Steve Gann
Sandra 12010 Winter Olympics Guide: Alpine Skiing
January 16th 2010 17:39
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2010 Winter Olympics Guide: Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing has been an official medal event since 1936 and consists of 5 catagories, including downhill, super giant slalom, giant slalom, slalom and Alpine combined.
It's one of my favorite events because outside of the Olympics you rarely get to see it on television. Without a doubt this are some of the most fit and bravest athletes around. Imagine reaching speeds of up to 90 miles per hour with nothing to slow you down but a couple of flimsy poles.
Austria has long dominated this sport earning twice as many gold and total medals as second place Switzerland. With most events in the Olympics however, a small mistake could mean as little of a tenth of a second slowdown but could take the lead contender off the medal stand.
Here are the standings from last year to help see which countries might take home the majority of the 10 gold medals.
Austria - 18, 22, 17 - 96 - 152
Switzerland- 12, 9, 13 - 80 - 114
Italy - 10, 11, 8 - 60 - 89
USA - 10, 9 , 5 - 32 - 56
France - 7, 5, 2 - 45 - 59
Germany - 6, 3, 6 - 24 - 39
Sweden - 3, 3, 8 - 51 - 65
Norway - 3, 2, 3 - 14 - 22
Slovenia - 2, 1, 3 - 22 - 28
Finland - 1, 4 , 3 - 9 - 17
Croatia - 1, 3, 3 - 13 - 20
Canada - 1, 1 3 - 39 - 44
Czechia - 1, 0, 2 - 7 - 10
Liectenstein - 0, 1, 0 - 2 - 3
Slovakia - 0, 0, 0 - 2 - 2
Great Britain - 0, 0, 0 - 1 - 1
Russia - 0, 0, 0 - 1 - 1
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