By Manuele Lang
KITZBUEHEL, Austria Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:05am EST
<span id="articleText"><span id="midArticle_start"/> KITZBUEHEL, Austria (Reuters) - Olympic downhill champion Didier Defago signalled his return to form two weeks before the Winter Olympics in Sochi when he won a Super-G in Kitzbuehel on Sunday.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>The 36-year-old Swiss shaded Bode Miller and Aksel Lund Svindal for only his fifth World Cup victory after 17 years on the circuit.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>"To win in Kitzbuehel is always something special. You can't compare this feeling with any other victory. It's been a long time since I was last on a podium and it's great to be back on it," said Defago, whose last victory was in Bormio in December, 2011.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>While his now retired compatriot Didier Cuche holds the all-time record of victories on the Streif course, Defago is also a specialist of sorts, having won the Hahnenkamm classic in 2009.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>"A downhill and a Super-G victory here means a lot. I'm starting to believe that this course likes me.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>"I knew there was chance today, I really had to take it," he added.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>Furious about his third place in Saturday's downhill, American Miller was again frustrated, missing victory by 0.05 seconds while Norway's Svindal, the World Cup overall leader, finished 0.10 adrift in the last podium place.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>"This victory comes at the right time. Next week we're at home in St Moritz and my confidence is sky high and it's also great timing for Sochi even though I'd rather not think about it," Defago said.
<span id="midArticle_8"/>"I have a title to defend but I'll take each event at a time."
<span id="midArticle_9"/>His return to the top of the podium came on a day when compatriot Lara Gut won a Super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo while Stanislas Wawrinka won the Australian Open tennis.
<span id="midArticle_10"/>"It's a great day for the Swiss today with Lara in Cortina and Stan at the Australian Open. It's historical in a sense."
<span id="midArticle_11"/>(Reporting by Manuele Lang; editing by Justin Palmer)
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KITZBUEHEL, Austria Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:05am EST
<span id="articleText"><span id="midArticle_start"/> KITZBUEHEL, Austria (Reuters) - Olympic downhill champion Didier Defago signalled his return to form two weeks before the Winter Olympics in Sochi when he won a Super-G in Kitzbuehel on Sunday.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>The 36-year-old Swiss shaded Bode Miller and Aksel Lund Svindal for only his fifth World Cup victory after 17 years on the circuit.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>"To win in Kitzbuehel is always something special. You can't compare this feeling with any other victory. It's been a long time since I was last on a podium and it's great to be back on it," said Defago, whose last victory was in Bormio in December, 2011.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>While his now retired compatriot Didier Cuche holds the all-time record of victories on the Streif course, Defago is also a specialist of sorts, having won the Hahnenkamm classic in 2009.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>"A downhill and a Super-G victory here means a lot. I'm starting to believe that this course likes me.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>"I knew there was chance today, I really had to take it," he added.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>Furious about his third place in Saturday's downhill, American Miller was again frustrated, missing victory by 0.05 seconds while Norway's Svindal, the World Cup overall leader, finished 0.10 adrift in the last podium place.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>"This victory comes at the right time. Next week we're at home in St Moritz and my confidence is sky high and it's also great timing for Sochi even though I'd rather not think about it," Defago said.
<span id="midArticle_8"/>"I have a title to defend but I'll take each event at a time."
<span id="midArticle_9"/>His return to the top of the podium came on a day when compatriot Lara Gut won a Super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo while Stanislas Wawrinka won the Australian Open tennis.
<span id="midArticle_10"/>"It's a great day for the Swiss today with Lara in Cortina and Stan at the Australian Open. It's historical in a sense."
<span id="midArticle_11"/>(Reporting by Manuele Lang; editing by Justin Palmer)
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