Alpine skiing-Can Austria tighten iron grip on slopes at Beijing Games?

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LONDON : The pressure is on for Austria, the most successful ski nation of all time, to prove that it still has what it takes to dominate at the Beijing Olympic Games.Austria's record at the Winter Olympics is untouchable. Its skiers have won 121 Alpine medals since the birth of the Winter Games, almost t

LONDON : The pressure is on for Austria, the most successful ski nation of all time, to prove that it still has what it takes to dominate at the Beijing Olympic Games.

"We only have very little information because none of us has been over there yet," said Austrian men's Alpine head coach Andreas Puelacher.Coronavirus has hit the Austrians, too, with super-G and downhill world champion Vincent Kriechmayr and slalom skiers Katharina Truppe, Michael Matt and Manuel Feller testing positive less than a month before the start of the Games.

In the combined event, Marco Schwarz's world championship gold last year could pave the way for Austria to retain the Olympic title in the discipline after Hirscher's gold in Pyeongchang.

 

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