2007年12月04日(火) |
Beaver Creek: Swiss Albrecht wins again; Ligety 4th
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Beaver Creek: Swiss Albrecht wins again; Ligety 4th Somebody woke up the Swiss. Daniel Albrecht collected his second World Cup win in three days, and the fourth win for the Swiss this season, with a scintillating come from behind win in the Birds of Prey giant slalom. Having collected his first career win in the combined here Nov. 29, Albrecht unseated teammate and first run leader Didier Cuche ? nine years his senior ? for the win, while Austrian Mario Matt snuck in between for second place. American Ted Ligety had a strong day, to tie Italian GS Massimiliano Blardone for fourth place, and take over first in the World Cup Giant Slalom standings. - SkiRacing.com
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Podium Profile: Albrecht, Cuche on fire Switzerland was on fire Sunday, putting three racers on the podium. Daniel Albrecht got his second career win in the Beaver Creek GS today; Didier Cuche placed third again to top the overall standings; and Martina Schild got her first career win in the Lake Louise super G. - SkiRacing.com
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Reichelt leads Austrian sweep in super-G Hannes Reichelt leads an Austria sweep of the podium in the men's World Cup super-G at Beaver Creek with Mario Scheiber and Christoph Gruber second and third respectively. - Eurosport.yahoo.com
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Osterreicher dominieren den Super-G in Beaver Creek Die osterreichischen alpinen Skifahrer haben der Konkurrenz zum Abschluss der Weltcup-Rennen im US-Bundesstaat Colorado beim Super-G keine Chance gelassen. Hannes Reichelt siegte in 1:19,87 Minuten knapp vor seinen beiden Landsleuten Mario Scheiber (+0,02 Sekunden) und Christoph Gruber (+0,21 Sekunden). Vierter wurde der Schweizer Daniel Albrecht, der den gestrigen Riesenslalom fur sich entschieden hatte. Er setzte sich in der osterreichischen Phalanx fest und verwies mit Benni Raich und Michi Walchhofer zwei weitere Athleten aus der Ski-Nation auf die Range funf und sechs. - Ski2b.com
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Austrians pack SG leader board There is joy in Mudville. Make that Schlammville. The Austrian men's team, much maligned through the early portions of this 2008 World Cup season, emerged in no uncertain fashion Monday (Dec. 3), powering five skiers into the top six places of the delayed super G on the Beaver Creek Birds of Prey course. Hannes Reichelt got the win followed by Mario Scheiber and Christoph Gruber. The Austrians, long the dominant force on the World Cup had faced a distraught public at home, having produced just a single win and only four podiums total in the seven races preceding today's test. It was, as Benjamin Raich said, A national problem. Problem solved. - SkiRacing.com
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Report: Led Zep, Metallica For Bonnaroo Led Zeppelin will play its first U.S. show since July 24, 1977, this June at the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tenn., according to an email published in industry commentator Bob Lefsetz's newsletter. The report also says Metallica will headline the event. - Billboard.com
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Porsche racer, 1960s style Porsche has released more photos of the limited edition mid-engine Boxster RS 60 Spyder it plans to unveil at the 2007 Bologna auto show, which takes place December 7 to 15. - CNETNews.com
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Teddy row teacher leaves Sudan A British teacher convicted of insulting religion in Sudan by allowing her students to name a teddy bear "Mohammed" has left Khartoum on a flight home, the British Foreign Office said. - CNN.com
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Kosovo Compromise Impossible, EU Envoy Says The EU's representative in the troika mediating negotiations about the future status of Kosovo has said that, in his view, the talks have resulted in a dead end with no chance of reaching a compromise. - dw-world.de
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Leading article: Kyoto is a hard, but not impossible, act to follow The conference that opens today on the Indonesian island of Bali is one of the most important international gatherings of this year, perhaps the most important. Held under the aegis of the United Nations, it brings together representatives of 191 countries and its purpose is to start the process of agreeing a new treaty to carry on where the Kyoto Protocol on climate change leaves off in 2012. That the conference is taking place in Bali ? not only one of the most beautiful and welcoming of islands, but a place that would be among the first to feel the deleterious effects of climate change if the sea level rises ? should only underline for the delegates the seriousness of the task in hand. - Independent.co.uk
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Sweden probes porn viewing by police Swedish police have opened an internal investigation after a governing body accused 39 officers and police employees of surfing the Web for porn at work. - UPI.com
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Japan punches ticket to Beijing, routing Taiwan 10-2 in Asian qualifier Japan punched its ticket to the Beijing Olympics with its third straight victory in the Asian qualifying tournament, routing Taiwan 10-2 on Monday. Takahiro Arai drove in four runs for Japan, the 2006 World Baseball Classic champion. Yu Darvish went seven innings, giving up just three hits and two runs. - SportingNews.com
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