Word: slalomed
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...bravura of aerials, Miller may prove that when it comes to the Olympics, speed still thrills. Certainly Europe hasn't lost its "hup, hup, hup" for slalom. Two weeks ago in Schladming, Austria, for instance, Miller won a World Cup slalom in front of a roaring crowd of 50,000. "Everyone's talking about him," says U.S. technical coach Jesse Hunt. "They know him by his first name," as if he were a soccer star...
...December he won a giant-slalom event in Val d'Isere, France, and then drove seven hours to Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, the next day and won a slalom event. No other American had won two events in a row since Phil Mahre in 1983. Then, in early January in Adelboden, Switzerland, Miller won a race by nearly 2 sec. It's an astonishing margin, like winning by 20 m in a 100-m dash. He has been on the winners' podium eight times this season, compared with three last season...
Organizers have spiced up the format of snowboarding's other event, giant slalom, to be more fan-friendly. But the sport's true believers sneer at this trick-free speed show--one reason the U.S. team won't be much of a factor. Europeans will dominate, as they do in speed-skiing events...
...Matt Perone had a really good weekend,” co-captain Kenan Stern said. “He had solid slalom and giant slalom runs...
...men’s alpine team was led by Perone who skied into a 51st place finish and seven team points in the giant slalom on Friday and then picked up nine points in Saturday’s slalom...