1.   One after another, they tried to match his bullish style, powering through the gates, and one after another, they fell or straddled gates.

2.   Then two skiers finished before Kristin Koznick, the young American, nearly scored a fast time before she straddled a gate near the end.

3.   But their hopes for gold were quickly thwarted in the second run when Wiberg first, and then Riegler, straddled a gate and failed to complete the course.

4.   But the Austrian, who won the overall World Cup title last season, straddled a gate to end her race.

5.   He straddled a gate and fell in the second run and blamed the damaged course for his misfortunes.

6.   I just straddled a gate.

7.   Ivica Kostelic of Croatia, trying to increase the family medal haul, straddled a gate and dropped out, after finishing the first run in fourth place.

8.   Marlies Oester of Switzerland straddled a gate and fell hard in the first run.

9.   Marlies Oester of Switzerland straddled a gate and fell hard.

10.   Mayer straddled a gate on his second run and did not finish.