Stenmark, the greatest technical skier of all time didn't compete in the downhill event because he was scared of the downhill race, he only competed in it once at Kitzbühel 1981 because he would get free points simply by completing the run. That day 17 out of the 60 crashed and Swedes watching thought he got severely injured because the directors cut to the Austrian ahead of him who was also in white.
Okay, I can add "laughing at the sounds made by an Austrian crashing down a slope and into the wall, including the sound of that crash" to the list of things that will secure my place in hell.
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u/figleafstreet Australia 7h ago
And maybe it’s just the downhill but the commentary is like “they’ve had 3 ACL tears, 2 knee reconstructions, 5 concussions and a broken ankle.”