Winter Olympics

To get a straight answer I called David Currier, a former Olympic downhiller who lives in Boulder, Colo. He raced in the downhill and giant slalom for the U.S. during the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. "We had top speeds over 93 miles per hour when I competed," he says. "They haven't gotten much faster since then." Speeds are tracked by a radar gun set up at the fastest section of the downhill run. According to Currier, there is one stretch on almost every course where racers reach 85 miles per hour or more.

Randall and Diggins win gold in XC Team Sprint!!!

Randall and Diggins edged out Sweden and Norway to capture the historic gold in a blazing time of 15:56.47 — 26 seconds faster than their semi-final time. Diggins, who narrowly missed the podium several times this Olympics, dug deep in the final sprint to catch race leader Stina Nilsson of Sweden, and surged past her at the line to win by 0.19 seconds.
The gold medal is the first in U.S. history in cross country, and you’d need to go back to the Innsbruck Games in 1976 to find a U.S. medal of any kind in cross country skiing. The last winner was Bill Koch, who took home silver in the men’s 30 km sprint — but gold has constantly been out of the USA’s reach in the event, which is routinely dominated by Nordic countries.
https://www.sbnation.com/2018/2/21/17035510/kikkan-randall-jessie-diggins-usa-gold-winter-olympics