1.   This is what you see Olympic ski racers doing before entering the starting gate.

2.   As Montgomery slipped from his grasp, the hard-charging Weisel, a former bicycle and ski racer, lost his edge.

3.   Already, colleges such as the University of Vermont and Dartmouth College make some concessions to the erratic schedules of top-level ski racers.

4.   But all that is so much melted snow now, as Koznick begins to line up her best shot against the best European technical ski racers in the world.

5.   But the young Miller had some ground to make up first as a ski racer.

6.   But, beyond the fact that the sport is a big moneymaker, the effort to raise a nation of ski racers is a patriotic one.

7.   Except for an occasional appearance by the Mahre brothers or Tamara McKinney, most kids had never seen top international ski racers, especially in the East.

8.   --For parents who never quite know what to buy for small children, former ski racer Steve Lathrop has designed a whole line of innovative gear.

9.   He is also survived by a niece, a former ski racer whose athletic career he changed.

10.   He is a strapping athlete from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and a talented ski racer.