11.   His collection now includes three golds and two silvers, and he already is the only man with Alpine medals in three straight Olympics.

12.   It was the first Alpine medal awarded in the Nagano Olympics, which have been plagued by snowstorms that postponed several races.

13.   It was the first Alpine medal ever for Finland, a country more noted for its Nordic skiing.

14.   Kostelic became the only skier to win four Alpine medals at an Olympics.

15.   Kostelic became the only skier to win four Alpine medals at the same Olympics.

16.   Kristina Koznick, the last realistic chance for an Alpine medal by an American woman, crashed on the first run of the slalom Wednesday morning.

17.   Miller could become the sixth man to win three Alpine skiing medals in one Olympics.

18.   Miller said Kostelic, whose sister Janica won a record four alpine skiing medals in Salt Lake City, helped push him in his breakthrough season.

19.   No other American got close to an Alpine medal.

20.   On Friday, Lasse Kjus became the first person to win a pair of Olympic Alpine medals on the same day, taking silver in both downhill and combined.