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Men’s downhill is good to go Monday morning

By Chris Dufresne
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It looks as if the men’s downhill will take place as scheduled Monday at 10:30 a.m. after delays because of weather conditions. The bib draw was Sunday night, and Bode Miller of the U.S. drew bib No. 8.

The course had to be completely reworked from scratch because of rain. But the temperatures are now cold enough to make the course raceable.

FIS chief of race Guenther Hujara said if temperatures remain cold ‘then you will see a very good racecourse.’

Hujara said of course, ‘We tried to put this fragile thing together. Let’s cross our fingers and hope for good temperatures.’

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Andrew Weibrecht of the U.S. drew bib No. 4, Marco Sullivan drew bib No. 27 and Steven Nyman drew bib No. 6.

-- Chris Dufresne in Whistler, Canada

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Chris Dufresne

Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).

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