51.   Last month, he finished fourth in the Olympic combined event.

52.   Lurking just off the lead were multi-talented Norwegians Kjetil Andre Aamodt and Lasse Kjus, who have made the combined event their personal playground all season.

53.   Maier dropped out of the combined event after the crash, losing out on another medal chance.

54.   Maier dropped out of the combined event after the crash, losing out on another medal opportunity.

55.   Maier dropped out of the combined event after the crash.

56.   Maier dropped out of the combined event after the crash, which left him with hip and shoulder injuries and a bad headache.

57.   Maier has only raced in two slaloms this season, both part of combined events, and did poorly in what is by far his worst event.

58.   Maier has won two downhills, three giant slaloms, a combined event and all four of the super-G races on the World Cup circuit this season.

59.   Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg and Gunther Mader of Austria are favorites, each with wins in the only two combined events on the World Cup this season.

60.   Maier, who was not seriously injured, dropped out of the combined event after the crash.