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A view of Torino

While we're on the subject of the Olympics, here's a touristy video/slideshow of Torino:

Guay is in

Eric Guay's declared himself fit to ract the Olympic Super G on Saturday.

Ouch

Alison Forsyth, Canada's best medal hope in the women's technical events tore her ACL while training for the Olympic downhill at San Sicario, Italy, today.

Defending Olympic champion Carole Montillet-Carles of France also crashed during today's training session. Her crash was followed by a pretty nasty spill (see slideshow) by American gold medal contender Lindsey Kildow, who fortunately wasn't seriously injured.

Jennifer Heil

Congratulations to Canada's first Olympic champion. Notice her choice of skis. Cool.

Unfortunately...

Eric Guay is out of the Olympics. He was easily one of the better medal hopes on the Canadian men's team...

Great ski trip writing

From Powder Magazine: SoCal to SLC. This is the best ski road-trip intro I've seen in a while:

At 125 miles an hour, the Idaho state patrol car lifts and drifts, a cushion of air cupping its undercarriage, freaky speed-float like a pair of 223s running straight, high-desert Joshua trees flashing past the windows like stroboscopic prison bars. The Crown Vic is a full-on black-and-white cruiser, stripped of lights, decals, and shotgun rack…4.6 liters of V8…all four tires in various stages of balding—I’ve nicknamed them Rob Story, Les Anthony, Tom Bie, and, the one that’s bare as a baby’s bottom, Casimiro. I see the 70 mph limit, raise it a double nickel, and have Barstow in the rearview, Alta on the radar, Brian Head in between, a full tank of gas, forty-gig iPod, two Starbucks empties, and a Red Bull can shivering on the floor. Who says there’s no direction in my life? North’s a direction, right?

I'm back...

...and Meier wins the Kitzbuehel Super G, just like old times.

It's his fifth victory in six attempts. Young Italian Peter Fill (not very Italian sounding eh?) was 0.05 of a second behind and claimed second place. Hannes Riechel of Austria was third. Top Canadian was Guay at thirteenth.

Rocca'in da slalom

Five wins in a row for Italy's Giorgio Rocca.