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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

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, 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 in

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

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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

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of Austria, while Vonn outpaced her closest rival, Austrian

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, 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

FIS-ski.com
– World Cup standings – 2008
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