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Kostelic wins Wengen super-combined event
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Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway came third, while Swiss skiers Beat Feuz and Silvan Zurbriggen finished in position 12 and 14 respectively after the short downhill and slalom competitions on Friday. Janka, the defending World Cup overall champion, was runner-up in the downhill race and finished eighth in the slalom. Kostelic was fifth in the…
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Kröll timed 2’31.28 in Saturday’s World Cup race in the Swiss resort of Wengen while the Cuche and the defending champion finished 0.14 and 0.39 seconds respectively behind him. “Winning the Lauberhorn race today would have been brilliant,” said 36-year-old Cuche. The only other Swiss skier to make it into the top 13 on Saturday…
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Martin Rufener, 51, said he would not renew his contract with Swiss Ski for next season, opting to work for a private aviation company instead. “With Martin Rufener we are losing a very competent boss,” Dierk Beisel, head of Swiss Ski’s competitive sport section said. “Martin took over the team during a very difficult time.…
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It’s the longest downhill race on the World Cup circuit, and requires hundreds of helpers from the army and civil defence to prepare the 4.5km long track. This gallery from our archive shows images from 2011 and the preparations needed to get ready for the event. (Pictures: Sebastian Stange, swissinfo.ch)
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