Kostelic Wins Downhill Gold at Worlds
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Ask Janica Kostelic about taking thyroid medication for the rest of her life, and she'll shrug it off. Her many knee operations? Whatever. Mention her gold medal in the combined, and she'll say she was happier finally flopping into bed that night.
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Bode Miller is one victory from tying Phil Mahre's United States record for World Cup wins. Miller, 30, earned his first World Cup gold since breaking away from the US Ski Team with a blazing run of 2 minutes 57 seconds in Saturday's downhill event in Bormio, Italy. The victory is Miller's 26th World Cup win.
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Lindsey Kildow of the United States won her first World Cup race yesterday, capturing the season's first downhill in 1 minute 23.44 seconds. The 20-year-old Kildow battled wind and swirling snow on a shortened men's Olympic downhill course.
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Bode Miller became the first American to win the men's downhill at a world championships Saturday, and teammate Daron Rahlves was runner-up in this signature event for an overpowering show by the U.S. team.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - American Bode Miller won  a men's World Cup Alpine skiing downhill on Friday for his  phenomenal fourth victory in five races.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - After winning Saturday downhill on Saturday, American Bode Miller decided to add more gold medal to his collection.
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Bode Miller blew his downhill lead by skiing off course in the slalom, allowing Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway to win a men's World Cup super-combi in Beaver Creek, Colo., yesterday .
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ASPEN, United States  - Croatian Janica Kostelic won a women&#39;s alpine World Cup slalom ahead of Sweden&#39;s Anja Paerson and Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen.
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ARE, Sweden  - Aksel Lund Svindal became the first Norwegian downhill world champion on Sunday with a golden run at the Alpine skiing world championships.
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Julia Mancuso won a downhill Saturday, moving closer to her ultimate goal of winning the overall World Cup title, and Renate Goetschl finished second to take the season's discipline title.
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Bode Miller of the United States clinched his first World Cup downhill title in six years in Lake Louise, Alberta of Canada on Saturday.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - American Alpine ski showman Bode Miller won a men's World Cup downhill on Friday to return to the top of the podium in front of his home fans.
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LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland  - Aksel Lund Svindal put himself in prime position to win the overall World Cup with a narrow victory in an incident-packed final downhill of the Alpine ski season on Wednesday.
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Croatia's Janica Kostelic failed to  finish the first leg of a World Cup slalom event held on her  home slope Thursday.
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Bode Miller, of the United States, is airborne as he speeds past a gate on his way to capture fourth place in a men&#39;s ski world cup downhill race at Val D&#39;Isere, France, Saturday, Dec, 11, 2004.
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Bode Miller won his fourth World Cup ski race this season and Daron Rahlves was second Friday -- the first 1-2 finish for the United States in the downhill.
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Bode Miller won the grueling Stelvio downhill Saturday in Bormio, Italy, for his first World Cup victory since breaking away from the United States ski team.