VAL DISERE, France -- Bidding to win the downhill at Val dIsere for the third time in her career, defending World Cup champion Lara Gut looked in dominant form as she posted the fastest time in a training run on Wednesday.The Swiss skier powered down the 2.9-kilometer Oreiller Killy course in French Alpine resort in 1 minute, 46.90 seconds -- finishing more than 1 second quicker than Slovenian rival Ilka Stuhec and Austrian Ramona Siebenhofer.Italian Sofia Goggia was fourth quickest, 1.27 seconds behind Gut -- who won the downhill here last year and also in 2012 at the French Alpine resort.Gut is second in the overall standings heading into this weekends races, 105 points behind American Mikaela Shiffrin.But considering that Shiffrin is not competing in downhill, Gut has a good chance to reclaim first place.After another training run on Thursday, there is an Alpine combined race on Friday, a downhill on Saturday and a super-G on Sunday.The 25-year-old Gut clinched a downhill and Alpine Combined double at Val dIsere last year.So far this season, she has won a GS and a super-G race, taking her career tally of wins to 20 from a total 37 podium finishes. She has 11 podiums in downhill.In the absence of American downhill star Lindsey Vonn -- who broke an arm in training last month -- Gut stands a good chance of winning her first downhill of the season this season, having finished fourth and second at Lake Louise, Canada earlier this month. But she faces stiff competition from the rapidly improving Stuhec, who won both of those races for her breakthrough wins on the World Cup circuit.Gut, who has also twice won the overall super-G World Cup title, has a good record at Val dIsere with five podium finishes.Back in December, 2010, she placed third in downhill and then finished second in GS three years ago.American Laurenne Ross was eighth fastest on Wednesday, nearly two seconds behind Gut. Wholesale Stitched NFL Jerseys . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan. Stitched China Jerseys . Already owning gold from competition in Vancouver in 2010, Loch posted a combined four-run time of 3:27.526. That included a track-record third run of 51. http://www.cheapstitchedjerseysonline.com/ . -- Sergey Tolchinksy scored his second goal of the game 3:56 into overtime as the Sault Ste. Stitched NFL Jerseys . The Oilers come in having lost five in a row (0-4-1) and 16 of their last 20 games, dropping a 2-1 decision to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. NBA Jerseys China . The incident occurred at 19:56 of the second period of the Kings 4-2 road win over Edmonton on Sunday. Nolan punched Oilers forward Jesse Joensuu in the jaw in front of the Kings goal during a scrum.Free-agent defensive end Mario Williams has signed a $16m, two-year contract with the Miami Dolphins. Williams signed the deal Tuesday, a week after being released by the Buffalo Bills. He paid a visit over the weekend to Miami. The Dolphins sought reinforcement on their defensive line because they may lose defensive end Olivier Vernon in free agency, and the status of four-time Pro Bowl end Cameron Wake is in doubt, too.Vernon received the Dolphins transition tag last week, giving the team the right to match any offer he receives in free agency.ddddddddddddake, 34, is coming off a season-ending Achilles injury and is scheduled to make $8.4m in 2016.The pass rush could use an upgrade. Miami tied for 25th in the NFL with 31 sacks last season.Changes up front are part of a revamping of the defence under new coach Adam Gase. Also See: Calvin Johnson retires from NFL WATCH: Best of Megatron Manning: Right time to go NFL on Sky Sports Cheap NFL T-shirts Discount Jerseys Wholesale NFL Gear Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys From China China NFL Jerseys Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Jerseys Wholesale Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping China Jerseys Cheap Stitched Jerseys NFL Jerseys China Jerseys NFL Cheap Cheap Stitched Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic ' ' '