FIS World Championship - Ladies' Downhill

With speeds of up to 120 km/h these ladies hurl themselves down a slope with a maximum of 80 degrees decline. It is breathtaking even to watch it on a Television set.
I sit there, in my comfortable easy chair and suddenly I think: "I go that fast in my car, on the "Autobahn" only rarely. If the Autobahn would suddenly drop at an angle of 80 degrees, I'd get out and walk."

Here are some pix of the winners of this ladies' race:

Stephanie Venier, the surprise  Austrian Silver Medallist

and, of course: Lindsay Vonn!

Ilka Suhec from neighbouring Slovenia

skied superbly to the Downhill Goldmedal.