Jansrud makes it three in a row

By Chris Freud

BEAVER CREEK — He’s not “the other Norwegian,” and he’s certainly in nobody’s shadow. Kjetil Jansrud picked up his third World Cup win in seven days by taking the Birds of Prey downhill on Friday at Beaver Creek with a time of 1 minute 40.17 seconds, topping a pair of comeback stories on the podium in Switzerland’s Beat Feuz (1:40.71) and American Steve Nyman (1:40.73). “For sure, it’s amazing,” Jansrud said. “You can never expect, going up and starting, to win. There are a lot of good skiers. Last half of last season was awesome and to start off with …

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