Bronze medal for croatian alpine skier at world championship

Is not it fantastic when the skier from a country that has only one ski slopes and from a country that has no tradition of skiing, winning medals at the world championships in skiing? It was successful Croatian Ivica Kostelic, who was not one of the favorites to win medals, even though he is the leader in overall World Cup standings. This is because he is one of the best technicians of the world, and "fast disciplines" are not his stronger side. And he won a bronze medal in a fast discipline - super giant slalom! Look!