CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — This is the last chance to see the speed racers in Alpine skiing.
Today's super-G is the last speed event on the calendar for the Milano Cortina Olympics. The super-G is shorter than the downhill and with more gates, but has faster speeds than the giant slalom. Or, as newly minted downhill gold medalist Breezy Johnson calls it, "a hot mess."
"You're suddenly going from an F1 car on a nice F1 track to a rally car. But in the woods," Johnson said.
Johnson is one of four Americans in the race. Keely Cashman starts 18th, followed by Johnson at 19. Mary Bocock makes her Olympic debut, starting 21st, while team combined bronze medalist Jackie Wiles goes 22nd.
Though Johnson, the Olympic downhill champion, was on the podium in the last super-G race before the Winter Games, she doesn't consider herself a medal contender here.
