LILLEHAMMER / ’94 WINTER OLYMPICS : NOTEBOOK

American Heidi Voelker had a disappointing day in the giant slalom, posting a slow first run and crashing on the second.

“I definitely think I was nervous,” said the 24-year-old from Pittsfield, Mass. “It was disappointing because I was stiff and timid.”

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Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, forced to miss the second run of the GS because of flu, started to get ill right after last week’s super-G, in which she won the gold.

“I don’t think she ever considered dropping out,” her husband, Willi, said. “She’d rather race than not race.”

Roffe-Steinrotter stood 27th after the morning run.

“There was no life in her skiing,” said Paul Major, the U.S. Alpine director.