Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na February 1999, Kjus rụrụ otu n'ime ihe ndị kasị dị ịrịba ama n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ịgba ọsọ n'elu ugwu mgbe o nwetara ihe nrite n'asọmpi egwuregwu ise nile e nwere n'Egwuregwu Ụwa nke 1999 na Vail, Colorado. Ndị na-agba ọsọ ise enwetala ihe nrite anọ n'otu asọmpi egwuregwu ụwa (ruo n'afọ 1980, asọmpi Olympic nke oge oyi bụkwa asọmpi egwuregwu ụwa maka ịgba ọsọ ugwu): Toni Sailer nke Austria na 1956 na Cortina na 1958 na Bad Gastein, Marielle Goitschel nke France na 1966 na Portillo, Chile, Jean-Claude Killy nke France na 1968 na Grenoble, Rosi Mittermaier nke Germany na 1976 na Innsbruck, na Pirmin Zurbriggen nke Switzerland na 1987 na
Crans-Montana; anọ ndị mbụ mere nke ahụ mgbe naanị ihe omume anọ a na-asọ mpi, mana ọ nweghị onye tupu ma ọ bụ mgbe ọ nwetasịrị ihe nrite n'egwuregwu ise nke alpine, downhill, super-G, slalom, slalom, na jikọtara ma ọ bụ Super-jikọtara, na otu egwuregwu.