11.   Actually he was using that first downhill session to warm up for another speed race, the super giant slalom.

12.   All speed races are scheduled for the course during the two-week competition.

13.   And right now, Seizinger is doing no wrong in the speed races.

14.   Austrian Fritz Strobl, seeking a back-to-back World Cup downhill victory, on Wednesday led the opening practice run for two consecutive speed races in this north Italian valley.

15.   But Hilde Gerg, who won several speed races just before the Olympics, failed to finish on the podium either in the downhill or the Super-G.

16.   But, mathematically at least, skipping the speed races still could prevent him from winning his first World Cup overall title.

17.   Erin Hartwell of Indianapolis, the only American cyclist to win medals in two Olympics, has changed from the speed races to endurance.

18.   Frenchman Luc Alphand on Sunday won a grueling World Cup downhill on the icy and treacherous Stelvio course to capture his second season victory out of four speed races.

19.   He does not want to take risks in speed races.

20.   I hoped he could not become so good in speed races.