1.   Austria, which came to Salt Lake without its top skier, the injured Hermann Maier, placed three among the top six.

2.   Along with all the changes over the years since his competitive days, Kidd has also seen many top skiers come and go.

3.   But if they do not have ice to deal with, top western skiers can and do challenge themselves.

4.   Even in territory well above the Mason-Dixon Line, our top alpine skiers are less heralded than the dimwits who drive monster trucks around dirt tracks.

5.   For years, the patrician Brundage had watched and seethed as the integrity of his amateur-only approach to the Olympics was flouted by top skiers.

6.   For the very top skiers such as Maier and Goetschl with high World Cup points, there is no problem holding the spot.

7.   Johnson is struggling to increase his King of the Mountain purse to entice top international skiers.

8.   So has three-time U.S. Olympic cross-country skier Justin Wadsworth and his girlfriend, top Canadian skier Beckie Scott.

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

10.   To them were added top European skiers, many of whom had fled Hitler.