Double delight for Kroell, Rebensburg
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March 4, 2012, Sunday
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KLAUS Kroell narrowly won a men's World Cup downhill yesterday for his second straight victory on the Olympic course in Kvitfjell, Norway.
The Austrian shared a super-G victory with Beat Feuz of Switzerland on Friday but was alone atop the podium this time after finishing in one minute, 45.76 seconds. It was a close race again, though, as Kjetil Jansrud of Norway was just 0.02 seconds behind in second. His compatriot Aksel Lund Svindal was third, 0.48 behind the winner.
It was Kroell's sixth career World Cup win and meant he overtook the lead in the downhill standings from Swiss veteran Didier Cuche, who finished 10th. Kroell, 31, leads the discipline standings on 569 points, 48 points ahead of Cuche, with two downhill races left at the World Cup finals in Schladming, Austria.
In Ofterschwang, Germany, Olympic champion Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany won her second straight World Cup giant slalom yesterday, while overall leader Lindsey Vonn of the United States finished second.
Rebensburg's back-to-back wins in two days put her in a good position to retain her giant slalom title.
Tina Maze of Slovenia finished third and now trails Vonn in the overall by 494 points.
The Austrian shared a super-G victory with Beat Feuz of Switzerland on Friday but was alone atop the podium this time after finishing in one minute, 45.76 seconds. It was a close race again, though, as Kjetil Jansrud of Norway was just 0.02 seconds behind in second. His compatriot Aksel Lund Svindal was third, 0.48 behind the winner.
It was Kroell's sixth career World Cup win and meant he overtook the lead in the downhill standings from Swiss veteran Didier Cuche, who finished 10th. Kroell, 31, leads the discipline standings on 569 points, 48 points ahead of Cuche, with two downhill races left at the World Cup finals in Schladming, Austria.
In Ofterschwang, Germany, Olympic champion Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany won her second straight World Cup giant slalom yesterday, while overall leader Lindsey Vonn of the United States finished second.
Rebensburg's back-to-back wins in two days put her in a good position to retain her giant slalom title.
Tina Maze of Slovenia finished third and now trails Vonn in the overall by 494 points.
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