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Originally Posted by jibber
HOLY SH*T!!! This is an amazing competition. HUGE upset for Men's Downhill, a french skier, Antoine Deneriaz won the Gold medal, NO one expected him to do so well, props for him. He won by about .74 seconds, HUGE lead, and it was really really unexpected too.
Oh, and spike, croatia has Janica Kostelic, she's competing in all five alpine skiing events, and has come off a major injury and is now a major contender for multiple golds. She won four alpine medals in salt lake, and is one of the most favoured women in the alpine skiing events. The women's events will be interesting to watch, after all the hype around Bode Miller, and after he REALLY didn't deliver, I hope janica lives up to everything being said about her. The good thing is that she's not nearly as ****y as miller, so if she doesn't ski well, it wont make her look as bad.
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nice info on Janica, just to clarify, the woman won a race in each of the disciplines this year in the world cup, the combination, the slalom, giant slalom, super-g and downhill, only petra kromberger did that before her in one season, so she stands to win in any event ( although, realistically, it's not likely to happen ). if she wins just one more medal ( in salt lake she won 3 gold medals and one silver, and she didn't even compete in the downhill....btw..she was just 20 ) she will become the most succesful woman in the history of alpine skiing. quite rediculous when you think about the fact that croatia doesn't even have proper mountains, just a couple of hills and maybe 2 ski resorts, while the likes of sweden, austria, canada and america are eating her dust.
and btw jibber, i don't think you can say that bode underdelivered just yet, i believe he's competing in all the disciplines and just like Janica, stands to win any of them.....