Women's Downhill Called Off
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VAL D'ISERE, France  - A women's World Cup  downhill race scheduled for Saturday in Val d'Isere was called  off because of gale force winds at the top of the  Oreiller-Killy piste, organizers said.
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The disqualification of women&#39;s Olympic shot-put champion Irina Korzhanenko came too late for New Zealand&#39;s Valerie Adams.
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Double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes has pulled out of the women&#39;s 800 metres scheduled for the second and final day of the world athletics final.
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The IRL Firestone Indy 200 was postponed last night at Gladeville, Tenn., and rescheduled for today, marking the first rainout in the IndyCar Series in seven years.
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Wet weather has forced the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one-day cricket series decider between Australia and New Zealand at the Gabba to be called off.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - A pair of Austrians prevented Bode Miller from claiming a place on the podium at the first European downhill of the men&#39;s alpine World Cup season.
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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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The blizzard which hit the east coast last night forced the cancellation of dog and horse racing from New York to Boston.
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Standing behind the first tee as the last group teed off at the LPGA Championship was Lisa Fernandes, the first alternate in the tournament who had more than a passing interest in Michelle Wie. Her hopes of playing ended when Wie teed off.
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Climbers heading out to Nepal have been asking about the situation in Kathmandu. There were some good news today: The Maoists have called off the blockade order over Katmandu, after six days of theoretical isolation from the rest of the country.
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The stretch of brilliant fall weather came to a drenching halt yesterday, and heavy rain forced an interruption to the Massachusetts Golf Association Mid-Amateur Championship at Blue Hill Country Club in Canton.
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Swiss skier Tamara Wolf suffered an ugly crash during a World Cup downhill Saturday and was airlifted to a local hospital.
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Starvation and loss of a period should alarm women in sports.
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ARE, Sweden  - Bad weather hit the showcase event at the world Alpine skiing championships on Saturday when the men's downhill had to be postponed because of poor visibility on the upper part of the course.
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GREAT Britain&#39;s Paula Radcliffe&#39;s dropped out of the Olympic Games women&#39;s 10,000m with eight laps still to go this morning having made a late decision to compete.
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Val dâIsere, France (Ski Press)-World Cup leader Bode Miller was off the podium for the first time in a speed race this season Saturday, but fattened his points in a downhill won by Austrian Werner Franz.
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VAL D&#39;ISERE, France - Bode Miller was disqualified Friday for wearing a giant slalom suit instead of downhill gear while finishing fifth in a World Cup training run.