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Feuz edges Miller to grab 1st World Cup super-G win
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December 17, 2011, Saturday
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BEAT Feuz won his first World Cup super-G in Val Gardena in Italy, narrowly edging American veteran Bode Miller in a race characterized by shifting weather conditions.
The Swiss skier won in 1 minute, 21.51 seconds on the twisty and terrain-filled Saslong course. Miller finished second, 0.30 seconds behind, and Kjetil Jansrud of Norway was third, 0.44 back.
Miller was an early starter with the No. 8 bib and put down a near flawless run in decent, although snowy, conditions and watched as the top-ranked super-G racers, starting with Nos. 16 and 22, were slowed by poor visibility.
Just as the American was getting ready to celebrate, however, the snowfall and visibility lightened and Feuz led Miller at every checkpoint to clinch the second win of his career, having also won a downhill in Kvitfjell, Norway, at the end of last season.
Aksel Lund Svindal finished fourth to keep the overall World Cup lead, although Feuz now trails the Norwegian by only 24 points. Ted Ligety of the United States, who sat out the race, dropped to third, 75 points behind. Miller is fourth overall, 101 points behind.
The downhill is scheduled for the Saslong today, then the circuit moves across the Gardena pass to nearby Alta Badia for giant slalom and slalom races on Sunday and Monday.
Following a wave of unusually warm weather across Europe that forced races in Levi, Finland, and Val d'Isere, France, to be moved, this week's races are the first back in Europe since the season opener in Soelden, Austria, in October.
The Swiss skier won in 1 minute, 21.51 seconds on the twisty and terrain-filled Saslong course. Miller finished second, 0.30 seconds behind, and Kjetil Jansrud of Norway was third, 0.44 back.
Miller was an early starter with the No. 8 bib and put down a near flawless run in decent, although snowy, conditions and watched as the top-ranked super-G racers, starting with Nos. 16 and 22, were slowed by poor visibility.
Just as the American was getting ready to celebrate, however, the snowfall and visibility lightened and Feuz led Miller at every checkpoint to clinch the second win of his career, having also won a downhill in Kvitfjell, Norway, at the end of last season.
Aksel Lund Svindal finished fourth to keep the overall World Cup lead, although Feuz now trails the Norwegian by only 24 points. Ted Ligety of the United States, who sat out the race, dropped to third, 75 points behind. Miller is fourth overall, 101 points behind.
The downhill is scheduled for the Saslong today, then the circuit moves across the Gardena pass to nearby Alta Badia for giant slalom and slalom races on Sunday and Monday.
Following a wave of unusually warm weather across Europe that forced races in Levi, Finland, and Val d'Isere, France, to be moved, this week's races are the first back in Europe since the season opener in Soelden, Austria, in October.
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