Ski racing fans won't have to look far in their search for precious metals at Vail Mountain's appropriately named Golden Peak March 17-21 as the 2010 Korbel American Ski Classic rolls into town on the heels of the Vancouver Winter Games.
With a number of the Legends heading to Vail straight from their respective duties in Vancouver, this year's Volvo Legends of Skiing field comes complete with numerous Olympic and World Championships medals, not to mention a significant number of career World Cup victories and crowns.
Running the numbers, the 34 men and women Legends have accounted for a total of 22 Olympic medals, 41 World Championships medals, 248 individual World Cup wins, 8 World Cup overall crowns and 20 World Cup discipline titles.
Sharing top honors for the Olympic medal count are Isolde Kostner of Italy and Sweden's Pernilla Wiberg, each with 3. Luxembourg's Marc Girardelli tops the list of World Championships hardware with 11, including a gold and bronze medal haul at the 1989 World Championships in Vail and Beaver Creek. Girardelli also reigns supreme when it comes to the number of career World Cup victories with a total of 46.
The Legends will officially buckle up for action on Thursday afternoon, March 18, at 4 p.m. for the Volvo Legends Giant Slalom, while also serving as team captains for the Korbel Ford Cup celebrity team races on Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20.
All the Korbel American Ski Classic racing is free to the public at Golden Peak.
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