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Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics

  • While it was misery for Miller, it was joy for Matthias Mayer.

    The 23-year-old had never finished higher than FIFTH in a downhill event before taking the biggest title in the sport.

    But Olympic success clearly runs in the family, Mayer's father Helmut won silver in the Super G at Calgary 1988.

    I imagine family skiing holidays were pretty intense in the Mayer household...
    by tom.mcgowan 2/9/2014 9:17:39 AM
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