21. Disciplines available at the time included only Alpine Racing , Moguls, Freestyle, Snowboarding, and sometimes Nordic skiing. 22. The title _ his first in World Cup _ makes his season one of the great comeback stories in alpine racing . 23. Now they've made history by becoming the first siblings to win World Cup Alpine races on the same day. 24. The use of the word " survivor " reflects in a special way the hardness of this alpine race . 25. The winter has been like that in Europe, with more than half of the World Cup Alpine races postponed or canceled. 26. One alpine race is normally run to completion and the other normally alternates between men and women's first and second runs. 27. "We have more Alpine riders and more Alpine races because it's pretty hard to organize a halfpipe event," 28. Shiffrin began rising up through the ranks in alpine racing as soon as she was old enough to compete in Sunday River, Maine. 29. But a strong finish will be needed to gloss over the sketchy showing by the American skiers in the first four Alpine races this week. 30. The first week of Alpine races at Sarajevo in 1984 was wiped out by a raging blizzard, and both downhills were contested on the same day.