When James (Jack) Crawford comes up with an unorthodox way of tackling a ski race, Jeff Read says he doesn’t question it. “If we have a collective idea or something, he thinks the opposite way,” Read said. Canada's James Crawford speeds down the course during a men's alpine ski World Cup downhill, in Kitzbuehel, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. The men’s downhill Feb. 7 offers the first alpine ski medals of the Winter Olympics. “An Olympic gold medal, that’s for sure something that I’d like to get in my career,” Crawford said.