Austria&#39;s Michael Walchhofer surprising himself in downhill ...
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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. (CP) - Austria&#39;s Michael Walchhofer is surprising himself as he gets ready for the first World Cup downhill race of the season.
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A champion German paraglider said Friday she did not believe she would survive when she was lifted higher than Mount Everest by a thunderstorm in eastern Australia.
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SANTA CATERINA, Italy  - France's Ingrid Jacquemod  took a surprise victory in an Alpine skiing World Cup downhill  race on Friday.
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Michael Walchhofer takes the World Cup downhill event in Wengen, Switzerland on Saturday as American Bode Miller places third.
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LAKE LOUISE,  - American Lindey Kildow won the women&#39;s downhill, holding off France&#39;s Carole Montillet to claim the first World Cup victory of her career.
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Germany&#39;s Max Rauffer won a downhill Saturday for his first World Cup victory in a race in which all the favorites faired poorly.
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Liechtenstein's Marco Buechel overcame a broken rib to win the first downhill of the men's Alpine skiing World Cup season yesterday in Lake Louise, Alberta, and deny Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis a historic victory.
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Austria's Olympic champion Fritz Strobl upstaged teammate Hermann Maier and American Bode Miller in yesterday's second training session for this week's men's World Cup downhill race.
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Bode Miller narrowly avoided a high-speed collision with a course worker Friday to capture his first World Cup downhill victory in two years. Miller, who had the fastest time in the downhill leg of a super-combi the day before, charged down the Birds of Prey course in 1 minute, 46.15 seconds.
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BODE Miller earned his fourth win of the season when he and fellow American Daron Rahlves finished a first-ever 1-2 in a World Cup downhill today.
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WENGEN, Switzerland  - Michael Walchhofer won the  Wengen classic downhill World Cup race on Saturday, negotiating  the Lauberhorn's long and difficult slope in two minutes 27.05  seconds.
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KITZBUEHEL, Austria  - Bad weather in the Austrian  resort of Kitzbuehel appears to have damaged World Cup leader  Bode Miller's chances of matching one of Alpine skiing's  greatest records.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy -- Max Rauffer became the first German man in nearly 13 years to win a World Cup downhill Saturday in a race in which all the favorites fared poorly.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta -- American Lindsey Kildow has won the women&#39;s downhill in Canada - the first World Cup victory of her career.
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THE beauty of the downhill lies in its simplicity. It is man against mountain. That, and also the fact that, as Finlay Mickel says, &quot;you need some balls&quot; to take on the mountain at speeds touching 80mph.
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Austria&#39;s Johann Grugger passes a gate on his way to setting the fastest time during a training session for a World Cup men&#39;s downhill race in Bormio, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy - Bode Miller finished fourth Friday in a super-G while Michael Walchhofer led Austrians into the top-three places.