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Bode
Miller missed first downhill podium.
Bode Miller crashed out spectacularly
in the final part of the challenging
“Birds of Prey” course as
he was close to reach his first downhill
podium ever. He lost his balance coming
out of the compression in the “Abyss”
jump and shot high into the air before
careering through a gate and into
the catch fences. He picked himself
up and reached the finish on one ski
apparently unhurt, under the applause
of the crowd.
He could have easily reached the top-3
according to his excellent intermediate
times. After shooting high into the
air before careering through a gate
and into the nets, he slammed his
hand in the snow in anger.
“It was the perfect hill for
me, I was definitely skiing real solid”
said the skier from New Hampshire
who was leading by a commanding 71/100
of a second at the second interval
at that moment.
“I got off the jump too far to
the left and came out of the compression
at the wrong angle and got snapped
back. It was really dark a this point,
I couldn’t see anything. I tried
to make this turn pretty early, and
I was over”.
“I don’t think that I took
too may risks - it’s just a miss
judgment. I didn’t calculate
any specific risky choice. The speed
was a lot higher for me then it was
yesterday. The time to get back to
the line, to set up that turn. I just
landed straight. It was the only thing
to do at that point. I’m just
unlucky. I could probably do that
9 out of 10 times, and it gets fine.
I just got down the wrong way”.
“I’m just a little bit sour,
my body is just hurting a little bit,
but that will be ok. I knew that I
could be doing something really good
on that hill, I blew a race, and everything
has to be different tomorrow. I’ll
have to give me another chance!”
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