1.   Gerard Moreno of Los Angeles has been racing for nearly five years and is the current California state downhill champion.

2.   He was twice national downhill champion, as was Johnson.

3.   Street was the two-time defending World Cup downhill champion when she was injured.

4.   The Olympic downhill champion Katja Seizinger won six straight races before Christmas and could medal in anything but slalom.

5.   The ski team is likely to be there, including the Olympic downhill champion, Picabo Street, who has bought a house nearby.

6.   Tommy Moe, the defending Olympic downhill champion, has yet to finish in the top three of a downhill since.

7.   Tommy Moe, the defending Olympic downhill champion from the United States, has not won another international race.

8.   Picabo Street, the American downhill champion, will be making her first start in a race since tearing ligaments in her left knee during training last December.

9.   Picabo Street, the two-time World Cup downhill champion, tore ligaments and cartilage in her left knee Wednesday and will require season-ending surgery.

10.   A former two-time World Cup downhill champion, Street came back last month after being sidelined more than a year following knee surgery.