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Just watched ski cross for the first time - absolutely crazy! :shocked2:

Definately

Just watched ski cross for the first time - absolutely crazy! :shocked2:

 

I reckon it should be renamed ski crash.:stunned:

Bode Miller wins gold in super combined

 

American comes back from seventh place after downhill portion

 

By DALE ROBERTSON

 

Feb. 21, 2010, 3:16PM

 

 

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OLIVIER MORIN AFP/Getty Images

 

Bode Miller came back from seventh place with a strong performance in the slalom portion.

 

WHISTLER, British Columbia – Bode Miller’s run to redemption is complete. Miller won the gold medal in the Olympics super combined today to secure his place as the greatest American skier ever.

In seventh place after the downhill portion of the combined, Miller produced a nearly perfect slalom run while all of his chief rivals, including the downhill leader Aksel Lund Svindal, fell by the wayside. When Svindal was disqualified for missing a slalom gate, Miller became a virtual lock to prevail.

The 34-year-old Miller, who had actually retired last year before deciding to give skiing one final go, now has a medal of each color on Whistler Mountain. He was second in the super-G and third in the downhill. His five Olympic medals total, counting the two silvers he won in Salt Lake City in 2002, are two more than any other American Alpine skier has collected.

Also, no American skier, male or female, had ever won more than two in a single Olympiad.

Trailing Svindal by .76 seconds after the downhill, Miller wound up defeating Croatia’s Ivica Kostelic by a third of a second for the championship. Silvan Zurbriggen of Switzerland, .40 behind, took the bronze.

Just watched ski cross for the first time - absolutely crazy! :shocked2:

 

Both that and snowboard cross are crazy!

 

 

Where's Jiggs? I've been watching a bit of the Russia v Czech Republic hocky match.

I'm here!

How are you enjoying it?

Also, can't believe the Canadian fell down in the ski cross final. We were on our way to a bronze. So disappointing.

Magdalena Neuner and Simone Hauswald....yayyyyy...:dance:

Magdalena Neuner and Simone Hauswald....yayyyyy...:dance:

 

I watched that too. :dance:

Magdalena just won her third medal ... she'll probably win a fourth too. :dance:

I'm here!

How are you enjoying it?

 

It's intense. Russia just scored. They're up 4 - 2.

Actually they just won.

I would want to have another Olympic chat with you tonight, but with that Canada/U.S. hockey game...um....:uhoh:

I watched that too. :dance:

Magdalena just won her third medal ... she'll probably win a fourth too. :dance:

 

ooooh yah.....she is so fast....and I was so happy that Hauswald got bronze...she really deserved after such a good race...:D

ooooh yah.....she is so fast....and I was so happy that Hauswald got bronze...she really deserved after such a good race...:D

 

She's 23 and she already achieved everything she can achieve in her sport. :thinking:

And I'm so happy for Simone Hauswald. :dance: She almost cried.

aaand she did such a great comeback after she thought of quitting last year I think....

and so true about Hauswald she is so erm sympathisch:wacky:

It's intense. Russia just scored. They're up 4 - 2.

Actually they just won.

I would want to have another Olympic chat with you tonight, but with that Canada/U.S. hockey game...um....:uhoh:

 

We'll talk after the game.

I'm going to be pretty focused on it.

Plus I'm having about 12 people over to watch it. :o

^ Ok.

 

Aw, I just realized I have tutoring scheduled during ice dancing. :mean:

Boo, that sucks.

I would try to record it but my DVR's pretty full...maybe on the other TV.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I MISSED THE SKI CROSS :(

and wooo Bode :thumbsup:

can't wait for the game tonight!

Now, in the hockey system, is it the top 4 or top 8 teams that move on to the bracket round?

Darn! Now it's tied. :(

Canada-2

USA-2

2-3

USA USA USA USA USA USA!

4-3! Sweet.

5-3! YES! :D