| LIZ MILLER NEWS |
09 February 2005 |
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Bronze Medal at the Huntsman Cup, Park City The first day was the first slalom race of the season for me. The course was long but the conditions were perfect. Both runs went well and I gained an overall place of 5th.
11th in my first World Cup races Over 4 days we had two giant slalom races and two slalom races. Snow conditions were not ideal. For the first two days we had rain. This made the snow very wet and slow and hence very tough to turn in, but the races went ahead. During the first Giant Slalom race I fell and had a DNF. However, the second day of Giant Slalom was far better. I had two fantastic runs and ended the day with an 11th position. For my first ever World Cup this result was brilliant. The following day was our first slalom race. By now the conditions had improved and we had a small amount of fresh snow. The temperature had dropped and the piste had hardened. This is far more suitable for ski racing. The races went well and I ended up with another 11th position. Then top ten in BC… However when we arrived the temperature was below -30°C and therefore we were unable to race. On the second day we raced Super G. The race hill was steep in several places with rolls that created air at Super G speeds (50mph). However, I had a great run and finished 10th. The weather did not improve for the rest of the
week and as Canada began to heat up the rain started to fall. Consequently
the next 3 days of races were cancelled. On the final day we got
the chance to Best GB Disabled Skier ranking An average is taken of your points at each race.
This average is then used in the ASD point list and you are ranked
against your competitors accordingly. Because of the recent good
results my points have been reduced to: Combined points take your best two races from any discipline and calculated the average. I do not have any downhill points at present because the downhills keep getting cancelled! These new ASD points rank me as the best Slalom and Giant Slalom British disabled skier within male and female. I am ranked second within the British team for Super G. Fingers crossed for the Paralympics This leaves me to say a big thank you to everyone who is helping me, from my sponsors to family and friends. It means a lot to me that I have this opportunity to compete at an international level and represent Great Britain. This has only been possible with all your help. So THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH! Watch out for more updates from Liz after her next
World Cup races in Europe. You can check Liz's progress on her
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Liz
Miller has been training out in Winter Park with the goal of representing
Great Britain at the Winter Paralympics. Some of the money raised
at our annual Ski Show Workers Party has helped to fund her racing.
Here she brings us up to date with her season so far:
The
second day brought us a Giant Slalom course. This was on the same
hill as the Slalom and again the conditions were perfect. I had
a very good first run which put me in 3rd place. I successfully
held onto this position in my second run and was thrilled to receive
my bronze medal at the banquet that evening.
