https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwLblaZxRtg Updated at 11:50 p.m. ET: The men's downhill event was previously scheduled for Sunday morning at 11 a.m. local time, (9 p.m. ET Saturday) in South Korea, at the Jeongseon Alpine Center. The race has been rescheduled for Thursday due to wind conditions. The men's downhill features the best male speed skiers in the world. The downhill is one of the most anticipated events of any Winter Games. The race is raw power and speed as competitors plummet down a mountain course, sometimes going over 90 miles per hour. Like any great athlete, downhillers make something very tough look fairly easy. When we watch the likes of Beat Feuz of Switzerland or Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal rocket through a nearly two-minute run, we don't see the tremendous G-forces they're fighting or the tremendous leg strength needed to drive their ski edges into rock-hard snow, even ice to maintain control. And we certainly don't see the fear. But for many it's there. Snow
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