Waah! I’m saddened to report that American Daron Rahlves finished WAY out of medal contention. Bode Miller also failed to medal, although this event isn’t really the sport where he excells. So, who did win?
Surprisingly, a skier from France. This was really one of those out of left field Olympic moments. Antoine Deneriaz, 29, has not won a World Cup race in more than two years. Deneriaz has won three World Cup races but had never done better than eighth in a world championships or Olympic Games.
Austrian Fritz Strobl , who had hoped to become the first Olympic downhill champion to successfully defend his title, told reporters “This means that the Olympic law holds true—the law that the guy who wins the Olympics is always someone unexpected”.
Here are the rest of the results from the downhill:
Silver Michael Walchhofer Austria
Bronze Bruno Kernen Switzerland