31.   The U.S. ski team had high hopes for Salt Lake, believing it had five or six solid medal contenders in alpine events.

32.   The U.S. ski team holds training camps at Whiteface Mountain.

33.   The U.S. ski team had never won more than six medals in one Olympics, so Marolt deserves credit for setting a goal that may have inspired the athletes.

34.   There were no surprises in the naming of the U.S. Olympic ski team Monday.

35.   They were among the top skiers on the mountain, nationally ranked and potential candidates for the U.S. Olympic ski team.

36.   They once again lived up to their billing as the dominant ski team in the world.

37.   Thus, most graduates from the ski academies rarely get beyond their college ski teams, though that can mean scholarship money at prestige schools.

38.   Tracy Evans, an Olympic aerialist, executes a breathtaking backflip on Tommy.com, the Web site for Tommy Hilfiger, a sponsor of the American ski team.

39.   While their lead over the perennially weaker ski teams may be understandable, ski race fans are asking, where are the Swiss, the Germans, the French?

40.   Other members of the junior team were shaken but not seriously injured, according to a release from the Canadian alpine ski team.