Top 15 Alpine World Cup moments
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Hide captionDec. 4-6, 2009: Swiss skier Carlo Janka showed he is a force to be reckoned with at the World Cup stop in Beaver Creek, Colo. The 23-year-old scored a hat trick by winning the men's super-combined, downhill and giant slalom all in one weekend.
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Hide captionDec. 4, 2009: Blood dripping from her mouth, Lindsey Vonn showed her trademark toughness in the women's final downhill training at Lake Louise. Her knee smacked into her chin during the run and caused the skier to bite her tongue.
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Hide captionDec. 13, 2009: German sisters Susanne Riesch, left, and Maria pose after placing third and second, respectively, in the women's slalom at Are, Sweden. It is the first and only time the pair have shared a World Cup podium so far in their careers.
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Hide captionDec. 28, 2009: Lindsey Vonn crashed hard during the first run of giant slalom at Lienz, Austria, resulting in a badly bruised left arm which had to be placed in a splint. The debate over water-injected courses, which some say was to blame for the accident, heightened in the aftermath.
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Hide captionJan. 8-10, 2010: Vonn regained her confidence in a big way with a sweep of all three events, two downhills and a super-G, at Haus im Ennstal, Austria.
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Hide captionJan. 15, 2010: Bode Miller got his first World Cup win in nearly two years in the men's super-combined at Wengen, Switzerland. Miller showed he was rounding into form just in time for the Olympics, where he won three medals.
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Hide captionJan. 23, 2010: Swiss Didier Cuche proved his speed prowess in Kitzbuehel, Austria, where he won both the super-G and the downhill on the famed Streif course.
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Hide captionJan. 26, 2010: Schladming, Austria, hosted the biggest World Cup event all season, the Schladming men's night slalom. Roughly 60,000 rowdy, flag-waving fans positioned themselves slopeside to watch the action, set off fireworks and generally go berserk.
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Hide captionJan. 29, 2010: Switzerland's Didier Cuche hit the gate just few meters before the finish area of the Kranjska Gora giant slalom. He broke his right thumb in the accident.
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Hide captionJan. 29, 2010: Ted Ligety got his only win of the season in the men's giant slalom at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, for his third straight victory at the venue. He finished second in another giant slalom the next day for his second podium of the weekend.
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Hide captionMarch 11, 2010: Lichtenstein's Marco Buechel celebrated his retirement from professional competition during the men's super-G at World Cup Finals in Garmisch, Germany. He drank champagne in the starthouse and skied down in costume, waving and shaking hands the whole way down.
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Hide captionMarch 12, 2010: Switzerland's Daniel Albrecht, who was badly injured in a crash on the Hahnenkamm in Jan. 2009, made his first appearance since his accident skiing as a forerunner in men's slalom at World Cup Finals.
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Hide captionMarch 12, 2010: Ted Ligety won the second giant slalom globe of his career in Garmisch, Germany. He first claimed the title in 2008.
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Hide captionMarch 13, 2010: Lindsey Vonn poses with her vast collection of World Cup trophies and Olympic medals. During her historic 2009-10 season, Vonn clinched her third consecutive overall title plus three discipline titles in downhill, super-G and super-combined.
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Hide captionMarch 13, 2010: Maria Riesch may have lost the overall title to friendly rival Lindsey Vonn, but she eked out the slalom globe by a mere three points to claim the title for the second year in a row.
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