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downhill

1. the downward slope of a hill; descent

2. a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run

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The man from Ao-chung clicked the breech-bolt of his gun impatiently, and made as to go downhill.

'I kicked him in the groin as we went downhill. Would I had killed him!'

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She was the first American woman to win gold in the downhill, romping past the field in Vancouver eight years and what seems like an eternity ago.

A bronze that feels golden for Lindsey Vonn

Mikaela Shiffrin didn't race downhill because of the altered Olympic program.

Farewell is lovely shade of bronze

Peter Unsinn, spokesman for Innsbruck Tourism said: "As well as the Winter Olympic downhills the Bergisel Olympic Ski Jump Tower should be on every visitor's list of things to see.

News /Olympic holiday closer to home

Reigning champion Matthias Mayer of Austria could become the first racer to win a second gold in the Olympic downhill .

Olympic downhill: five things to know

In the following, the incidence and the clinical reasons of downhill varices are evaluated in a retrospective analysis.

Are Downhill Varices an Overlooked Entity of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleedings?

All sorts of wacky and wonderful kart designs took part in Saturday's Penarth Downhill Derby

Downhill fun for all on derby day

[7] Quadriceps will shorten during the uphill walk to cause the forward motion, while hamstrings will stretch or lengthen to slow down the forward motion during the downhill walk.

Acute effect of uphill and downhill treadmill walk on cardiovascular response and perceived exertion in young sedentary individual

IN March 2012, the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, decided to issue an Academy Order stating that Downhills Primary School in Haringey should be converted into an academy sponsored by the Harris Federation and that Haringey Council would cease to maintain Downhills Primary School.