The 42nd

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season began in October 2007 in

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, Austria and concluded on 15 March 2008, at the World Cup Finals in

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, Italy. (The team event scheduled for the following day was canceled, due to adverse weather conditions.)ski-mag.com
– Bormio – Nations Team Event Cancelled – 2008-03-16 – Retrieved 2011-11-02 The overall champions were

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and

Lindsey Vonn Lindsey Caroline Vonn ( ; born October 18, 1984) is an American FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. She won four World Cup overall championships – third amongst female skiers to Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Mika ...

, both of the United States. It was Miller's second overall title and Vonn's first, and the first for an American woman in a quarter century. The last was

Tamara McKinney Tamara McKinney (born October 16, 1962) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She won four World Cup season titles, most notably the 1983 overall, the first American woman title holder for a quarter century. McKinney's o ...

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, which was also the last U.S. sweep as

Phil Mahre Phillip Ferdinand Mahre (born May 10, 1957) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, widely regarded as one of the greatest American skiers of all time. Mahre competed on the World Cup circuit from 1976 to 1984. Starting with the 1978 season, Ma ...

won his third consecutive overall title.ESPN.com
– Olympic sports – Alpine skiing – U.S. skiers Miller, Vonn begin World Cup title defense this weekend – 2008-10-24 – Retrieved 2011-11-02 Miller won the 2008 title by a margin of 111 points over runner-up

Benjamin Raich Benjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is an Austrian former World Cup champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in ...

of Austria, while Vonn outpaced her closest rival, Austrian

Nicole Hosp Nicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is an Austrian former FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. She competed in all five disciplines and was a FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Women's giant slalom, worl ...

, by 220 points. Austria won the Nations Cup for the 20th consecutive season, scoring more than double the points of runner-up Switzerland.

Calendar

Men

Ladies

Nations team event

Men's standings

Overall

Downhill

Super G

Giant slalom

Slalom

Super combined

Ladies' standings

Overall

Downhill

Super G

Giant slalom

Slalom

Super combined

Nations Cup

Overall

Men

Ladies

Footnotes

References

External links