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Bode Miller, the U.S. Skier who just won a bronze medal in the downhill, is the classic example.
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To complicate matters, Bode Miller, the best male American skier ever, is also out for the season with a knee injury.
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The first run of the giant slalom was completed on Saturday and saw Bode Miller fall, meaning he too could not catch the Austrian in the standings.
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You've likely heard of Vonn and Ligety, as well as three-time Olympic medalist Julia Mancuso and, of course, Bode Miller, the winner of 33 World Cup races.
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But Bode Miller and Lindsay Vonn eventually showed up.
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"All the kids love Bode he's a little different, " Berthold said of Miller, the sport's risk-taking iconoclast.
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