BEIJING – You know that nightmare you had when you were in school, where you sat down to take the biggest test of the semester only to realize that you hadn’t studied for it?
Yeah, this is kind of like that.
Three days before the men’s downhill, where skiers will reach speeds of up to 90 miles an hour on uneven terrain while navigating tight turns and jumps with an Olympic gold medal at stake, athletes got on the speed course for the first time Thursday. Not for the first time this week. Not for the first time since they got to the Beijing Olympics.