Games will be available after the...Read Full Story

Cuche wins World Cup downhill on Streif

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Didier Cuche of Switzerland won a men's World Cup downhill on the Streif course on Saturday, one day after winning a super-G race. Cuche sped down the 3,312 meter-course in 1 minute, 53.74 seconds for his fourth win of the season. It was the 35-year-old Swiss skier's third victory at the classic downhill race after winning in 1998 and 2008. Bode Miller was the fastest American finishing ninth, trailing Cuche by 1.16 seconds. Cuche became only the third skier after Austrian greats Hermann...Read Full Story
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