Bird of prey

ByReuters

Published 03/12/2004 at 17:17 GMT

American Bode Miller celebrated a phenomenal fourth World Cup victory from five starts after dominating Friday's Downhill at Beaver Creek. Miller, who took his first downhill victory in Canada last weekend, plunged down the Birds of Prey piste to beat com

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The mighty Austrians, eclipsed on a great day for a U.S. team skiing on home snow, had to make do with Michael Walchhofer's third place, 0.39 slower than Miller.

Miller is set for a record-breaking year and Friday's victory put him back on top of the podium after a second place in Thursday's super-G in the Colorado Rockies.

The 27-year-old had already become the first man to win the opening three races of a World Cup season in different disciplines.

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The overall World Cup leader, a double world champion who also has two Olympic silver medals, has 480 points out of a maximum 500 and could win the title before the end of January if he maintains such devastating form.

Austrian Hermann Maier, the overall World Cup champion and Miller's big rival, finished 10th.

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