Word: hahnenkamm
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...racers still on their skis carried speeds of 80 m.p.h., a snaky, relatively flat descent over jarring, artificially created bumps and depressions. Luxembourg's two-time World Cup champion Marc Girardelli said that Mount Allan's downhill was the "most difficult in the world," worse than Kitzbuhel's thunderous Hahnenkamm...
...matter of his singular personality. Mahre went on: "I don't know an athlete in this village who actually likes the guy." Canadian Downhiller Todd Brooker said he did not like Johnson either, and that with his present style he could never win a demanding race like the Hahnenkamm. But he added, "You've got to give the guy credit. It's one thing to be so goddam sure of yourself and another to be absolutely right. He was definitely the best skier on the course today...
...skiers, the runs are slightly tamer than World Cup racecourses usually are, but this is true for any Olympics; you cannot have the inexperienced skiers who show up to race every four years (Turks, Greeks and Chinese are entered) kill themselves on downhill runs like the frightening Hahnenkamm at Kitzbiihel. Winds are notoriously bad here, and after wind caused the cancellation of the women's giant slalom at last year's trials, big storm fences were ordered for the racecourses...
...skier may score in one event. After reaching the maximum in that event, he must compete in one or both of the others to continue to score. Thus Phil Mahre, whose best downhill showing of the season was a ninth place on Kitzbühel's difficult Hahnenkamm course, nonetheless has an advantage over skiers who do not take the risk. Stenmark decided this season that he needed those extra points to win the Cup, but in downhill practice last fall he tumbled, hit his head and suffered a concussion. Says he: "Downhill is a kamikaze business." Despite misgivings...
...snow, a crowded commercial resort that draws both the packaged-tour trade and the famous. Crown Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden skis here, as do Jet-Setters Günter Sachs and Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach, the Krupp heir. Visitors who want to try to ski the multifaceted Hahnenkamm or merely stare at celebrities can get a week's vacation for about...