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VAL GARDENA, Italy : American Bryce Bennett narrowly won the first men's downhill World Cup race of the season by defeating Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde by a slim margin in the Dolomites on Thursday.
American skier Bryce Bennett surprised the favourites by winning the Val Gardena downhill with a late start number as the men's World Cup speed season finally opened on Thursday a month later than scheduled.
Poor weather conditions forced the cancellation of both men's and women's World Cup alpine skiing events on Sunday.
Marco Odermatt raced through steady falling snow, making errors in his run, yet still won a World Cup giant slalom by almost one full second on Saturday.
Strong winds forced the cancellation of the season-opening men's World Cup giant slalom Sunday in Soelden, Austria, after 47 of the 73 skiers in the first run had started.
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Mikaela Shiffrin earned another piece of World Cup history, the first alpine skier with $1 million US to top the season-ending race prize money list confirmed Monday.
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt broke the men's record for most points in a World Cup season that had stood for 23 years when he won the giant slalom in Soldeu on Saturday.