1.   This is what you see Olympic ski racers doing before entering the starting gate.

2.   For Tsutsumi, who has built up a property empire, including the Olympic ski slopes in Nagano, this is his great moment.

3.   Picabo Street watched carefully as friend Tommy Moe recovered from knee surgery, knowing what happened to one Olympic ski medalist could happen to another.

4.   The greatest variety of skiing in the immediate vicinity is at Axamer Lizum, southwest of Innsbruck, where the other Olympic ski races were held.

5.   There were no surprises in the naming of the U.S. Olympic ski team Monday.

6.   They were among the top skiers on the mountain, nationally ranked and potential candidates for the U.S. Olympic ski team.

7.   A former U.S. Olympic freestyle ski team member who suffered a severe head injury last month is out of immediate danger and continues to improve.

8.   Former Olympic downhill ski champion Franz Klammer of Austria plays with Sven Struever of Germany.

9.   Former U.S. Olympic freestyle ski team member Jim Moran showed improvement Tuesday, three days after he suffered a severe head injury during a competition at Vail.

10.   In addition, protests by environmentalists and others over staging Olympic ski events in the protected Tatra National Park harmed the bid.