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Mikaela Shiffrin
Mikaela Shiffrin
American skier
Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Vonn
American skier
Bode Miller competing in the supergiant slalom at the 2005 world championships in Bormio, Italy.
Bode Miller
American skier
Raich, Benjamin
Benjamin Raich
Austrian skier
Maze, Tina
Tina Maze
Slovenian skier
Hermann Maier, 2008.
Hermann Maier
Austrian skier
Aksel Lund Svindal
Norwegian skier
Janica Kostelić
Croatian skier
Carlo Janka
Swiss skier
Pärson, Anja
Anja Pärson
Swedish skier
Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety
American skier
Lasse Kjus
Norwegian skier
Marcel Hirscher
Austrian skier
Marc Girardelli
Luxembourgian skier
Picabo Street
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Alberto Tomba
Alberto Tomba
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Andrea Mead Lawrence
Andrea Mead Lawrence
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Anton Sailer
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