2/14/2006: There's always bowling
Things were looking good for Bode Miller today. His brand new skis worked better for him in the downhill portion of today's alpine combined event than they did on Sunday and he finished first, leaning in at the finish line to get that important extra nanosecond. Later he did well in the slalom portion too, except for straddling one of the gates.. he was disqualified.
Teammate Ted Ligety (below left) won the combined event when the favorite, Benjamin Raich of Austria, missed one gate completely and was also disqualified. Ligety's just 21 and jokes about being 10 years younger than everyone else in the sport, laughing as they roll up with their wives & kids in their RVs while he still lives with his parents. He definitely had the last laugh today.
Meanwhile, Bode went bowling with Matt Lauer. Maybe they're each thinking about fall-back careers: Bode hasn't done as well as hoped in Torino, and Matt might need something in case that luge thing with Al Roker doesn't work out.
But enough of all that.. back to today's flights:
