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...patriotic display. How are the Europeans reacting to that? STREET: They?re always a bit envious of the Americans? ability to rise to the occasion. It?s because American fans go, "Come on, come on, you can do it," and the Europeans go, "You?d better." You get an Austrian - skiing is No. 1 in their country - and if they don?t bring a medal home, they?re going to be asked, "Why not?" Instead of, "Nice try, man, that was awesome." It?s just a different perspective. Their pressures are a lot different. I don?t envy them...
...been for Austrian skier Stephan Eberharter, who must be heartily fed up with taking silver to Hermann Maier's golds. But Maier put himself out of action last summer, so maybe Eberharter's time has come. Again...
Eberharter has had two careers. In 1991 at the age of 21, he became the youngest member of the Austrian team, winning world championships in the super-G and the combined downhill and slalom. But then came the injuries. A torn ligament in practice for the 1992 Albertville Games, a broken collarbone later in the year and a torn anterior cruciate ligament in 1994 kept him off the piste. Poor form in 1995-1996 prompted the coaches to drop him from the World Cup team to the less competitive Europa Cup, where he dominated the 1996-97 season and returned...
Unfortunately for Eberharter that was the season that fellow Austrian Hermann Maier, who had turned professional only in 1994, won his first World Cup event. From then on Eberharter was the eternal bridesmaid. At the Nagano Games in 1998 he won giant slalom silver to Maier's gold. In the 1999 super-G World Cup standings he finished second, as he did in the 2000-2001 downhill and overall placings. By the end of 2000-2001 Eberharter had finished second to Maier, dubbed the Herminator by countryman Arnold Schwarzenegger, in 11 out of 13 World Cup races...
...addition to Miller, Schlopy will have to contend with Hermann (the Herminator) Maier, the coolly intimidating Austrian who won two golds in Nagano. Maier is recovering from a broken leg suffered in an August motorcycle crash, but he's notoriously tough, and, at least in the world's eyes, he's the favorite until proved otherwise. Schlopy is hardly quaking in fear. "Skiing was difficult before Herman was there, and it'll be difficult after he leaves," he says. "And you can quote me on that." Done...