He carves the slope with a surgeon's precision, hugging the fall line, darting through slalom gates with eyeblink speed.
Mahre, 23, went into the last race of the season, a giant slalom at Laax, Switzerland, needing a third-place finish or better to edge out the great Swedish slalom and giant-slalom .
The giant slalom in Nagano will involve threading through gates along a 3,100-ft.
Whiter water awaits Iowa Games racers in Charles City CHARLES CITY — Saturday’s Iowa Games Whitewater Slalom and Downriver Races in Riverfront Park in Charles City should be quite different from last year’s event.
June 22, 2013 - The Globe Gazette
HIGH SCHOOL TOP 25: No. 25, Mottau of Saratoga overcomes deficit to win state giant slalom championship CANANDAIGUA — The difference between a skiing champion and second place is mere tenths or hundredths of a second. That was certainly the case for the 2013 New York State Public High School Athletic Association giant slalom championship at Bristol Mountain in Canandaigua February 26.
June 20, 2013 - The Saratogian
Bode Miller in Dallas Morning News Talk about a hard challenge right there. ...... If you ever tried to ski when you're wasted, it's not easy,Miller said. "Try and ski a slalom when ...... you hit a gate less than every one a second, so it's risky, you know. You're putting...
Ted Ligety in AFP The super-combined is tailor-made for Bode. He's one of the best downhill skiers in the world and he shows moments of brilliance in the slalom, and he did that today,said Ligety. "I thought he was definitely going to be one of the...
Aksel Lund Svindal in International Herald Tribune I could have clinched it in the giant slalom yesterday, but now it was up to Raich and he skied out,Svindal said. "Today I was lucky. It's not luck to get over 1,000 points in the World Cup. But to win by two points after he skis out is...