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The teenager from Vail, Colorado arrived at her first world world championships in top form.
CNN: Teen Shiffrin crowned world slalom champion
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The 29-year-old midfielder has since made several visits to Steadman's clinic in Vail, Colorado, as he continued his recovery from the surgery.
BBC: Owen Hargreaves 'closing in on return'
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Recovery for a world-class athlete like Vonn is more in the six- to eight-month range, according to Dr. Tom Hackett, a Vail, Colorado-based doctor at the Steadman Clinic who often travels with the U.S. ski team and helps with team members' treatment.
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But because of its size, the U.S. Justice Department won't let Vail expand in Colorado--opening the way for Intrawest to bid for such prime properties as American Skiing Co.
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On Thursday, a 38-year-old snowboarder died in an avalanche south of Colorado's Vail Pass.
NPR: 5 Snowboarders Killed In Colorado Avalanche
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Among the Colorado mountains in the Vail Resorts family (Vail, Beaver Creek and Breckenridge) Keystone is known as being especially family-friendly and affordable, with a wide range of condominiums and condo-hotels offering more space at lower prices than its peers.
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Small by most standards, the slope had 30, 000 skier-days last year, versus the 1.6 million at Colorado's behemoth, Vail.
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On the other hand, it is served by a regular shuttle service, Telluride Express, and the drive is shorter than that on Colorado Mountain Express from Denver to Breckenridge or Vail, something lots of frequent visitors do regularly.
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