61.   This is the case of Olympic downhill champion Katja Seizinger and her German teammate Hilde Gerg who are in the running for gold both in downhill and combined.

62.   To his family, the tears and his four fingers suggest the former Olympic downhill champion is as determined as ever.

63.   Two other Canadians, Brian Stemmle and Luke Sauder had the eighth and ninth best times, edging top Swiss finisher Urs Lehmann and Olympic downhill champion Tommy Moe.

64.   Trinkl, the world downhill champion a year ago, captures his first World Cup downhill of the season.

65.   Trinkl, the world downhill champion a year ago, captured his first World Cup downhill of the season.

66.   World downhill champion Patrick Ortlieb of Austria, suffering from stomach pains, and Canadian veteran Rob Boyd did not start.

67.   World downhill champion Hilary Lindh called a news conference for Thursday afternoon at which she was expected to formally quit the World Cup circuit.

68.   But there were no smiles afterwards for American Tommy Moe, the Olympic downhill champion, who badly injured his knee in a fall.

69.   Cuche came in ahead of Olympic downhill champion Fritz Strobl of Austria and Italian Alessandro Fattori.

70.   Ironically, French racing hero and defending season downhill champion Luc Alphand was the man left in the starting gate when the event was called off.