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...Which persuades the world not at all. An Italian racer in the final, Fabio (no relation to the Fabio) Carta, offered post-race that "We should use a rifle on Ohno. Its absurd that the Korean was disqualified...
...word from Bode Miller's coach this year is that Miller has finally matured as a ski racer. Found the brake pedal. The guy was always as fast as an avalanche, but just as wild. He would occasionally show up on the winners' podium, but that seemed purely accidental. The rest of the time Bullet Bode (it's pronounced Bo-dee) would be so far off the course you would need a GPS to find him. This season, though, Miller has been a fixture on the winners' stand of the World Cup tour, Europe's glamorous winter circuit...
That fame comes as no surprise to the people who have followed Miller. By the time he got to Carrabbassett Valley Academy (C.V.A.), a ski-racer prep school, his athleticism was evident but his style was wildly unorthodox...
...other athletes selected for the honor guard were Kristina Sabasteanski, a biathlete who serves in the military; skeleton racer Lea Ann Parsley, a firefighter in Ohio; curler Stacy Liapis; luger Mark Grimmette; speedskater Derek Parra; and freestyle skier Chris Klug, who is back in the games after a liver transplant...
TIME: How about Alpine skiing? Menyoli: I don't want to do downhill. I want to keep my sanity. I don't want to hurt myself. I have done downhill, and it does help my cross-country. But I will never become a giant slalom racer. It's just risky. Why would you want to go through that? I could slam into a tree and just die! Cross-country skiing has some risk, but you can't really just hurt yourself. The speeds are not high...