2. Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. It is also commonly known as downhill skiing. Bindings : is an attachment that anchors a ski boot to the ski.

3. The are 88 different countries participating in the 2014 Sochi, Olympic games. There are more than 10 000 competitors at the Olympics this year. Countries and Competitors

4. Viktoria Rebensbura (Germany) Marie – Michele Gagnon (Canada) Maria Hofl- Riesch ( Germany) Leanne Smith (USA) Julia Mancusa (USA)

5. Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles (gates) spaced much closer together than in giant slalom, Super G or downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.

6. Germany Maria Hoeft- Riesch 2:34.62 Austria Nicole Hosp 2:35.02 USA Julia Mancuso 2:35.15

7. The downhill discipline involves the highest speeds and therefore the greatest risks of all the alpine events.

8. Switzerland Lara Gut 1:41.67 Slovenia Tina Maze 1:41.57 Switzerland Dominique GISIN 1:41.57

9. For the first time in Olympic history, an Alpine skiing race ended in a tie for the gold medal as Tine Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland both won the women's downhill.

11. Super giant slalom or Super - G is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom.

12. Australia Nicole Hosp 1:26.18 Australia Anna Fenninger 1:25.52 Germany Maria Hoefl- Riesch 1:26.07

13. Braid spinning in the chilly mountain air, Maddie Bowman of the U.S. soared to the first gold medal in women's Olympic halfpipe skiing, edging Marie Martinod of France in the finals on a night the sport paid tribute to late Canadian freestyle skiing icon Sarah Burke

14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt2Z-4mHvy0&safe=active http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lG1e6WMnVA&safe=active

15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_skiing http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/21/olympics-alpineskiing-women- slalom-resul-idUSL3N0LQ45A20140221 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1969414-olympic-alpine-skiing-2014- schedule-tv-info-team-medal-predictions-for-day-15 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-G