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...blocks and get disqualified was a miracle. And in the finals, he was ensconced in second place with two and a half laps to go. "In my head I thought the race was mine," he says. Then he slipped and fell from second to fifth but summoned the strength and speed to recover from this seemingly disastrous error, and finished third to win the bronze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Ohno the Greatest Winter Olympian of All Time? | 2/21/2010 | See Source »

...combined, and a record fifth career Olympic medal, Miller once again made the case that he's one of the best skiers to ever slap on the boards. In the combined, you ski a speed event in the morning - the downhill, which tests your nerve and strength - and return in the afternoon for the slalom, a technical event that tests your ability to turn the skies. And this week at Whistler, it's also been a test of being able to master the conditions. The weather has been warm here, meaning that the top of the courses have been rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Men's Skiing: Bode and the Yanks Own the Mountain | 2/20/2010 | See Source »

...will eventually go bad. The kicker is that most option ARMs undergo payment spikes after five years, which means the brunt of the impact has yet to be felt. That will change in late 2010, delivering another blow to the fragile housing market just as it begins to regain strength...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Big Is the Threat from Option ARMs? | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

...Bears’ front line of Mullery, Sullivan, Halpern, and McCarthy is its supposed strength, yet it all but disappeared against a very shorthanded Crimson team. Brown is simply incapable of winning without those four. I see Princeton winning this game and setting the stage for another first-place showdown with...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Teams Ready For Ivy Rumble | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

...Karin, offers one of the more rational reasons for favoring her sibling's sport. "It's like comparing gymnastics to football," says Karin, 21, a student at the University of San Diego. "With one you do tricks and stuff, but at the end of the day, [skiing] requires more strength and power. I think Lindsey would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaun White vs. Lindsey Vonn: Who's Better? | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

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