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American Bryce Bennett stuns favorites in World Cup downhill at Val Gardena

Bryce Bennett of the United States celebrates winning the World Cup downhill on Thursday at Val Gardena, Italy.
Bryce Bennett of the United States celebrates winning the World Cup downhill on Thursday at Val Gardena, Italy. Photograph: Alessandro Trovati/AP

Bryce Bennett of the United States sprang a major shock by winning the first World Cup men’s downhill race of the season at Val Gardena in Italy on Thursday.

The 31-year-old from Palisades Tahoe, who started with No 34 bib, crossed first on a shortened course in a time of 1min 23.80sec, three hundredths ahead of Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, a three-time winner at the Dolemites resort, and five better than Marco Odermatt of Switzerland, the reigning world champion in the discipline.

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