AMERICAN DOWNHILLERS CHOKE

It's clear by the antics of Bode Miller that you don't have to play with 52 cards to be an Olympian. But the choices of Miller and his American teammate Daron Rahlves made before Sunday's downhill were downright idiotic. Miller used brand new skis in which he had made just one run in. Miller's run was wonderful until the last half mile, where he looked gassed. Could be the late night? Meanwhile Rahlves switched his skis seconds before he was scheduled to leave the gate. He went from one of the favorites to slow.