Yesterday in Park City (21/2/02) Ross Green was Great Britain¹s sole contender in the Men¹s Giant Slalom event, offering the biggest field of any Alpine competition.

On new skis belonging to team mate Alain Baxter, Ross was a little tentative on his first run but improved on his start position of 48th to finish 42nd, 4 seconds off the first run pace set by Austrian Eberharter.

In the 2nd run Ross attacked to raise himself to 29th position in the finish area.

'I was relatively pleased with today¹s performance, although I should have attacked more on the first run. I was only 2 seconds off the pace in the 2nd. This is my first Olympics and the experience has been fantastic. I will take the top 30 and look forward to returning with this experience under my belt to Turin 2006.'

Bode Miller¹s 2nd run charge looked unstoppable for a while, but halfway leader Eberharter ruined the fairytale for the USA and took the Gold he has been seeking since the start of the Olympic Winter Games.

Olympic Men¹s Giant Slalom

Gold - EBERHARTER, Stephan 1:11.98 1:11.30 2:23.28 --
Silver - MILLER, Bode 1:12.89 1:11.27 2:24.16 +0.88
Bronze - KJUS, Lasse 1:12.79 1:11.53 2:24.32 +1.04

29 GREEN, Ross 1:15.90 1:13.41 2:29.31 +6.03

Useful Links:
Salt Lake City 2002: Schedule of Events
Official Site

Alpine Event Summary (21/02/02)
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Alcott learning curve continues (19/02/02)
Alternative Olympics (18/02/02)
14th Place for Alcott (14/02/02)
Ross Green best ever in Combined (13/02/02)
Alpine Event Summary (12/02/02)
Opening Ceremony Report (11/02/02)
Chalet Girl Olympian (07/02/02)
Special Salt Lake Update (04/02/02)
British Alpine Team (04/02/02)
Soccer at Winter Olympics? (December 2001)
Security increase at Salt Lake City (November 2001)
Salt Lake games to go ahead (September 2001)
No booze at Olympics? (March 2001)

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