American Cook tops the field in training

By Chris Freud

BEAVER CREEK — After a two-and-a-half hour start delay, the first event of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships got underway in strong, swirling wind at Beaver Creek on Monday. Four inches of fresh snow greeted the women for their first downhill training run, which was pushed back from its original 11 a.m. start time to 1:30 p.m. American veteran Stacey Cook put down the fastest training time, finishing in 1 minute, 48.16 seconds, followed by Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel and Swiss racer Lara Gut, both 0.09 seconds back. Although the women said the snow had been cleared off the …

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