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4 event skiers who do well in all 4 events
http://www.eurosport.com/alpineskiin...to847992.shtml
"Double Olympic speed champion Michaela Dorfmeister, who will retire after next week's finals in Are, Sweden, started for fun in the slalom but failed to qualify for the second leg after losing nearly six seconds on the leader." This is really interesting. Think about how talented you have to be in order to be a threat in ALL events on the WC. Anja, Janica, Bode, Beni, Daron (even though he does not ski the SL), ... These athletes are really quite amazing. Could Michaela focus more on her SL and get faster? Sure. But her speed events would suffer a bit. 6 seconds and I'm sure she'd crush most masters SL racers. :-) -- Marty |
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Marty wrote: http://www.eurosport.com/alpineskiin...to847992.shtml "Double Olympic speed champion Michaela Dorfmeister, who will retire after next week's finals in Are, Sweden, started for fun in the slalom but failed to qualify for the second leg after losing nearly six seconds on the leader." That's a von Gruenigen! But was she wearing her mom's old Austrian girl scout uniform when she did it? This is really interesting. Think about how talented you have to be in order to be a threat in ALL events on the WC. Anja, Janica, Bode, Beni, Has he ever won a speed event? Daron (even though he does not ski the SL), ....so not _all_ events. But your point stands. I think I'd add Kildow and Mancuso to that list, provisionally. ... These athletes are really quite amazing. Could Michaela focus more on her SL and get faster? Sure. But her speed events would suffer a bit. The fact that she could even get through the course in a WC slalom at her age is pretty impressive. |
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Mary Malmros wrote:
Marty wrote: http://www.eurosport.com/alpineskiin...to847992.shtml "Double Olympic speed champion Michaela Dorfmeister, who will retire after next week's finals in Are, Sweden, started for fun in the slalom but failed to qualify for the second leg after losing nearly six seconds on the leader." That's a von Gruenigen! But was she wearing her mom's old Austrian girl scout uniform when she did it? Oh yea. MVG was on some old wood planks too, IIRCC. This is really interesting. Think about how talented you have to be in order to be a threat in ALL events on the WC. Anja, Janica, Bode, Beni, Has he ever won a speed event? I don't think so. But, he has points in DH and is ranked 11th in SG, so, a threat for sure. Daron (even though he does not ski the SL), ...so not _all_ events. But your point stands. I think I'd add Kildow and Mancuso to that list, provisionally. For sure. ... These athletes are really quite amazing. Could Michaela focus more on her SL and get faster? Sure. But her speed events would suffer a bit. The fact that she could even get through the course in a WC slalom at her age is pretty impressive. Yup. Hey, new snow looks good here. Eldo on Saturday, Breck on Sunday and Monday. Should be good. -- Marty |
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