“Aspen’s ace snowboarder Chris Klug, an Olympic bronze medalist from the 2002 Salt Lake Games, still has a chance this weekend to restore Aspen’s honor with an astonishing run in the giant slalom–but no one’s expecting a 38-year-old Olympian to magically claim the gold,” writes Post blogger Michael Conniff. “Klug will no doubt acquit himself well, as he always does, but a trip to the podium is unlikely if not quite impossible. Should he exit Vancouver without a medal, we can begin to talk about The Aspen Curse at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. How bad did it get for athletes from the Roaring Fork Valley? Consider the fate of snowboard throb Gretchen Bleiler, herself a silver medalist in the 2006 Torino Games. Bleiler–down to her second and final run in the superpipe–clipped and then crashed on the the top of the pipe….”