A month before the start of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, one of the sport’s most celebrated stars held court with media at the Westin in Avon. After two days of training, first on Raptor and then Vail’s Golden Peak, the jury was still out on whether he had recovered enough from back surgery just six weeks earlier to be named to the team. The solid, athletic body that had won 11 Olympic and World Championship medals, seven Audi FIS Ski World Cup crystal globes and 33 individual World Cup races still wasn’t quite ready to race.“I have a …
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