导出博客文章VAL GARDENA, Italy -- Bode Miller, Daron Rahlves, Bill Johnson, Buddy
Werner.None of these accomplished skiers have achieved what Steven Nyman is
aiming for this season: To become the first American man to claim the
season-long World Cup downhill title.Having finished sixth in the past two
seasons -- and within 76 points (less than the 100 points earned with one race
win) of the crystal globe trophy last season -- Nyman believes he has what it
takes to surge into the top spot.Its a possibility in my head, because I
performed really well in the beginning of last season and I performed really
well in the end of the year, Nyman said on Thursday after placing second in the
final downhill training session on his preferred course in Val Gardena. So if I
can figure out how to link all that together I definitely have a shot at the
title.But its a big step and big names like Bode and Daron and (A.J.) Kitt and
(Kyle) Rasmussen and Bill Johnson -- nobody has ever won it, Nyman added. So for
me to say that is a big statement.Miller came close to the title in 2008,
finishing five points behind Didier Cuche when the final downhill of the season
was canceled in Bormio.Rahlves finished a distant second to Stephan Eberharter
in 2003.If Nyman does realize his goal, hell raise the trophy on home snow at
the World Cup Finals in Aspen, Colorado, not far from Nymans hometown of
Sundance, Utah.After finishing only 15th in the opening downhill of this season
in Val dIsere, France, this month, Nyman will be looking for a lot more on
Saturday in Val Gardena, where he has claimed his only three career wins.With
one more downhill win in Val Gardena, Nyman can match the course record shared
by Austrian great Franz Klammer and Italian great Kristian Ghedina.Ive performed
at most of the hills already so I just have to really stay focused and execute,
Nyman said. The equipment is styled. Everything has been pretty good. My body is
quite healthy.Over his career, Nyman has achieved podium results in five other
World Cup resorts -- including a third-place on the course in South Korea that
will host the Pyeongchang Olympics in 2018.Still, Nyman hasnt been able to win
anywhere else besides Val Gardena.When I see him ski here the confidence seems a
lot higher, Canadian rival Erik Guay said. I dont think Ive seen him ski with
that kind of confidence in a place like Beaver Creek or Kitzbuehel.Peter Fill of
Italy, who grew up just down the road from the Val Gardena course, is the
defending downhill champion.Win or lose, Nyman will enjoy himself in Val
Gardena.On Sunday, Nyman will take his annual tour around the Sellaronda, a
40-kilometer (25-mile) loop of interconnected trails around the Sella Range
massif in the heart of the Dolomites that traverses four Alpine passes.Last
year, Nyman completed the Sellaronda on a mono ski.And I had never mono skied
before. It was a long 40 kilometers. It took all day. But it was a lot of fun.
You cant get a bad view here. And to ski all the way around and witness the air
show in Alta Badia for the giant slalom is pretty exciting.Nyman finishes off
his tour with a seafood dinner at the Emilio Comici refuge in Val Gardena.The
fish is brought in every day from the Mediterranean so its top notch, Nyman
said. Theyre proud of their food here and I like eating a lot of it. The people,
the food, the air. Its kind of like the Mediterranean air. I step out of the car
here and I just feel at home. Our hosts, the Demetzs, is family to us.When Nyman
returns to Val Gardena next year, hes hoping it will be as the reigning World
Cup downhill champion.---Andrew Dampf on Twitter:
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. But now that hes in the NHL, the Calgary Flames centre showed big improvement
in that department by scoring the winner in the eighth round of a 5-4 shootout
victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday. In another life, Leilani Latu wouldve
been just another big dog.But ahead of Sundays NRL elimination final against
Canterbury, Latu will be Penriths biggest cat in a Moore Park cage full of the
baddest canines out of Belmore.Ahead of his first game against his former club,
the Panthers prop credits the Bulldogs for a breakout season that finally showed
why many rated Latu a better prospect than David Klemmer.So impressive has the
23-year-old been at the foot of the mountains this year that he became just one
of five players across the league to be handed a contract until the end of the
2020 season.And he owes most of it down to his old coaches.Everything that you
see me do for Penrith, Ive learnt from the Bulldogs, especially from Jim Dymock
as well, being a former ball-playing forward, Latu told AAP.Its just a credit to
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there but with the help of (assistant coach) Kelly Egan and Dymock that aare
training them over there, theyre very skilful as well.ddddddddddddLatu came
through a stacked Bulldogs juniors side that a string of NRL graduates,
including current Bulldogs Klemmer and halfback Moses Mbye.We were all part of
the originals from Harold Matts and SG Ball, Latu said.However a series of
injuries, including major foot, knee and shoulder surgery, stunted Latus
development and it appeared as though he would be another prospect to fall
through the cracks.He played no more than a dozen games in the under-20s, and
remembered thinking his career was over before it began when he was told he was
free to sniff offers outside the kennel at Canterbury.At the time, no clubs were
interested in me, he recalled.But then I got a phone call from Phil Gould one
day and he just said I see the potential in you and I want you to come play for
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