21.   Another board trustee likely to profit from the Games is Earl Holding, owner of Snowbasin ski resort where the downhill races will be staged.

22.   And it fell on the last downhill race prior to the Vail World Championships.

23.   And organizers did not pour water to make the track icy and faster after skiers complained of this method at the previous World Cup downhill races in Val Gardena.

24.   As a virtual novice, Russi started near the back of the field in the downhill races of the U.S. national championships.

25.   At Happoone last year, two World Cup downhill races were called off due to heavy snowfall.

26.   Back-to-back World Cup downhill races will be held at Snowbasin next month, the result of bad weather that forced the cancellation of a race in Switzerland in January.

27.   Beaver Creek has been holding World Cup downhill races on its Birds of Prey course.

28.   But Karlsson said she would not ski in Aspen or in downhill races planned for the following weekend in Lake Louise, Alberta.

29.   But Mader, second in the downhill race, said Kjus was as good as champion.

30.   Even with one downhill race remaining, Goetschl was able to claim the coveted crown on the strength of three victories earlier in the season.