While I was skiing at Breckenridge, I swear I could hear the crowd roaring up the road at Beaver Creek, while Ted Ligety was bombing the Audi Birds of Prey GS,  leading both runs and winning by .80 seconds over  Norway's Kjetil Jansrud. Austrian Marcel Hirscher was third with U.S. Team skiers Tim Jitloff and Bode Miller also finished in the top 30.

Meanwhile up at Lake Louise, Canada, Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) returned to the top of the Lake Louise podium Sunday with a commanding super G victory over Maria Riesch of Germany. Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) was third as six Americans finished inside the top 25.

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Steven Nyman (Sundance, UT) finished 25th in the Audi Birds of Prey Super G as five of nine U.S. starters, including Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) and Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) skied out.

Austria's Georg Streitberger clinched the victory for the second Audi FIS Alpine World Cup win of his career. Adrien Theaux of France finished 2nd for his first ever Audi FIS Alpine World Cup podium. Switzerland's Didier Cuche, the pre-race favorite, was third.  Complete Results

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Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn  (Vail, CO) made a spectacular athletic recovery Saturday to finish second again, in another downhill competition  at Lake Louise. This time Vonn led all the seven Americans into the top 25.

Audi FIS Alpine World Cup leader Maria Riesch of Germany earned back-to-back downhill wins with Dominique Gisin third.  Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) posted another solid result with sixth. Complete Results

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Germany's Maria Riesch captured Friday's opening downhill of the 2011 Audi FIS Alpine World Cup season at Lake Louise, Canada. Lindsey Vonn finished second, with Elisabeth Goergl of Austria third.

Vonn led a strong showing by the U.S. Team with Julia Mancuso fourth and five other U.S. women in the top 30. Complete Results

The men's Audi Birds of Prey downhill at Beaver Creek, Colorado was canceled Friday due to high winds.

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