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In Sochi, a pop star won first while a violinist finished last

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Slovenia’s Tina Maze comes from a hardscrabble mining town that has turned out a half-dozen Olympians. Tuesday Maze managed to capture her second gold at Sochi, in giant slalom. Last in the race: a virtuoso violinist competing for Thailand.

Downhill racer (and Sochi Olympics contender) Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway is airborne on his way down the challenging Streif ski track at the Hahnenkamm men's Alpine Skiing World Cup Downhill race in Kitzbuhel, Austria in 2012.

This is the most challenging downhill ski race in the world

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