downhill

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Downhill ski racers are not running backs or point guards, however, and don’t make those same jolting lateral moves and therefore, experts say, are better able to compensate for a torn ACL.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

Downhill is the 41-year-old's speciality and she's won a record 45 World Cup races in this event, plus her only Olympic gold medal in 2010.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Starring Redford as an obsessive skier competing in the Winter Olympics, "Downhill Racer" was described by critic Roger Ebert as "the best movie ever made about sports -- without really being about sports at all."

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

Downhill enthusiasts have a message for them: Get over yourselves, and if you think it’s so easy, try it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025

Downhill, a burning tree falls with an explosion of embers that sail skyward, over our heads.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman