Bode
 

Bode Miller has been entered in the slalom, trying to become the first to
win gold at the Worlds in all disciplines. But has anyone else even
qualified to attempt to do this?

Bode
 

On Feb 1, 11:05 am, "Phil Rhodes" wrote:
Bode Miller has been entered in the slalom, trying to become the first to
win gold at the Worlds in all disciplines. But has anyone else even
qualified to attempt to do this?

By qualified, are you asking if there will be (have been) any other
skiers that will be competing (have competed) in all 5 events at the
Worlds?
--
Marty

Bode
 

On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:05:29 -0500, "Phil Rhodes"
wrote:

Bode Miller has been entered in the slalom, trying to become the first to
win gold at the Worlds in all disciplines. But has anyone else even
qualified to attempt to do this?

Of course.

there are two people (Bode is NOT one of them) who have scored world
cup points in all five disciplines this season - Axel Lund Svindal and
Benni Raich. Svindal is in the top 30 (even the top 20) in all five,
while Raich is in the top 30 in 4, but 35th in DH.

Miller has no points in SL or Combined.
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Bode
 

Err, sorry, I should have been clearer, I meant "Gold at the World
Championships" vice World Cup. Bode was just named to race at the World
Championship Slalom at Are, Sweden., this weekend.
http://www.fis-ski.com/

"Alex Heney" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:05:29 -0500, "Phil Rhodes"
wrote:

Bode Miller has been entered in the slalom, trying to become the first to
win gold at the Worlds in all disciplines. But has anyone else even
qualified to attempt to do this?

Of course.

there are two people (Bode is NOT one of them) who have scored world
cup points in all five disciplines this season - Axel Lund Svindal and
Benni Raich. Svindal is in the top 30 (even the top 20) in all five,
while Raich is in the top 30 in 4, but 35th in DH.

Miller has no points in SL or Combined.
--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
Woman's mind is cleaner than man's; it changes more often
To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom

Bode
 

On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:56:14 -0500, "pe.rhodes"
wrote:

Err, sorry, I should have been clearer, I meant "Gold at the World
Championships" vice World Cup. Bode was just named to race at the World
Championship Slalom at Are, Sweden., this weekend.
http://www.fis-ski.com/

"Alex Heney" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:05:29 -0500, "Phil Rhodes"
wrote:

Bode Miller has been entered in the slalom, trying to become the first to
win gold at the Worlds in all disciplines. But has anyone else even
qualified to attempt to do this?

Of course.

there are two people (Bode is NOT one of them) who have scored world
cup points in all five disciplines this season - Axel Lund Svindal and
Benni Raich. Svindal is in the top 30 (even the top 20) in all five,
while Raich is in the top 30 in 4, but 35th in DH.

Miller has no points in SL or Combined.
--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
Woman's mind is cleaner than man's; it changes more often
To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom


But isn't qualification for those based on FIS points?

I would think anybody who has scored points in all disciplines is
"qualified" to enter all of them at the world championships.

Although most countries entering will have enough skiers that they
don't *need* to enter any one in all events :-)
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Bode
 

On Feb 1, 6:32 pm, Alex Heney wrote:
On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:56:14 -0500, "pe.rhodes"





wrote:
Err, sorry, I should have been clearer, I meant "Gold at the World
Championships" vice World Cup. Bode was just named to race at the World
Championship Slalom at Are, Sweden., this weekend.
http://www.fis-ski.com/

"Alex Heney" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:05:29 -0500, "Phil Rhodes"
wrote:

Bode Miller has been entered in the slalom, trying to become the first to
win gold at the Worlds in all disciplines. But has anyone else even
qualified to attempt to do this?

Of course.

there are two people (Bode is NOT one of them) who have scored world
cup points in all five disciplines this season - Axel Lund Svindal and
Benni Raich. Svindal is in the top 30 (even the top 20) in all five,
while Raich is in the top 30 in 4, but 35th in DH.

Miller has no points in SL or Combined.
--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
Woman's mind is cleaner than man's; it changes more often
To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom

But isn't qualification for those based on FIS points?

I would think anybody who has scored points in all disciplines is
"qualified" to enter all of them at the world championships.

Although most countries entering will have enough skiers that they
don't *need* to enter any one in all events :-)

We don't need to, Bode wants to. So, we let him because it's the
right thing to do. There has to be another couple of great SL runs in
there somewhere. If not, then he's still got SG, DH, and GS.
--
Marty

Bode
 

On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:39:07 -0500, "Marty" wrote:

On Feb 1, 6:32 pm, Alex Heney wrote:
On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:56:14 -0500, "pe.rhodes"





wrote:
Err, sorry, I should have been clearer, I meant "Gold at the World
Championships" vice World Cup. Bode was just named to race at the World
Championship Slalom at Are, Sweden., this weekend.
http://www.fis-ski.com/

"Alex Heney" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:05:29 -0500, "Phil Rhodes"
wrote:

Bode Miller has been entered in the slalom, trying to become the first to
win gold at the Worlds in all disciplines. But has anyone else even
qualified to attempt to do this?

Of course.

there are two people (Bode is NOT one of them) who have scored world
cup points in all five disciplines this season - Axel Lund Svindal and
Benni Raich. Svindal is in the top 30 (even the top 20) in all five,
while Raich is in the top 30 in 4, but 35th in DH.

Miller has no points in SL or Combined.
--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
Woman's mind is cleaner than man's; it changes more often
To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom

But isn't qualification for those based on FIS points?

I would think anybody who has scored points in all disciplines is
"qualified" to enter all of them at the world championships.

Although most countries entering will have enough skiers that they
don't *need* to enter any one in all events :-)

We don't need to, Bode wants to. So, we let him because it's the
right thing to do. There has to be another couple of great SL runs in
there somewhere. If not, then he's still got SG, DH, and GS.

If you had four skiers with a better chance than him hen you wouldn't.

I shouldn't think that any country with four skiers who have points in
the event this year are putting in a skier with none :-)

Of course we Brits don't have more than two skiers with points in any
discipline :-(
--
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Bode
 

We don't need to, Bode wants to. So, we let him because it's the
right thing to do. There has to be another couple of great SL runs in
there somewhere. If not, then he's still got SG, DH, and GS.

If you had four skiers with a better chance than him hen you wouldn't.

Of course. Or, exactly.

I shouldn't think that any country with four skiers who have points in
the event this year are putting in a skier with none :-)

Ah, but it's the potential for podiums that count. Or, so it seems.

Of course we Brits don't have more than two skiers with points in any
discipline :-(

That reminds me. I'm still ****ed about Baxter getting his Olympic Bronze
taken away. He was robbed!
--
Marty

Bode
 

"Marty" wrote in
ps.com:

On Feb 1, 11:05 am, "Phil Rhodes" wrote:
Bode Miller has been entered in the slalom, trying to become the
first to win gold at the Worlds in all disciplines. But has anyone
else even qualified to attempt to do this?

By qualified, are you asking if there will be (have been) any other
skiers that will be competing (have competed) in all 5 events at the
Worlds?
--
Marty



They wouldn't have to do that, if they'd already won a gold medal in
some events. Bode might not compete in all five (he's thinking of
bagging the DH), but he could still become an all-event worlds gold
medalist.

Bode
 

Alex Heney wrote in
:

On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:56:14 -0500, "pe.rhodes"
wrote:

Err, sorry, I should have been clearer, I meant "Gold at the World
Championships" vice World Cup. Bode was just named to race at the
World Championship Slalom at Are, Sweden., this weekend.
http://www.fis-ski.com/

"Alex Heney" wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:05:29 -0500, "Phil Rhodes"
wrote:

Bode Miller has been entered in the slalom, trying to become the
first to win gold at the Worlds in all disciplines. But has anyone
else even qualified to attempt to do this?

Of course.

there are two people (Bode is NOT one of them) who have scored world
cup points in all five disciplines this season - Axel Lund Svindal
and Benni Raich. Svindal is in the top 30 (even the top 20) in all
five, while Raich is in the top 30 in 4, but 35th in DH.

Miller has no points in SL or Combined.
--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
Woman's mind is cleaner than man's; it changes more often
To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom


But isn't qualification for those based on FIS points?

Not entirely. The team has some discretion to name competitors (not
sure about the fine print on that). Also, I'm pretty sure that
whoeveritis is talking about World Cup points, not FIS points. Bode
does have FIS points in slalom.

I would think anybody who has scored points in all disciplines is
"qualified" to enter all of them at the world championships.

The fine print is at www.fis-ski.com.

Although most countries entering will have enough skiers that they
don't *need* to enter any one in all events :-)

None of them *need* to. Some (US, Sweden for example) have some who can
perform in all five events; others (Austria for example) don't.