Kitzbuehel, Austria (GenevaLunch) - Swiss veteran Didier Cuche completed a rare double when he won the downhill on the classic Streif course Saturday 23 January, perhaps the most prestigious of the World Cup skiing circuit. The 35-year-old Neuchatel racer had won the Super G the day before. Cuche beat Slovenian slalom specialist Andrej Sporn by 0.28 seconds with Italian Werner Heel next. It was his third downhill victory at Kitzbuehel, following on from 1998 and 2008. The other Swiss stars, Carlo Janka and Didier Defago were well back. The race was the last before the Vancouver Olympics, which start 12 February.

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