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Just when we thought there was a softer version of Bode Miller, the U.S. ski team said yesterday the sometimes-wild child of the World Cup circuit is back, cocky and full of self-confidence as ever. Miller plans to race all five alpine events at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, U.S. men's coach Sasha Rearick said, starting with the Feb. 13 downhill. He'll also compete in the super-combined, super-G, giant slalom and slalom.

Miller thinks he's fast enough to challenge for medals. Does that make him a favourite, or just the old Bode?

"He hasn't had much time skiing, and the setups are still a challenge," Rearick told The Associated Press from the team's pre-Olympic training camp at Park City, Utah. "Right now, in downhill, he's going pretty good, and he knows what he's going on; slalom is getting close. But in super G and GS, we've got a lot of work to do.

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