31.   FIS rules at least one training is needed before any downhill race.

32.   For Zelenskaja, the glory of becoming the first Russian woman to win a World Cup downhill race must wait another day.

33.   Fritz Strobl led Austrian teammate Roland Assinger by eight hundredths of a second Wednesday in the opening practice for back-to-back World Cup downhill races in this north Italian valley.

34.   German officials have recently renounced the organization of two downhill races scheduled in Garmisch in January.

35.   Fritz Strobl led Austrian teammate Roland Assinger by eight hundredths of a second Wednesday in the opening practice for consecutive World Cup downhill races in this north Italian valley.

36.   Her victory coincided with the double triumph of countryman Luc Alphand, who took both downhill races across the border in Kitzbuehel, Austria.

37.   Hilary Lindh and Picabo Street have both won three out of a total of five World Cup downhill races.

38.   In January the Norwegian skier can take advantage of five downhill races and two combined, which are not contested by his closest rivals.

39.   Incessant snowfall and poor visibility forced a halt to two separate downhill races.

40.   Johnson fell face first when his skis separated and he tumbled through two restraining fences during an FIS downhill race.