Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

2002 Winter Olympic Games Alpine skiing

Downhill Men:

1. Fritz Strobl (AUT)
2. Lasse Kjus (NOR)
3. Stephan Eberharter (AUT)

Big favorite Eberharter is beaten by a compatriot and the all-rounder Kjus.

Super-G Men:

1. Kjetil André Aamodt; (NOR)
2. Stephan Eberharter (AUT)
3. Andreas Schifferer (AUT)

10 year after his first Olympic title, Aamodt wins his second Super-G gold and his second gold of the Games.

Combined Men:

1. Kjetil André Aamodt; (NOR)
2. Bode Miller (USA)
3. Benjamin Raich (AUT)

Miller skies from a 15th place on the downhilll to a silver medal, leaving less than 3 tenths of a second to Aamodt, who a record sixth Olympic medal in alpine skiing.

Giant Slalom Men:

1. Stephan Eberharter (AUT)
2. Bode Miller (USA)
3. Lasse Kjus (NOR)

Eberharter becomes the oldest man to win an Alpine event.

Slalom Men:

1. Jean-Pierre Vidal (FRA)
2. Sebastien Amiez (FRA)
3. Benjamin Raich (AUT)

Pre-race favorite Bode Miller falls off the course in the second run, and many of the other top competitors struggle with an extremely challenging course. Britain's Alain Baxter originally takes the bronze, but loses it after testing positive for traces of methamphetamine. This occurred because Baxter had used an American Vicks inhaler, which had a slightly different chemical content from the legal British Vicks inhaler.

Downhill Women:

1. Carole Montillet (FRA)
2. Isolde Kostner (ITA)
3. Renate Götschl; (AUT)

Montillet surprises favorites Kostner, Götschl and Gerg.

France's Montillet Wins Women's Downhill, The New York Times, February 12, 2002

Super-G Women:

1. Daniela Ceccarelli (ITA)
2. Janica Kostelic (CRO)
3. Karen Putzer (ITA)

The podium is completely filled with surprises as the favourites fail to medal.

Combined Women:

1. Janica Kostelic (CRO)
2. Renate Götschl; (AUT)
3. Martina Ertl (GER)

Konstelic becomes the first person to win four medals at a single Winter Games.

Giant Slalom Women

1. Janica Kostelic (CRO)
2. Anja Paerson (SWE)
3. Sonja Nef (SUI)

After recovering from a 2001 knee injury, Kostelic wins the first medal for Croatia at the Winter Games.

Slalom Women (Wednesday, February 20)

1. Janica Kostelic (CRO)
2. Laure Pequegnot (FRA)
3. Anja Paerson (SWE)

Konstelic and Paerson both win medals for the second time in the Olympics.

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