Austria – Alpine Skiing Powerhouse!!!
February 21, 2006 by admin
Filed under Sports Rumors
After winning the Downhill event 5 days earlier, Dorftmeister is again on the podium with a Gold Medal around her neck. This time for the Women’s Super-G event (which was postponed yesterday due to inclement weather). Dorftmeister’s time was 1 minute 32.47 seconds.
Austria’s Raich and Dorftmeister competing in the Giant Slalom and Super-G events respectively (Source: NBC)
Fellow Countryman, Benjamin Raich, won the Gold at the Men’s Giant Slalom event (Total Time – 2 minutes 35 seconds).
Oh no, Bode…not again!!!
February 19, 2006 by admin
Filed under Sports Rumors
The American’s woe at the Alpine Skiing event continues…
No ‘Miller Time‘ for Bode just yet… (Source: Newsweek Magazine)
Bode, Bode, Bode…what can we say? Miller came into the Winter Olympics as the World Champion, with 5 Gold Medals within reach. But until today, he doesn’t even have a podium finish, much less a Gold.
In his first event on Sunday (Feb. 12), Bode finished 5th (Downhill). On Tuesday (Feb. 14), he straddled a gate (i.e. the pole in the snow went between his legs) on the Downhill portion of the Combined event and was disqualified.




