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SESTRIERE, Italy - Antoine Deneriaz of France, the last man out of the gate with a chance to win, pulled off a startling upset in the Olympic downhill to steal what seemed to be a sure gold medal from Michael Walchhofer of Austria.
Walchhofer settled for silver, 72-hundredths of a second behind the winner. Bruno Kernen of Switzerland was third.
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Antoine Deneriaz of France, the last man out of the gate with a chance to win, pulled off a startling upset in Olympic downhill skiing to steal what seemed to be a sure gold medal from Michael Walchhofer of Austria.
Walchhofer settled for silver, 72-hundredths of a second behind the winner. Bruno Kernen of Switzerland was third.
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...40-43, 56-68. . (47.) Antoine Kernen, "Surviving Reform in Shenyang--New Poverty...
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It wasn't Bode Miller. Or Daron Rahlves. Or any American for that matter. Antoine Deneriaz, a 29-year-old Frenchman, conquered the men's downhill course Sunday, skiing from 30th position to the gold- medal stand to capture the premier Alpine event of the Turin Olympics in stirring fashion.
Silver medalist Michael Walchhofer of Austria appeared poised for gold until Deneriaz, the last starter among the top 30 skiers, sped down the course in 1 minute, 48.8 seconds, .72 ahead of Walchhofer and 1.02 ahead of bronze medalist Bruno Kernen of Switzerland.
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Medals table
At Turin, Italy
...ALPINE SKIING. Men's downhill. GOLD-Antoine Deneriaz, France. SILVER-Michael Walchhofer, Austrria. BRONZE-Bruno Kernen, Switzerland. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING. Women's 15km p...
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SESTRIERE, Italy -- On a day when American expectations collided with a Frenchman no one saw coming, the United States was left out of the medals entirely in the Olympic downhill held here Sunday.
Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves, both among the pre-race favorites, finished fifth and 10th, respectively, while fellow Americans Scott Macartney and Utahn Steven Nyman were 15th and 19th, respectively. Fifty-five ski racers entered the competition.
The race was won by Antoine Deneriaz, a 29-year-old Frenchman who was the 30th...'s Michael Walchhofer, Switzerland's Bruno Kernen and Norway's Kjetil Andre Aamodt already working o...
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Sports usually aren't complicated, but sometimes a little translation can help.
So when Bode Miller said, "I attacked the top full gas. I was 100 percent out there," what he meant was that he got off to a good start in the men's downhill yesterday at the Winter Olympics.
...The best by far was Antoine Deneriaz, a heretofore anonymous 29- year-old Fren... the silver medal, and Switzerland's Bruno Kernen (1:49.82) took the bronze. Hermann Maier (1:50.00)...