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...rose to the occasion, which is great because it’s the last event of the year. This is when all the training should pay off.” For the alpine squad, Dickerson produced the best performance of the weekend for the women, finishing 41st in the slalom. She clocked in at 53.27 and 58.82 for a combined time of 1:52.09. “My slalom was actually hysterical, because I literally fell through the finish line at the end of my second run,” Dickerson said. Despite the slight embarrassment, Dickerson finished...
...first or second or third, and we’re moving towards that, but we’re making forward progress, and that’s good.” On the alpine side, Harvard had strong outings from freshman Jake Segal, who finished in 25th place in the slalom. His two runs clocked in a 1:00.14 and 1:12.88, and he took 43rd place in the giant slalom with a combined time of 1:45.63. Junior Daniel Tsai’s giant slalom time of 1:44.82 checked in four spots ahead of Segal at 39th. Next weekend...
...lead and not finishing the super-G. Lindsey Kildow wishboned her skis during a terrifying practice-run crash in the women's downhill and was air-lifted to a hospital in Torino. Miraculously, she raced two days later but finished eighth. Only the surprise winner of the combined slalom-downhill event, Ted Ligety, sparked the U.S. ski team, which had labeled itself "Best in the World." Don't tell that to the Austrians, who won five Alpine ski medals going into the second week of the Games...
With the featured slalom and giant-slalom events ahead of them this week, the Alpine types still had a chance to save their Olympics. But in the realm of the slopes, there was a sense that a turning point had been reached. Win or lose, they are no longer the kings and queens of the mountains...
...Dorfmeister won a silver medal in the Super Giant Slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, but got shut out in Salt Lake City in four events. She's won two world championships, a World Cup overall title, two World Cup discipline titles, and this year leads standings in both downhill and Super-G.Starting 23rd, Dorfmeister skied the tricky top aggressively and established a lead of 1.18 seconds. "Wow, that's what I wanted," Dorfmeister said, recalling her reaction. "I tried not to get caught in the wind because you lose time and it is very difficult to regain...