Miller to apply the pressure?
After a three-week break for the World Championships, its
back to World Cup duty for both the men and women in Germany and
Sweden respectively.
Sunday February 20th - 07:55am - World Cup Skiing:
Todays programme continues with skiings Blue Riband event, the Mens
Downhill. Nick and Konrad will be in Garmisch, in Germany as the daredevil speed
merchants take on the treacherous Kandahar course. World Cup leader Michael
Walchhofer will be more wary than many of the competitors, as in the past two
seasons this piste has proved to be his nemesis.
With just a 53 point lead over the newly crowned World Champion Bode Miller,
Walchhofer will be doubly wary and desperate to avoid making any mistakes. For
Miller, who finished 28th here last season, it provides a great opportunity
to pile the pressure on Walchhofer.
With the cancellation of Kitzbuhel earlier in the season, Garmisch is hosting,
alongside its own Downhill, the Kitzbuhel replacement, so Walchhofer,
Miller and all will have to take on Kandahar twice. Finlay Mickel
must be the most improved skier in the World Cup, and his 11th place
finish in the World Championships, just .48 of a second away from
a podium finish, will surely give him even more confidence to attack
the course.
Monday February 21st 01:40am - World Cup Skiing:
Nick and Konrad give a full round-up of all of the weekends action
from Garmisch. This year Garmisch hosts two Downhills, one that
replaces Kitzbuhel, plus a look at what happened in the Super G.
The Womens tour moved on to Are in Sweden for a Super G and
a Giant Slalom, Patrick Winterton recounts the best of the action.
Wednesday February 23rd 01:55am - World Cup Skiing:
The Nordic World Cup coverage continues with Ski Jumping. Huge crowds
are expected for the biggest event of the year in Zakopane in Poland.
Can local hero Adam Malysz beat the man of the moment, the Flying
Fin, Janne Ahonen? There will be massive support for all of the
athletes from the knowledgeable Polish crowd but if Malysz can pull
off a win here, the party will last all night.
Friday February 25th 03:15am World Cup Snowboarding:
Tonight the snowboarders are taking part in the Big Air competition
in Turin, Italy whilst the freestyle skiers are performing their
acrobatics in the Moguls, Dual Moguls and Aerials in Deer Valley,
USA. Patrick Winterton and Richard Cobbing cover the best of the
action.