Winter Olympics News » Parallel Giant Slalom http://winterolympicsnews.com Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:12:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Another gold for Canada http://winterolympicsnews.com/index.php/20100227-another-gold-for-canada/ http://winterolympicsnews.com/index.php/20100227-another-gold-for-canada/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:04:44 +0000 Jill Manty http://winterolympicsnews.com/?p=452 Canada added yet another gold medal to their haul from the Vancouver Olympics. This one was from Jasey Jay Anderson in Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom. This was his fourth Olympics, so he was certainly due.

It was a race in yet another messy, sloppy foggy day on the mountains surrounding Vancouver. All of the quarterfinals were decided when there was a fall by one of the two racers.

The silver went to Austria’s Benjamin Karl, and the bronze went to Mathieu Bozzetto of France.

]]> http://winterolympicsnews.com/index.php/20100227-another-gold-for-canada/feed/ 0 More sloppy weather for women’s snowboarding & skiing http://winterolympicsnews.com/index.php/20100226-more-sloppy-weather-for-womens-snowboarding-skiing/ http://winterolympicsnews.com/index.php/20100226-more-sloppy-weather-for-womens-snowboarding-skiing/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:13:09 +0000 Sherry http://winterolympicsnews.com/?p=437 Women’s Parallel Giant Snowboard Slalom was closer to surfing than snowboarding today. It was wet, wet, wet, and there were tons of wipeouts. But through it all Nicolien Sauerbreij of the Netherlands managed to make it down the hill all ten runs in one piece and with the best final time, winning the first gold in snowboarding for the Dutch. Marion Kreiner of Austria finished with silver, Ekaterina Ilyukhina of Russia, bronze.

That nasty fog and wet snow continued for the women trying to compete in the slalom. The fog cut visibility so much it was tough for us to see the skiers, let alone them the narrow poles they had to navigate. The comment was made that they were almost forced to ski by feel and memory alone. The wet snow and warmer weather made the course rough and very difficult to navigate.

Maria Reisch of Germany got her second gold of the games, handling the tough conditions with great control. It was bittersweet for the skier, as her sister was unable to finish the course and join her in victory. Marlies Schild of Austria finished second, Sarka Zahrobska of the Czech Republic, third.

US favorite Lindsey Vonn was unable to finish, but didn’t seem too upset since she’s still bringing home two medals this year.

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