Bode Miller Medals Again

Bode Miller,the U.S. skier who washed out at the Torino games four years ago,won a silver medal in the Super G event at Whistler,B.C. today.Miller had previously won the bronze in the Downhill race at these games.Gold in the Super G went to Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal,and American Andrew Weibrecht took the bronze.Svindal described it as an awesome day.Unless you live in the mountains,there's no way you can be a skier without your family helping you out,Svindal said.His mother died when he was little,but his father has been at his side since then.It was good to have him there today,jumping up and down when Aksel crossed the finish line a victor.
As for Miller,he thought his two-year old daughter was with him in spirit.He wasn't sure how she would have responded to all the drama of the race scene.She changed his life so much,surely the medals may be said to be hers also in a special way.The theme of the day seemed to be how important their families were to the skiers.The Olympics can remind us all of so many things.
The S&P futures mirrored the good skiing results,being up 0.60 early this evening.For the week,the S&P was up 33.66.The U.S. dollar is up about 4% for the year.Inflation remains very low,with the core Consumer Price Index dropping for the first time since 1982.