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Tom Kirkland Reporting Torino's an historic and picturesque city, but it is an industrial town, too. If you want breath-taking beauty, you've got to take a hike.
With the real Shroud of Turin hidden away from public view until something like 2025, the inversion is the only visible "Shroud in Turin." But just a 75 minute hop in the car and you're high into the spectacular wild blue yonder, with the mighty, majestic Italian Alps all around you.
Bardonecchia's the closest venue. That's where the snowboarders are working their magic. Today it's full steam ahead for the women's half-pipe gold medal event. Hannah Teter is hoping to feed off of Shaun White's totally 'right there' gold medal performance yesterday.
About 20 minutes from there, it's 'Ciao' Cesana, home of the Nordic events. A long snaking tube there is part of the 'Cool Runnings' of the Olympic bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track.
Tony Benshoof used to live and train in Park City, and although he finished just out of the medals in yesterday's luge event, his mom is Italian. So he's got lots of family around to make him feel better.
Too bad for Benshoof. He holds the track record at Cesana. He finished 17th in 2002, but now that all the Olympic pressure's off, Tony can enjoy the rest of the Games.
