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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cold Fury | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

Redheaded Gene Monti spends his idle hours polishing the Swedish steel runners of his sled to a high glint, lovingly stores them away in wrappings of lamb's wool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cold Fury | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

Liquidation Factor. In Milan, Italy, Giancarlo Monti confessed to police that he was forced to steal two cars a day in order to meet his daily drinking needs: 30 shots of brandy plus four liters of wine per meal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 8, 1960 | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

Finding an empty car near the run, a night watchman called the cops, and after a long, moonlit search, the investigators found Monti and his men shoveling snow off the sled track as busily as neighbors clearing a driveway. Nonplused at having nabbed a world champion, the cops collected the shovels and made a report to the Bob-Wart (track steward). Next morning, with the backing of the Italian Bobsled Association, the steward and his Championship Jury disqualified Shoveler Monti's sled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Moonlight Mischief | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

...snow was replaced, and two German sleds made slow, comfortable runs to finish in first and second place for the four-man title. Unchastened Eugenio Monti sneered at the four-run time total of 4:49.33 and announced: "All I wanted was a fast run." Then, as a Garmisch gamin pranced behind him in an elaborate pantomime of shoveling, he added: "This is the last time I will race here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Moonlight Mischief | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

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