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Giovanni Franzoni won the prestigious Hahnenkamm downhill race in Kitzbuhel, Austria, forever etching his name into Alpine skiing history.
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland, Jan 30 (Reuters) - U.S. Alpine ski great Lindsey Vonn crashed out of the last women's World Cup downhill before the Milano Cortina Olympics on Friday, with the gold medal favourite in obvious discomfort as she got back on her skis.
Italian skier Franzoni adds Kitzbühel downhill win to his breakout season with home Olympics looming
Italian skier Giovanni Franzoni put another exclamation point to his breakout World Cup season by winning on the classic Streif course.
The Hahnenkamm downhill is the most prestigious annual Alpine skiing race.
Swiss Marco Odermatt is the world’s top-ranked super-G and giant slalom skier, but his first world championships medal, and gold medal, came in the downhill on Sunday. Odermatt, the 2022 Olympic GS champion who has no World Cup downhill wins, sped to ...
Aksel Lund Svindal won the men's downhill Thursday, making the 35-year-old Norwegian the oldest Olympic gold medalist in Alpine skiing. Svindal was 0.12 seconds faster than Norway teammate Kjetil Jansrud down the 1 4/5-mile (2.9-kilometer) course at Jeongseon.