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WHAT'S NEW
World Record high jump
In conventional ski jumping Schlierenzauer, Morgenstern and Co. compete for the furthest lengths. However, Simon Dumont prefers to jump high and recently created a new world record.
GOLindsey on top
The new queen of the Alpine skiing World Cup is Lindsey Vonn: The 23-year-old American secured the overall World Cup victory in the last slalom of the season in Bormio, Italy.
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Jono Brauer: Olympic Skier
Despite countless accidents and injuries, champion Australian skier, Jono Brauer, is one of our best hopes for a Gold medal at the next Olympics in Vancouver in 2010.
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Action ante portas
"Hannibal" is a larger-than-life multimedia show staged in the Tyrolean mountains where the alpine crossing of the legendary Carthaginian commander is re-enacted with rather unexpected elements. Planes, skiers, snowmobiles and hang-gliders will all play their part on April 11.
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TTR World Snowboad Tour
Shaun White won the last event of the TTR World Snowboard Tour and with it took over the overall lead in the TTR ranking. Yet he had to hand over the championship title in a bizarre way to a team-mate.
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Red Bull Gap Session
During the New Year’s jumping session in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Olympic stadium, ski jumpers are usually chasing the distance record. At Red Bull Gap Session, 18 of the world’s best snowboarders conquered the airspace.
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"I proved I can do it."
Thomas Morgenstern won the overall World Cup at the Ski Jumping event in Willingen. In interview, the 21 year-old Austrian talks about records, the Ski Flying World Championships and about lost bets.
GOOlsson and Grabner Invitational
To round off the season two greats of winter sports hosted a very personal closing event. The ambition of each participant at the Jon Olsson Super Sessions and at the SG (Sigi Grabner) Invitational was focused on one thing above all: winning the duel with the host.
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