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Swiss Revenge At Kitzbuhel
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2011Swiss skier Didier Cuche took revenge for Kroell's win on Swiss snow by taking the win on Kitzbuhel's world famous Hahnenkamm this weekend. Kitzbuhel is seen by many ski racers as the epitome of the race season. A tough course that includes steeps, jumps, bumps and difficult bends is one of the bigg...
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Swiss Almost Dominate the Lauberhorn
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2011Wengen plays home to the Lauberhorn, one of the infamous downhill races of the season that includes a 40ft jump and has seen previous winner Bode Miller so exhausted by the end of the course he collapsed over the line into first place. The high speed course is the longest of the competition, one of ...
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Another World Cup Weekend
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2011This weekend was another busy one in the FIS World Cup calendar with the women racing in Alternmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, and the men racing in Adelboden, Switzerland. The weekend started off as expected with Lindsey Vonn taking the Saturday's downhill and last week's men's winner Ivica Kostlelic fo...
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It Was All Downhill At Bormio
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2010The last World Cup event of the 2010 took place earlier this week with Michael Walchhofer becoming the first skier of the season to win three downhill races. Bormio's Stelvio piste made for an exciting race with the top three separated by less than half a second. Austrian Walchhofer took the win by ...
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Courchevel Crashes
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010Courchevel hosted their first World Cup event in 31 years and there was plenty of drama to mark the occasion. Championship leaders Lindsey Vonn and Maria Riesch both failed to finish the course that had been bemoaned for it's difficulty.There had been complaints that the gates were too tight for the...