Beijing 2022: No Bad Luck

This title is both an incantation and a statement of fact.  Sophia Goggia (Italy) had a bad crash while racing a month prior to these Olympics.  She fought hard to get back to race level and was thrilled to just be able to complete her run in the Women's Super G.  However, today she did more than complete the run, she put herself in the lead as she finished her race.  She walked away from the podium with a Silver medal.  In cycling riders will turn their 13 bib number upside down to spill out the bad luck.  That option isn't available wyth the Olympic race bibs.

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Beijing 2022: Not Her Discipline

It has been fasinating watching Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) recover emotionally from the bitter disappointment of skiing out of her two best disciplines.  Since spending nearly a half hour sitting on the snow crying she has come back to finish 9th in the Super G and 13th in this Downhill.  Although we soon discovered that this was another training run for her final event the Women's Combined where she placed herself 5th after the downhill with the slalom (her best event) yet too come.  The best part is to see her finding joy and humor as she talks with the cameras constantly in her face.  I sure hope she gets a medal to complete her transformation in these Beijing Winter Olympics.

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Beijing 2022: Powder

Heavy snow greeted the men for their Giant Slalom event in the mountains west of Beijing.  One would think that new snow would be a welcome sight for skiers, but sight was just the problem.  The ability to see the course clearly and the ever changing snow conditions made it just that mush harder for the men to put together a winning run down the mountain.  As you can see by the snow flying out from under the skis of Thibaut Faviot (France) as he sliceshis way through the gates on his way to a second best time when he reached the bottom.  Alas, that position didn't stand, but the it is only the first of two runs.

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Olympics 2018: Holding His LIne

Today was the first of the two races that make up the Men's Super Combined.  First is the downhill portion of the race, with the slalom coming tomorrow.  This C. Innerhofer (Italy) on his run down the hill in South Korea.

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