Weibrecht, Goldberg fill in for Miller in downhill

7th February, 2015 by

By Chris Freud

BEAVER CREEK — Up until Friday’s downhill, Andrew Weibrecht, who had a top 10 finish in Saturday’s race, wasn’t even sure if he’d be in the starting gate for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships men’s downhill.Bode Miller, who is out for the season with a major injury after crashing in Thursday’s super-G, left a spot open on the men’s speed team that coaches were not sure how they would fill. Each country can enter four athletes in each discipline, and with both Travis Ganong and Steven Nyman qualified, two spots remained open. “We had three guys for two spots …

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