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...world's No. 1 bobsledder is a coal-and-ice dealer from Cortina, Italy. Eugenio Monti, 32, broke both legs in a skiing accident years ago; one cheek is deeply scarred from a splintering crash two years ago at St. Moritz, when his sled turned a double-somersault. "Brakes?" snorts Monti. "You should use them only to stop at the finish...
Married. Chiharu Igaya, 27, Japan's Olympic skier (second in the slalom at Cortina in 1956), '57 graduate of Dartmouth College, who tied for the U.S. National Downhill championship in 1955, won the Canadian Slalom championship in 1957; and Takayo Ueno, 24, daughter of a retired sportswriter; in Tokyo...
...flashed by us like jet planes," Penny recalls. "Betsy and I just looked at each other, speechless. We thought we should have stayed at home." Neither of the girls did well in the Olympics. Says Penny philosophically: "All we did was get our first dose of higher education at Cortina...
Three Medals. At Cortina last winter, Toni cut a noticeable slice out of Russia's spectacular march down the ski trails. Standing just a little straighter than his rivals, demonstrating a spectacular sense of balance and feel for the snow, he won a gold medal in all three Alpine events (giant slalom, slalom and downhill). He is expected to win this season's big downhill honors in Europe and plans to come to the U.S. this month to race at Aspen, Colo, and Stowe...
...Amateur sextet is essentially the same as the 1956 Olympic team which finished second to the Russians in the winter games at Cortina, Italy. Cleary also centered one of the two first lines on that team...