Dominique Gisin and Tina Maze may not quite be household names in the world of sport but during the women's downhill skiing event at Sochi, they became the first athletes to share a Winter Olympics gold medal. Similarly, Matthias Mayer won the men's equivalent earlier in the week despite not having won a World Cup race during the winter season, yet his name was barely mentioned beforehand and he may soon disappear from the media spotlight as the games progress. That was not always the case with downhill skiing.