Not so fast for US skiers
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Following a historic day for the US Ski Team Friday, the 1-2 punch of Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves got KO&#39;d on the tricky giant slalom course yesterday.
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ARE, Sweden  - Weather gone mad may not be the reason why the world Alpine skiing championships are struggling to get started but it certainly is a hot topic threatening the very existence of the showcase winter sport.
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ARE, Sweden  - Overcast skies hurt the highlight of the world Alpine skiing championships when the men's downhill scheduled for Saturday had to be postponed until Sunday.
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There was big news on the World Cup ski circuit Friday afternoon in Europe: Bode Miller didn&#39;t win. He finished fourth in a Super-G at Val Gardena, Italy, behind Austrians Michael Walchhofer, Hermann Maier and Benny Raich, .69 seconds out of first place.
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Bode Miller of the United States blasts down the course on his way to winning the men&#39;s World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday Nov. 27, 2004.
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THIS time of year, most ski racers are just starting to get the kinks out. But Bode Miller, the Michael Jordan of ski racing, has already put i an incredible season and it&#39;s just the beginning of December.
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It has been no secret that the US Ski Team has fallen on tough financial times. That has been reflected in such items as reduced staff travel and even a failure to produce a printed team media guide, once an annual staple.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta  - Steve Nyman clocked the fastest time in training on Thursday for the season's opening Alpine World Cup downhill while the all-conquering Austrians occupied six of the top 11 spots.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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It's been a winter wonderland so far for US athletes, who've already won 10 world medals with upcoming global championships in skiing, figure skating, and speedskating likely to provide more. Experience has been the biggest factor; the winners of nearly half of last year's 25 medals in Turin have returned for another season, if not another quadrennium.
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USA&#39;s Bode Miller slaloms past a pole on his way to win a men&#39;s World Cup slalom at Sestriere, Italy, Monday, Dec. 13, 2004.
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Q. Our son, who is a good skier and will be 18 in November, wants to do an intensive residential ski-instructor course either in Europe, Canada or the US this winter during his gap year.
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Bode Miller won his fourth World Cup ski race this season and Daron Rahlves was second Friday -- the first 1-2 finish for the United States in the downhill.
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An article last Thursday about cold-weather exercise misstated the accomplishment of Lewis Gordon Pugh last July while swimming near the North Pole. He completed a kilometer in just under 19 minutes, not a mile.
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The way Antoine Deneriaz figures it, he was the fastest human on the course during yesterday&#39;s season-opening World Cup downhill at Lake Louise, Alta.
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There can be too much snow, but there can&#39;t be too much celebrating for the Birds of Prey World Cup ski races that begin tomorrow at Beaver Creek.
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Well, at least that one's out of the way. Happened pretty quick, too. Turns out the Americans can't play singles very well, either.