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Show B-7 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, February 9-11, 2005 American men ready for the giant slalom conference after arriving in town from training nearby for the last few days. He skipped the day's training session but has raced in Bormio, including 11th in a slalom two years ago, so he has a By PAUL BOBBINS comfort factor. "So far, it's been a good seaSpecial to the Record BORMIO, Italy - The men tee son as far as getting stronger it up again Wednesday at the every week," he said, referring to alpine World Championships, his rebound following knee surgery a year ago. • this time in giant slalom. "I'm happy the World It will be the first race for Parkite Erik Schlopy, who was Championships are in February GS bronze medallist two years instead of December. I'm feeling ago at Worlds in St. Moritz, stronger and better every week... "I've been on the hill before. Switzerland, behind teammate Bormio always puts on a great Bode Miller. (The silver medallist was Hans Knauss of Austria, race, so it should be good," who will not be racing since he's Schlopy said. The tech events this week busy tryjng to clear himself of have a tough act to follow. The doping charges.) U.S. men came to town looking Schlopy was non-committal Monday in a U.S. Ski Team press for four medals and even with First race at Worlds for Erik Schtopy Bode Miller losing a ski in the my best. Today, it really went the combined, they produced three - way I would'vc thought; it's just Miller taking gold in super-G and that I was surprised other guys then going 1-2 with Daron didn't ski faster... Rahlves as silver medal-winner "I knew running early the visin an historic downhill result ibility was going to be tough. I Saturday. was going to get tired, f knew I Making the performance even was going to probably be slow on more eventful was part-lime the bottom of the course where I Park City resident Miller - run- was really tired and couldn't ning third - having to wait about keep the skis clean. I was just eight minutes in the start after hoping by that point I'd have a the No. 2 skier, from Russia, big enough lead and it worked crashed. He regrouped, zipped out exactly as I thought... down the course, held on at the "The last three turns I had end...and then watched as no one nothing left. I was just balancing could catch him. sideways and I didn't have any"When I come to these big thing left in my legs at all. and I championships," Miller said, was just trying to struggle "and I know I'm going to be through to the finish and hope I going 100 percent. I expect to didn't lost loo much time... make mistakes and I expect to "Whether that was the perfect make bobbles, and I factor that run or not, that was my best into how I decide I'm gonna ski effort." Mancuso grabs bronze in giant slalom Give your valentine a Sweet Retreat With a Call 655.26B9 and order your gift certificates today! m ^Mention this ad to receive $10 off purchase. )fTw MpUes Locafed off the Jeremy ^ " ^B least one medal and, with any after the second run (2:14.27). wildly enthusiastic crowd - hey. if R^hch exft qf luck, maybe two. "Well, first run I was just mak- a born-and-brcd Italian couldn't 3070 Rqsmussen Mancuso was a little under the ing mistakes left and right," get a medal, they'll take one from Sufte 140 radar. She'd had a lethargic sea- Mancuso said, "and I was a little an adopted Italian, whose greatson a year ago and although she crazy. I knew if I had a good sec- grandfather came from southern had top-10 results in each of the ond run and tried not to make so Italy...even if "we don't have anyBy PAUL BOBBINS four ski disciplines (slalom, GS, many mistakes s. and pointed 'em one living here now." super-G and downhill), she didn't down the hill, that it would be Although there may be a perSpecial to the Record in any of 'em. Until the better..."' ception Mancuso came in under SANTA CATERINA, Italy - sizzle And it was, They give medals the radar because of the media DESIGNS, INC. Winter School grad Julia Worlds Championships. attention on Kildow, that wasn't And she's smoked at Worlds, for her second run. Mancuso stared 'em down. Her supcr-G medal was a her self-perception. Mancuso was seventh Tuesday capturing bronze medals in boost, she said, but she also drew super-G and GS. She's the first "She's had an awesome year," in the first run of giant slalom to interesting comparison Mancuso said, "but 1 don't worry open the final week of racing at U.S. woman to come from Worlds an the alpine World Championships. with two medals since that other between the super-G medal and about that stuff, or the press putAnd when the second run was Park City skier, Picabo Street, her GS bauble. She earned this ting all the pressure on him and forgetting about me, I don't realover, Mancuso - like a frontier who blitzed Sierra Nevada for one, she said proudly. "It gave me motivation but it ly care. People can forget about gunslinger - had winged enough downhill gold and super-G was a little different. Today." me... challengers to finish with her sec- bronze. Mancuso said, "I felt like I skied Tuesday, Anja Paerson of "My skiing went well and I ond bronze medal of the Sweden won her second gold really well to get a bronze medal knew I was skiing well, and I didChampionships. medal of the Championships, fin- and the other day was kind of a n't have any pressure. And I Improbable? You bet. ishing the giant slalom in two weird day where a lot of people guess I just like big races because, Mancuso in a nutshell? Ibid. out and made big mistakes, as I was saying earlier, the presComing into the minutes. 13.63 seconds. Finn went so it just really gave me the confi- sure seems to be off of me when Tanja Poutiainen was silver Championships, he spotlight was dence that anything can hap- the pressure's on everyone else." medalist in 2:13.82 and Mancuso on Lindsey Kildow. She'd had a pen..." leap-frogged from seventh after Exhibits A and B: super-G killer season - one win. five other the first run to bronze medallist bronze, GS bronze. 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