Austrian skier Kroell wins Chamonix downhill Feb 3 10:32 AM US/Eastern Austria's Klaus Kroell on Friday won the first of two World Cup downhills here, his fourth victory on the international ski circuit. Kroell clocked 2min 04.22sec, one-hundredth of a second ahead of American Bode Miller, with Swiss pre-race favourite Didier Cuche completing the podium a further 0.02sec adrift as the top 18 skiers all finished within 1sec of the Austrian.