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...Fall. Then Penny ran up against a lithe (5 ft. 5 in., 115 Ibs.), tousleheaded Canadian named Anne Heggtveit. Poised and perky at 21, Anne lost 12 Ibs. while training for the Olympics, decided to concentrate on the slalom, where agility counts more than weight. She contented herself with a respectable twelfth in both the downhill and giant slalom. But right from the start of the slalom, Anne put the pressure on Penny, darted through the first steep, 53-gate course in a blazing time of 54 sec. that put her first and left her U.S. rival dangling in seventh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Trial by Snow | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

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