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WC isn't quite over...
and already it's a great WC season for the USST:
Bode: most WC wins for US skier, got the overall, got the combined, (most likely would have won the DH cup if the last race had not been cancelled). Even his SL was very good this year. Lindsey: very close to winning the overall, already has the DH cup Ted: may end up with the GS cup! Julia: sitting in 7th overall (4th in GS) - solid! Fantastic! -- Marty |
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WC isn't quite over...
On Mar 13, 11:27*am, Marty wrote:
and already it's a great WC season for the USST: Bode: *most WC wins for US skier, got the overall, got the combined, (most likely would have won the DH cup if the last race had not been cancelled). *Even his SL was very good this year. Lindsey: *very close to winning the overall, already has the DH cup Ted: *may end up with the GS cup! Julia: *sitting in 7th overall (4th in GS) - solid! Fantastic! -- Marty I thought Bode Miller wasn't skiing for the USST anymore. Thought I read a while back that he was racing as an independent. Did I miss something? |
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WC isn't quite over...
Armin wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:27 am, Marty wrote: and already it's a great WC season for the USST: Bode: most WC wins for US skier, got the overall, got the combined, (most likely would have won the DH cup if the last race had not been cancelled). Even his SL was very good this year. Lindsey: very close to winning the overall, already has the DH cup Ted: may end up with the GS cup! Julia: sitting in 7th overall (4th in GS) - solid! Fantastic! Indeed. What a year. -- Marty I thought Bode Miller wasn't skiing for the USST anymore. Thought I read a while back that he was racing as an independent. Did I miss something? He's independent. He's still a US racer. You don't have to belong to a team to ski WC; you just have to qualify by getting your FIS seed points low enough. |
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WC isn't quite over...
"Marty" wrote in message ... and already it's a great WC season for the USST: Bode: most WC wins for US skier, got the overall, got the combined, (most likely would have won the DH cup if the last race had not been cancelled). Even his SL was very good this year. Lindsey: very close to winning the overall, already has the DH cup Ted: may end up with the GS cup! Julia: sitting in 7th overall (4th in GS) - solid! Fantastic! -- Marty Why did the FIS cancel the last downhill at Bormio then? They seemed to run the SG and GS OK... Shame that such an important race isn't rescheduled, even at another venue if necessary.. kind of devalues the efforts of the competitors. |
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WC isn't quite over...
On Mar 13, 12:27*pm, Marty wrote:
and already it's a great WC season for the USST: Bode: *most WC wins for US skier, got the overall, got the combined, (most likely would have won the DH cup if the last race had not been cancelled). *Even his SL was very good this year. Lindsey: *very close to winning the overall, already has the DH cup Ted: *may end up with the GS cup! Julia: *sitting in 7th overall (4th in GS) - solid! Fantastic! -- Marty Vonn got the overall globe and Ligety got the GS globe! Woooo hooooo! -- Marty |
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WC isn't quite over...
On Mar 13, 5:48*pm, Armin wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:27*am, Marty wrote: and already it's a great WC season for the USST: Bode: *most WC wins for US skier, got the overall, got the combined, (most likely would have won the DH cup if the last race had not been cancelled). *Even his SL was very good this year. Lindsey: *very close to winning the overall, already has the DH cup Ted: *may end up with the GS cup! Julia: *sitting in 7th overall (4th in GS) - solid! Fantastic! -- Marty I thought Bode Miller wasn't skiing for the USST anymore. Thought I read a while back that he was racing as an independent. Did I miss something? He's got his own team - Team America (you know it's play on that puppet movie - love that!). This allows him to do what he feels works for him without the USST busting his balls for it. Guess was right right (again). Check out his video he http://www.skispace.com/media.aspx BTW - Koz (http://www.koznick.com/) did the same thing. -- Marty |
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WC isn't quite over...
On Mar 14, 7:55*am, "MichaelJP" wrote:
"Marty" wrote in message ... and already it's a great WC season for the USST: Bode: *most WC wins for US skier, got the overall, got the combined, (most likely would have won the DH cup if the last race had not been cancelled). *Even his SL was very good this year. Lindsey: *very close to winning the overall, already has the DH cup Ted: *may end up with the GS cup! Julia: *sitting in 7th overall (4th in GS) - solid! Fantastic! -- Marty Why did the FIS cancel the last downhill at Bormio then? They seemed to run the SG and GS OK... Shame that such an important race isn't rescheduled, even at another venue if necessary.. kind of devalues the efforts of the competitors. There have been some pretty horrific crashes (in DH and SG) this year and safety became a huge issue. I think that they were smart in not runing a DH under questionable conditions. They did run a DH in soft conditions in Aspen this year (women) and some girls paid the price. The conditions were better for the SG and in GS, the risk is lower because the speeds are lower. If you asked Bode and the other racers, I think he would say they did the right thing. DH needs training runs - the conditions were not good for that either. No DH training, no way to race - WAY to dangerous. This being the finals, they are out of time to reschedule training and and the event. Plus, Cuche desrves the Globe - seems like a great guy. -- Marty |
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WC isn't quite over...
On Mar 13, 5:23*pm, lal_truckee wrote:
Armin wrote: On Mar 13, 11:27 am, Marty wrote: and already it's a great WC season for the USST: Bode: *most WC wins for US skier, got the overall, got the combined, (most likely would have won the DH cup if the last race had not been cancelled). *Even his SL was very good this year. Lindsey: *very close to winning the overall, already has the DH cup Ted: *may end up with the GS cup! Julia: *sitting in 7th overall (4th in GS) - solid! Fantastic! Indeed. What a year. -- Marty I thought Bode Miller wasn't skiing for the USST anymore. Thought I read a while back that he was racing as an independent. Did I miss something? He's independent. He's still a US racer. You don't have to belong to a team to ski WC; you just have to qualify by getting your FIS seed points low enough. That's what I thought... that he is no longer associated with the USST. When you said: "a great WC season for the USST" and then listed Bode Miller's stellar performance it mad me wonder if he was still with the team. Thanks for clearing it up. ;-) |
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WC isn't quite over...
Armin wrote:
On Mar 13, 5:23 pm, lal_truckee wrote: Armin wrote: ... I thought Bode Miller wasn't skiing for the USST anymore. Thought I read a while back that he was racing as an independent. Did I miss something? He's independent. He's still a US racer. You don't have to belong to a team to ski WC; you just have to qualify by getting your FIS seed points low enough. That's what I thought... that he is no longer associated with the USST. When you said: "a great WC season for the USST" and then listed Bode Miller's stellar performance it mad me wonder if he was still with the team. Thanks for clearing it up. ;-) Heh. I hadn't noticed Marty mentioned the USST, so I didn't comment on that aspect. This is the second time in the last few years one of the US's best racers has had to go independent in order to get good coaching and living/traveling conditions amenable to success. I suspect a flaw in the USST organization. Shades of Mark Girardelli. |
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WC isn't quite over...
Marty wrote:
Plus, Cuche desrves the Globe - seems like a great guy. If he ever trains slalom and has even minor success, the rest of the field is in trouble. |
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