1 Racing Against Time Who are some famous downhill ski racers How are they unstoppable Scott Macartney went down an icy slope He skied 90 miles 145 kilometers an hour In two minutes he skied 3,000 feet 914 meters He made sharp turns He made big jumps He flew in the air Something went wrong The wind twisted him He couldn’t fix himself He landed on his hip His head slammed into ice His helmet flew off He slid 200 feet 61 m His brain was bruised But he got better He returned to Austria to race in the Hahnenkamm It’s the most extreme downhill ski race 4
He’s unstoppable He was selected for the U S Ski Team He competed in two Olympics He said It has been an incredible ride Bode Miller is a downhill racing champion He’s won the most skiing medals in the Winter Olympics But he’s never won the Hahnenkamm He has tried several times He said It breaks your heart a little bit as a racer Some race course jumps are as big as a football field 5
Miller made several mistakes at the Hahnenkamm He came down fast He jumped His ski came underneath him He got turned around He said That mistake is just too big of a mistake It just cost me way way too much time Miller keeps training He keeps trying Every second counts Downhill racers race against time It’s a high-speed sport Extreme downhill racers make tight turns and big jumps 6
Lindsey Vonn is the most successful female downhill ski racer She’s won many races She said I like to do things fast I’m pretty fearless all around Nailed It 7 Spotlight Biography Takeshi Suzuki Takeshi Suzuki is a Japanese extreme downhill racer He’s a Paralympic athlete Paralympics are games for professional athletes with disabilities Suzuki was getting off a bus He was on his way home from school A truck cut off his legs He was eight years old Seventeen years later to the day he won gold and bronze medals He uses a sit-ski It’s a seat attached to skis He always touches his skis before a race He was born and raised in a skiing resort in northern Japan He started competing at a young age His parents supported him He said They have brought me up as a normal child even after I was disabled I want to hang the medal around their necks
