Lindsey Vonn crashes in downhill race
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Paramount released Downhill Racer on Oct. 28, 1969, and it grossed $1.9 million ($16 million today). Redford had far greater success a month earlier with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, his Newman team-up that became the year’s top-grossing title.
Giovanni Franzoni won the prestigious Hahnenkamm downhill race in Kitzbuhel, Austria, forever etching his name into Alpine skiing history.