Drinks on Kildow

A tough new Code of Conduct imposed by the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), which includes a revised alcohol policy preventing skiers and coaches from drinking in the same room, may take some of the fun out Kildow's victory but the American will not be sitting alone in her room.

Following her second-place finish on Friday in the first of back-to-back downhills staged at Lake Louise, Kildow made the rounds and even had a drink with coaches - even if they were not her own.

"I had a glass of wine with (her ski company) and our team had a glass of celebratory champagne and I had a beer with the Germans," Kildow told reporters. "It was a crazy night for me, three glasses of alcohol.

"But with the German coaches, not my coaches. They (U.S.) can't be in the same room."

With the season's first super-G scheduled for Sunday, Kildow made it clear she was not looking to see how far she could push the USSA.

While some of her team mates have been critical of the USSA's restrictions, Kildow said this week that she understood the reasons behind the clampdown, saying some members of the ski team had been irresponsible.

"I don't drink before my race, one glass of wine.I'm not Bodie," added Kildow, referring to her flamboyant team mate Bodie

Miller, whose party lifestyle is believed to the major reason behind the crackdown.

Certainly if any skier had a reason to celebrate it is Kildow, who has claimed a downhill win in each of her last three visits to the Canadian Rockies.

Her most recent triumph was by far the most spectacular and convincing, the 22-year-old roaring across the finish line 1.33 seconds clear of nearest challenger Renate Goetschl of Austria, the largest victory margin in a woman's downhill staged at Lake Louise going back to 1989.

"My other wins have all been by pretty slim margins," said Kildow. "I was just amazed, I can't even put words to it.

"I had no idea I was that fast. I was in the finish when I saw the time I couldn't believe it, that's crazy.

"It gives me more confidence I trust myself, I don't have to think about the course because I know exactly where to go so it's more just getting fired up and getting determined rather than thinking where to go."