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Thomas Dressen won a men’s World Cup downhill race on Saturday http://www.cowboysauthorizedshops.com/authentic-mike-white-jersey , less than two months after he became the first German winner in the discipline in 13 years.

Dressen edged world champion Beat Feuz of Switzerland by 0.08 seconds, while Olympic gold medalist Aksel Lund Svindal finished 0.17 back in third. Svindal’s Norwegian teammate Kjetil Jansrud was fourth.

”It’s crazy. Before the season I expected a lot but not that things would go so well,” said Dressen after his second career win.

Dressen and Feuz also came 1-2 at the classic race in Kitzbuehel in January, which was the first German downhill victory in the men’s World Cup since 2005.

In a similar scenario to January’s race, Dressen started after most pre-race favorites had completed their runs. He trailed Feuz by 0.09 at the final split time but gained nearly two tenths at the bottom section of the Olympiabakken course.

Dressen had his first top-10 result on the same hill a year ago.

”From then on, I have been more relaxed,” said the German.

Svindal called Dressen’s victory ”no coincidence. He is one of the best downhill racers.”

In his breakthrough season, Dressen also reached the podium in Beaver Creek in December, and finished fifth in the Olympic downhill in Pyeongchang after leading one of the training runs.

While the 24-year-old Dressen could be a future candidate for the downhill season title, this season’s globe will be contested between Feuz and Svindal.

Saturday’s result boosted Feuz’s chances as he extended his lead in the downhill standings over the Norwegian to 60 points with only the season-ending race at the World Cup finals in Sweden on Wednesday remaining.

”It’s been a cool fight between us all year,” said Feuz, who won three downhill races this season Cheap Ryan Jensen Jersey , one more than Svindal.

If Feuz can hold on to his lead, he will earn his first crystal globe after finishing runner-up three times – in the downhill, combined and overall standings, all in the 2011-12 season.

”Of course you think about (the globe) but at the start of a race you have to get it out of your mind,” Feuz said. ”In Are it will be real final. (Svindal) will be fighting for the victory and I can’t take it easy, either.”

Svindal, who is a two-time overall champion, has won the downhill title twice but not since 2014.

A super-G on the same course is scheduled for Sunday.

Sam Hubbard was engrossed in a dodgeball game during his high school gym class when Ohio State coach Urban Meyer walked through the door. A lot of heads turned, including his.

And his sports career took a very different turn.

Hubbard doesn’t recall anything about the dodgeball game, other than the unexpected visit that changed so much. Hubbard went from an aspiring Notre Dame lacrosse player to a Buckeye football star and now a draft pick for his hometown team, the Cincinnati Bengals .

”I’ve had a winding journey to get here, and a lot of fun stories Eagles Avonte Maddox Jersey ,” the third-round pick said Friday as rookie camp opened.

The 6-foot-5 defensive end was committed to playing lacrosse for Notre Dame – he was a midfielder on Moeller High School’s team – when Meyer showed up at gym class during his junior year. Hubbard also was a safety on the football team. Meyer was on a routine recruiting trip to see several prospects, and Hubbard’s gym teacher was Moeller’s football coach.

”Everyone in class was staring,” Hubbard said. ”To have Urban Meyer walk into your class was unexpected.”

Hubbard’s coach mentioned him as a potential Buckeye. Meyer watched Moeller’s game film and took note of him along with the others. Eventually, Ohio State offered a football scholarship and Hubbard changed paths, heading two hours up the road to Columbus instead of South Bend.

There were several more unexpected changes ahead.

The Buckeyes tried him at linebacker and tight end before deciding he’d be best as a defensive end, a position he’d never played. Hubbard was totally out of his element, but grew into the position, adding weight while learning what it takes to tackle an elusive running back and take down a quarterback.

He’d hoped to get drafted by the Bengals, but thought there was little chance of things working out so perfectly. That might have been the biggest surprise of all.

On Friday, he walked into their football-shaped locker room, heading past Andy Dalton’s locker on the right and Carlos Dunlap’s on the left, to find the one with his name and No. 94. Then he was off to an adjoining practice field Kalen Ballage Color Rush Jersey , a short trek that felt surreal after all those years rooting for the Bengals.

”It’s insane,” he said. ”To come in here and see the locker, the helmet, to put on the jersey and go out on the field – it was a special moment.”

He’ll get a chance to work his way into the Bengals’ defensive line rotation as a rookie and become part of those big rivalry games he followed so closely as a youth – Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers are on the schedule in four months.

Chase Big Ben around the field?

”Ha!” he said. ”I don’t want to get ahead of myself, but that’s obviously the end goal. I’ve got to learn the playbook first and make a good first impression.”

Hubbard knows the franchise’s history of futility as well as anyone. The last time the Bengals won a playoff game was the 1990 season, five years before he was born. He attended Bengals games regularly as a youth. He knows about their run of five straight first-round losses from 2011-15, an NFL record for playoff futility.

Hubbard was in the stands at Paul Brown Stadium for one of their worst moments. Carson Palmer tore ligaments in his left knee when he was hit on his first pass against the Steelers on Jan. 8, 2006. Pittsburgh pulled away to a 31-17 win in the opening-round playoff game.

”That one’s burned in my head,” he said.

DRAFT PICK SIGNINGS

The Bengals signed four of their 11 draft picks at the start of rookie camp: fifth-round picks CB Davontae Harris and DT Andrew Brown, and seventh-round picks QB Logan Woodside and G Rod Taylor.

COME ON DOWN

The Bengals also signed 10 undrafted free agents for rookie camp: WR Devonte Boyd, Nevada-Las Vegas; DE Gaelin Elmore, East Carolina; OT Austin Fleer http://www.lionsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-sylvester-williams-jersey , Colorado Mesa; RB Quinton Flowers, South Florida; TE Jordan Franks, Central Florida; S Trayvon Henderson, Hawaii; LB Junior Joseph, Connecticut; RB Ray Lawry, Old Dominion; DE Ja’Von Rolland-Jones, Arkansas State; and LB Chris Worley, Ohio State.

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