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Medal Picks
SI's Brian Cazeneuve projects who will win every medal
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| Alpine skiing |
| Men | | Downhill |
Stephan Eberharter,
Austria |
 Hannes Trinkl,
Austria |
 Fritz Strobl,
Austria |
| At 33, Trinkl became the oldest world champion in Alpine history in
2001 |
| Super G |
| Stephan Eberharter,
Austria |
| Didier Cuche,
Switzerland |
| Daron Rahlves,
U.S. |
| Eberharter will be the first skier to sweep the downhill and the
Super G |
| Combined |
| Kjetil André Aamodt,
Norway |
| Bode Miller,
U.S. |
| Lasse Kjus,
Norway |
| Aamodt's stash of 15 world and Olympic medals is an Alpine
record |
| Giant slalom |
| Fredrik Nyberg,
Sweden |
| Benjamin Raich,
Austria |
| Frédéric Covili,
France |
| Daredevil Nyberg has a fear of dogs, but not of man-eating
slopes |
| Slalom |
| Bode Miller,
U.S. |
| Ivica Kostelic,
Croatia |
| Rainer Schönfelder,
Austria |
| Miller, the son of 1960s nonconformists, grew up in a New Hampshire cabin that
had no electricity or
plumbing |
| Women | | Downhill |
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Isolde Kostner,
Italy |
| Michaela Dorfmeister,
Austria |
| Hilde Gerg,
Germany |
| Home-fan favorite Picabo Street will make a strong run but just miss a
medal |
| Super G |
| Hilde Gerg,
Germany |
| Karen Putzer,
Italy |
| Renate Götschl,
Austria |
| Putzer's brothers, Pirmin and Marc, were named for ski greats Zurbriggen and
Girardelli |
| Combined |
| Renate Götschl,
Austria |
| Janica Kostelic,
Croatia |
| Michaela Dorfmeister,
Austria |
| Götschl was the overall World Cup champ in 2000 and runner-up in
2001 |
| Giant slalom |
| Sonja Nef,
Switzerland |
| Michaela Dorfmeister,
Austria |
| Karen Putzer,
Italy |
| Despite six operations on her right knee since 1989, the 29-year-old Nef is back
on top of the
mountain |
| Slalom |
| Anja Pärson,
Sweden |
| Laure Pequegnot,
France |
| Kristina Koznick,
U.S. |
| Koznick skis apart from the U.S. team to train with beau and coach Dan
Stripp |
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