Vancouver, British Columbia
Saturday in what could be, execution will try its last Olympics, Bode Miller to win his first medal in Olympic men's slalom event.
No matter what this Olympics has already cemented Mr. Miller's place as the most successful skier of in U.S. history. If he can pull off a win in the slalom, he'll Jean-Claude Killy French legend as one of the largest and most versatile Olympic skier of all time rivals.
Getty Images Bode Miller race in men's downhill on February 15.Saturday may one last chance for a look at a skier rare than most people realize. Heading into Saturday's slalom, Mr. Miller, 32 years old, has spread five Olympic medals, including a gold, four of the five disciplines skiing ' s.
Mr. Miller burst onto the scene as a slalom specialist in the mid-1990s, take the first generation of curved skis, to help him undergoes alternately in a way that no one had before. His two silver medals at the games in Salt Lake City 2002 came in the combined and giant slalom.
As he shifted his focus to speed events, coach would cause concern his ruthless style a career end violations.
This not happen, and now, far beyond the age if itself by how quickly win he can most skiers slalom, Mr. Müller nor judge dancing through the gates.
"It always my dream to slalom win," said Mr. Miller after taking his first gold medal in the combination in Vancouver. "I have always said if you're skiing well, it's nothing like slalom."
Mr Miller has not said he was going after the Olympic Games in retirement, and now that he is to win, he suggested, he can return to the World Cup circuit.
Professional skiing a grinding is both mentally and physically, and especially for Americans, often spend up to seven months away from home each year. Mr. Miller has taken note how time often his wish, ski hire faster than anyone else outweighs his desire to spend with his 2-year-old daughter. It seems unlikely that Mr Müller, are still on the slopes in Sochi, Russia in 2014.
He won five World Cup medals and 32 World Cup races, but he has also 68 World Cup podiums and two World Championship overall. Thats a curriculum vitae, rivals of France's Mr Killy-, which is still considered the gold standard of skiing. Mr Killy swept famous alpine competitions at the 1968 Olympics.
"Just go to a skier bode, how always come to see", said Tom Kelly, the longtime spokesman for the U.S. ski and snowboard connection. "A man who has won World Cup race, total titles and Olympic medals." "This is not happening."
Now Miller's return to the U.S. team is Mr. last year part of the ski. He would two years earlier for his own make stop, self-financed team, because he was not, as the way, the Team USA.
This came a year after Mr. Müller had boasted of his late night drinking during the Olympics Turin, where he won no medals despite hype him a favorite in all five competitions before the play.
Mr. Miller said this week, his behaviour in Turin to see his way of back of its identity, it was kidnapped by the media.
Sasha Rearick, last spring, men's alpine coach for the U.S. team, Mr. Miller called and asked whether he return wanted. Mr Miller told him no thanks and spent the summer golf play and fooling around on the beach with his daughter.
"After everything I had done, I thought I deserved some time not tried killing me every day," said Mr. Miller.
But in September, Mr. Miller was considering a comeback, and flew to Utah to discuss with Mr Rearick. "I saw the problems he had in the past, which left him as possibilities, forced," said Mr Rearick.
He welcomed Mr Müller, back although a World Cup season was only six weeks and Mr. Miller was completely synchronous physical with his teammates. "I was pretty much on my own," said Mr. Miller.
He will win on its own on the Hill Saturday, attempting this elusive slalom medal.
Write toMatthew Futterman on matthew.futterman@wsj.com
0 comments:
Post a Comment