Alpine Skiing: Johann Grugger Wins Chamonix Downhill
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CHAMONIX, France  - Johann Grugger threw down the  gauntlet to his more established opponents Saturday, winning  his second downhill in succession with a confident victory in  Chamonix.
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Austria&#39;s Werner Franz finally collected the maiden World Cup downhill victory of his career Saturday, becoming the first man to beat Bode Miller in the discipline this season.
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BORMIO, Italy Johann Grugger won his first World Cup race Wednesday, taking the downhill on the course that will host the upcoming world championships.
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On a choppy course in Beaver Creek, Colo., Andre Myhrer never looked better. The 23-year-old Swede won a slalom for his first World Cup victory yesterday, preserving his lead during the second run on a deteriorated Birds of Prey slope.
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WENGEN, Switzerland - Bode Miller won a downhill race yesterday on the Lauberhorn to match the American record of 27 World Cup wins.
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CHAMONIX, France  - Bode Miller, beaten in the last two World Cup downhills he entered, assuaged his disappointment by winning the Chamonix super-combined on Sunday.
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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany  - World champion Mario Matt of Austria won a World Cup slalom race on Sunday with two classy runs down a steep and difficult course.
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Austrian Stephan Goergl of Austria won a World Cup Super-G race, ending American Bode Miller&#39;s three-race winning streak Thurday in the Colorado Rockies.
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Hermann Maier won the giant slalom Thursday for his first gold medal at the Alpine Skiing World Championships since 1999, two years before he nearly lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.
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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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The way Antoine Deneriaz figures it, he was the fastest human on the course during yesterday&#39;s season-opening World Cup downhill at Lake Louise, Alta.
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Jean-Baptiste Grange of France won a World Cup slalom Saturday in Wengen, Switzerland, capturing his second victory in two days.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado - Stephan Goergl powered to victory in a World Cup super-G on Thursday, giving Austria its first win of the season.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Austrian Stephan Goergl  won his first World Cup Alpine ski race with victory in a  super-G on Thursday, pushing American favorite Bode Miller into  an unaccustomed second place.
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American Marco Sullivan wins the downhill in Chamonix, France, to claim his first World Cup victory on Saturday, while teammate Bode Miller finishes seventh.
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America&#39;s Bode Miller won the first downhill of his career to clinch the opening race of the season at Lake Louise in Canada. Miller, who also won the opening giant slalom, set a time of one minute 42.75 seconds
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - Switzerland's Didier Cuche clocked the best time in the first training run on Wednesday for Saturday's men's World Cup downhill race.