2010 Winter Olympics Alpine Ski Racing Preview - Women's Super Combined

As the athletes are hard at work training for the 2010 season and the 2010 Olympics I'm polishing up the foggy Olympic crystal ball to see what teams are the teams to watch. Which individuals loom as favorites or as the dark horses.

A look back at who came out on top in last years races and competition events is a good place to start. Not only was it a tune-up for the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver, BC, but it was also a World Championship race year in Val d'Isere, France.

Most of the ski racers competing in Vancouver will be the returning veterans who have raced on their country's World Cup A Team.

Turning the microscope on the overall results for the Ladies Super Combined, or Super Combi for short, the Austrian ladies stand out with 2 silvers and 10 total top Ten finishes and there were only 3 Super Combi's in the season, outside of the World Championship. Lindsey Vonn did the U.S. team proud with a Gold and Silver in the season totals.

Let's take a look at the overall results and the World championship venue to see if the Austrian dominance carried through on the big day at the World's in Val d'Isere and if Lindsey could lead the charge again for the U.S.A.

_{Photo Lindsey Vonn © Don Emmett/Getty Images}