Cuche wins historical gold

VAL D'ISERE, France: Swiss Didier Cuche became the oldest Alpine skiing world champion when he used his experience to comfortably win the Super-G on a steep, icy piste on Wednesday.

The 34-year-old eclipsed Austrian Stephan Eberharter, who was 33 when he landed Super-G gold in St Moritz, Switzerland in 2003.

Cuche, winner of the World Cup downhill title last season, found the best line down the challenging Bellevarde course and mastered tricky turns to clock one minute 19.41 seconds in the opening men's event.