Potential Olympic ski champs set for Sochi test
Potential candidates for Olympic downhill gold in 2014 will put their technical and gliding skills to the test when they tackle the men's course for the first time in competition Wednesday.
A general view of Rosa Khutor. Potential candidates for Olympic downhill gold in 2014 will put their technical and gliding skills to the test when they tackle the men's course for the first time in competition Wednesday.
Sochi will host the Olympic Games in two years time and over the next two weeks the world's top alpine skiers compete in four official World Cup races at the nearby Caucasus mountain resort of Rosa Khutor.
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