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...brushed the poles, Killy won both the special slalom and the giant slalom. The best the U.S. could do was third in the special, fourth in the giant. It was left to Jean Saubert to salvage a shred of honor-a tie for first with France's Marielle Goitschel in the women's giant slalom. Sighed U.S. Coach Bob Beattie...
Marielle and Christine Goitschel believe in long Johns, stretch pants, and woolly sweaters. Naturally. They spend most of their time in places where the snow is 6 ft. deep and the temperature is 15°. Marielle is 19, Christine is 20, and they are the best female skiers in the world...
...chuckling over the Austrian cop who got into an argument with her coach, Henri Bonnet, at Innsbruck last year; Marielle uncorked a haymaker square on the point of his chin. And then there was the unnerving experience of Premier Georges Pompidou, who lunched with Marielle after the Olympics. Mlle. Goitschel started things off by making the V for Victory sign, bellowing "Vive le ski! Vive la France!" and singing a chorus of La Marseillaise. Then she announced that she was engaged to be married. "To whom?" the Premier inquired politely. Said Marielle, blowing a kiss: "To you!" Later, she confided...
...young Californian won the Kandahar special slalom, placed second in the giant slalom, easily beat France's Leo Lacroix for the combined title. Another U.S. winner: Oregon's lean Saubert, 21, who won the Kandahar women's slalom, beating France's Olympic Champion Marielle Goitschel...
...CHRISTINE and MARIELLE GOITSCHEL, sisters from Val d'Isére, France, poled and skated their way through the ladies' slalom, finished first and second. In third place: Oregon's Jean Saubert, the pre-race favorite. Afterward, stocky Marielle Goitschel, 18, demonstrated that she can handle herself as well off the course as on. Angry at an Austrian policeman who was pushing French Coach Henri Bonnet around, Marielle uncorked a haymaker square on the point...