Karl Schranz

From their start atop Whiteface Mountain, the Olympic downhill courses can be sunny and stunning or stormy and surly. Whichever, the runs at Lake Placid will demand the most in skill and courage

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•Karl Schranz, the Austrian skier who reportedly makes $50,000 a year, on his disqualification from the Winter Olympics for commercialism: "It's an emphasis on the wrong principle. I think the Olympics should be a...

After putting down the kids for another season, Austria's 31-year-old superracer says that maybe now is the time for him to hang 'em up