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| Mancuso Wins as USA 1-2-4 in Austria | 15/01/2007 16:57 |
| Image of Julia Mancuso: US Ski Team Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria (Ski Press)-Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Kildow - who were 1-2 a month ago in a downhill won by Kildow in France - finished 1-2 in a World Cup super combined race Sunday with Resi Stiegler finishing fourth for the best World Cup finish by U.S. women in history. Mancuso, who was third Saturday in the downhill, and Kildow... | |
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| Kearney Closes Out Deer Valley on Podium | 15/01/2007 16:42 |
| Park City, Utah (Ski Press)-Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT) ignored sub-zero temperatures Saturday night to finish third and lead four U.S. women into the final eight of a World Cup dual moguls event concluding the Chevrolet Freestyle International. Nate Roberts (Park City, UT) topped U.S. men, coming in sixth. Kearney's top-3 was the sixth podium - including four... | |
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| Ligety 10th as Miller Skis Out | 15/01/2007 16:30 |
| Wengen, Switzerland (Ski Press)-Olympic combined champion Ted Ligety fought his way through softening snow in the slalom phase of a World Cup super combined race Sunday to finish 10th while Bode Miller - second in the downhill - straddled a... | |
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| Jacobellis Takes Worlds, Wescott, Holland 2-3 | 15/01/2007 16:25 |
| Arosa, Switzerland (Ski Press)-Olympic silver medalist Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) defended her 2005 world title, taking gold Sunday in snowboardcross at the FIS Snowboard World Championships in Arosa. U.S. Snowboarding riders Seth Wescott (Carrabassett Valley, ME) and Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA) took silver and bronze in the men's SBX. Jason Smith (Basalt, CO) was eighth and... | |
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| Bode Back on Top, Wins Famed Lauberhorn | 13/01/2007 17:57 |
| Image: Wengen Wengen, Switzerland (Ski Press)-Bode Miller blazed through the longest downhill on the World Cup tour Saturday, leading at every checkpoint and hitting nearly 90 mph at one stretch to capture the 77th Lauberhorn, succeeding retired U.S. Ski Team speed legend and last year's winner, Daron Rahlves. Miller's 25th World Cup victory, his fourth this season, puts him... | |
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| Mancuso 3rd at Zauchensee | 13/01/2007 17:49 |
| Image: US Ski Team Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria (Ski Press)-Only a bobble at the bottom of her run cost Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) a possible World Cup downhill victory Saturday but she held on for third place behind Austrian great Renate Goetschl. Lindsey Kildow (Vail, CO) crashed on the upper part of the course, yet retained the World Cup DH points lead. Goetschl earned the 40th win of her career with... | |
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| Hurricane Hits Deer Valley Again | 13/01/2007 17:43 |
| Speedy Peterson Image: US Ski Team Park City, Utah (Ski Press)-In a dramatic finish, local hero Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (Boise, ID) stuck his five-twist, three-flip "Hurricane" jump Friday night in eight-degree weather to capture his second World Cup victory in 24 hours at the Chevrolet Freestyle International at Deer Valley Resort and take over the World Cup aerials points lead. | |
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| Freestyle Events in Lake Placid Canceled | 13/01/2007 17:38 |
| Lake Placid, NY (Ski Press)-Freestyle World Cup events scheduled for Jan. 19-20 in Lake Placid have been canceled because of unseasonable temperatures which prevented adequate snowmaking, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association and International Ski Federation announced Friday. Deer Valley... | |
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| Roberts, Bahrke Win Deer Valley Moguls | 13/01/2007 17:35 |
| Shannon Bahrke Image: US Ski Team Park City, Utah (Ski Press)-Hometown favorite and reigning moguls world champion Nate Roberts (Park City, UT) and Shannon Bahrke (Tahoe City, CA) - who won Olympic silver on the same hill in 2002, led a three-podium World Cup performance by U.S. skiers Thursday at the Chevrolet Freestyle International started in steady snowfall at Deer Valley Resort. Roberts won the men's event with 26.03 points a short time after Bahrke won the women's contest. Dave Babic (Washington, VT) was... | |
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| Speedy Lands Hurricane for Record Win | 13/01/2007 17:14 |
| Park City, Utah (Ski Press)-Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (Boise, ID) landed his patented "Hurricane" in a raging snowstorm Thursday night at Deer Valley Resort to set a new record score of 268.70 points for his first win in 16 months. It... | |
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