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Austria's Raich wins men's alpine skiing giant slalom

SESTRIERE, Italy - Austria's Benjamin Raich (C), gold medalist of the men's alpine skiing giant slalom in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is flanked by silver medalist Joel Chenal of France (L) and bronze medalist Hermann Maier of Austria during the flower ceremony in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 20.

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Austria's Maier wins bronze in men's alpine skiing giant slalom

SESTRIERE, Italy - Austria's Hermann Maier skis down the course during his second run of the men's alpine skiing giant slalom in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 20. Maier took the bronze in the event.

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Austria's Maier wins silver in men's super-G

SESTRIERE, Italy - Hermann Maier of Austria wins the silver in the men's super-G at the Turin Olympic Games on Feb. 18.

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'Herminator' cruises at Alpine skiing World Cup meet

YAMANOUCHI, Japan - Austrian superstar Hermann Maier wins the men's giant slalom at an Alpine skiing World Cup meet at Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 15. Maier notched his fourth giant slalom win of the season after crossing the finish line in two minutes, 43.49 seconds, way ahead of Marco Buechel of Liechtenstein, who clocked 2:45.23 for second place.

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Second Olympic gold for ''Das Monster''

Austria's Hermann Maier carves his way to Olympic gold in the Alpine skiing men's giant slalom on Feb. 19 at Yamanouchi, central Japan. Maier, also known as ''Das Monster'' and ''Herminator,'' took the gold medal ahead of compatriot Stefan Eberharter and Switzerland's Michael von Gruenigen. Italy's Alberto Tomba crashed out in his first run.

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Maier leads Alpine skiing men's giant slalom

Hermann Maier of Austria leads the first leg of the Nagano Olympic Alpine skiing men's giant slalom in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on Feb. 19, at a time of 1 minute 20.36 seconds. He was followed by compatriots Christian Mayer and Stefan Eberharter.

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Maier cheered

Hermann Maier of Austria responds to the cheers of the audience at the Happo-One slope in the central Japan city of Hakuba after bouncing back to win the Nagano Olympic men's super giant slalom event Feb. 16.

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Maier wins super-G gold medal

Austria's Hermann Maier wins the Nagano Olympic Alpine skiing men's super-G gold medal in the central Japan city of Hakuba on Feb. 16. Hans Knauss of Austria and Didier Cuche of Switzerland shared the silver.

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Helicopter rescues Cattaneo after crash

Italian downhill skier Luca Cattaneo is airlifted to hospital after a high speed crash in the Olympic men's downhill Feb. 13 in the central Japan city of Hakuba. Cattaneo injured his ankle after making a mistake at the same turn which saw Austrian favorite Hermann Maier somersault out of the race.

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''Monster'' catches a breather

Austrian Hermann Maier, dubbed the ''monster'' by fellow skiers, sticks out his tongue after securing eighth place on the second run in the Alpine skiing men's combined slalom on Feb. 10. Maier is a hot favorite to win the combined event.

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Austria's Maier wins bronze in men's alpine skiing giant slalom

SESTRIERE, Italy - Austria's Hermann Maier skis down the course during his second run of the men's alpine skiing giant slalom in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 20. Maier took the bronze in the event. (Kyodo)

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Austria's Raich wins men's alpine skiing giant slalom

SESTRIERE, Italy - Austria's Benjamin Raich (C), gold medalist of the men's alpine skiing giant slalom in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is flanked by silver medalist Joel Chenal of France (L) and bronze medalist Hermann Maier of Austria during the flower ceremony in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 20. (Kyodo)

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Austria's Maier wins silver in men's super-G

SESTRIERE, Italy - Hermann Maier of Austria wins the silver in the men's super-G at the Turin Olympic Games on Feb. 18. (Kyodo)

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'Herminator' cruises at Alpine skiing World Cup meet

YAMANOUCHI, Japan - Austrian superstar Hermann Maier wins the men's giant slalom at an Alpine skiing World Cup meet at Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 15. Maier notched his fourth giant slalom win of the season after crossing the finish line in two minutes, 43.49 seconds, way ahead of Marco Buechel of Liechtenstein, who clocked 2:45.23 for second place.