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Defago wins downhill in Bormio
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December 30, 2011, Friday
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OLYMPIC champion Didier Defago completed a brilliant return to form with victory in the World Cup downhill in Bormio, Italy, yesterday, his first win since his gold medal last year.
Sidelined by a knee injury for the whole of last season, Defago also ended a long Swiss jinx in the Italian resort since Pirmin Zurbriggen won at the 1985 world championships.
Defago led a Swiss one-two in two minutes and 1.81 seconds, ahead of Patrick Kueng, who was 0.29 seconds slower.
Pre-race favorite Klaus Kroell of Austria, impressive in training, had to settle for third place, 0.42 off the pace.
At 34, and after 15 years on the circuit, Defago has only won four World Cup races and four major downhills but all the ones that matter, Kitzbuehel, Wengen, Bormio and the Olympic title.
The skier from Morgins had shown he was not far off from his best level in the eight races he entered since the start of the winter, finishing ninth in the demanding Alta Badia giant slalom last week.
American Bode Miller finished fifth to take charge of the downhill World Cup standings and sixth-placed Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway returned to the top of the overall standings.
In Lienz, Marlies Schild of Austria continued her dominance in women's World Cup slalom skiing yesterday by comfortably winning her fourth straight race of the season. The Austrian had two flawless runs to finish in an aggregate 1 minute, 51.42 seconds and beat second-place Tina Maze of Slovenia by 0.79 seconds.
Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States, who started No. 40, posted the fastest time in the final run to finish 1.30 back in third for her best career result.
Sidelined by a knee injury for the whole of last season, Defago also ended a long Swiss jinx in the Italian resort since Pirmin Zurbriggen won at the 1985 world championships.
Defago led a Swiss one-two in two minutes and 1.81 seconds, ahead of Patrick Kueng, who was 0.29 seconds slower.
Pre-race favorite Klaus Kroell of Austria, impressive in training, had to settle for third place, 0.42 off the pace.
At 34, and after 15 years on the circuit, Defago has only won four World Cup races and four major downhills but all the ones that matter, Kitzbuehel, Wengen, Bormio and the Olympic title.
The skier from Morgins had shown he was not far off from his best level in the eight races he entered since the start of the winter, finishing ninth in the demanding Alta Badia giant slalom last week.
American Bode Miller finished fifth to take charge of the downhill World Cup standings and sixth-placed Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway returned to the top of the overall standings.
In Lienz, Marlies Schild of Austria continued her dominance in women's World Cup slalom skiing yesterday by comfortably winning her fourth straight race of the season. The Austrian had two flawless runs to finish in an aggregate 1 minute, 51.42 seconds and beat second-place Tina Maze of Slovenia by 0.79 seconds.
Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States, who started No. 40, posted the fastest time in the final run to finish 1.30 back in third for her best career result.
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