BEAVER CREEK, CO - DECEMBER 4: **** Julien Lizeroux of France takes 8th place during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Super Combined on December 4, 2009 in Beaver Creek, Colorado. 
Swiss racer Didier Defago, center, the second-place finisher in the men's World Cup super combined ski race, reaches out to celebrate with winner Carlo Janka, right, also of Switzerland, and third-place finisher Croatia's Natko Zrncic -Dim, left, in the finish area after the race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in Beaver Creek, Colo.
Croatia's Natko Zrncic -Dim celebrates after his third-place finish in the men's World Cup super combined ski race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in Beaver Creek, Colo.
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