Killy
Americannoun
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Standout downhill racer Goggia, who admitted afterward that she was far from her best form and was also suffering from a cold, was fourth, 0.44 behind Flury after a mistake in the second part of the O.K. course, which is named after French skiing greats Henri Oreiller and Jean-Claude Killy.
From Washington Times
That bloodthirst is recurring theme on his third album, across tracks like Cream, Killy and the battle anthem Bim Bim.
From BBC
Jean-Claude Killy, who won downhill gold at the Olympic Games in Grenoble in 1968, once compared to the event to “going down a flight of stairs on a banana peel.”
From Los Angeles Times
Only Alpine ski greats Jean-Claude Killy, Ingemar Stenmark, Ted Ligety and Marcel Hirscher have won at least four of the first five giant slaloms in a World Cup season.
From Seattle Times
Several racers had faster starts than Goggia, but no one matched the Italian’s pace on the more demanding sections of the O.K. course, which is named after French skiing greats Henri Oreiller and Jean-Claude Killy.
From Seattle Times
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