2026 Winter Olympics

Probably says more about the GDR athletes snap, crackle and pop...
All the other GDR records are long gone mate. She was a special talent, regardless of anything else. And unlike the likes of Griffiths-Joyner, she was part of a state supported system as a child over which she had little choice or say.
 
Thankfully some people remember ,
One of the greatest moments in Olympic Sport and all other sports of all time.
The weight of the Austrian nation , the world of of Skiing looking at him and he delivered the downhill of all time.
When asked at the end of the race " thought I was going to die"

One of my 3 sporting heroes , alongside Seve Ballesteros and Dan Marino.
I ski a lot and this is still amazing to watch
 
GB curling team. Jen Dodds is an absolute star. Perfect take outs and superb draws.
 
Conrad Bartelski
Ingermar Stenmark

As I kid I came off the stepladder I was on (putting up Christmas decorations) when Konrad Bartelski nearly did it at Val Gardena.

For the time, the womens skiers were given a decent level of coverage too...I can remember (spellings aside) Rosie Mittermair, Annmarie Moser Proll and Bernadette Zubriggen, who had a little brother who turned out decent too!
 
Weird isn't it.

I can remember watching Klammer do that run and although around that era watched Ski Sunday every week but, I can't name any other downhill skier apart from some crap British ones.
Tomba
Bode miller
Tommy Moe ( I see him around occasionally, good kayaker too)
Stenmark
Schiffrin
 

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