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...have are enough good athletes who are willing to do the hard work it takes to become a champion. But we've got a few, and they're the match of any skiers in the world." The best of the few will attempt to reverse American fortunes at Lake Placid...
...World Cup circuit?a four-month-long series of 15 meets?U.S. men have won only 15 races. Mahre, 22, has won eight of them, and his twin brother Steve has won one. Last year Phil was second in the overall World Cup standings when he went to Lake Placid for a meet. While he was pounding down the hill in the slalom, the tip of his right ski caught one of the gates, and he went down, his ankle shattered. His skiing season was over. Unable to compete in the final three events, he finished third in the World...
...resort at White Pass, Wash. A gifted athlete, he has made himself into a downhill racer, even though the slalom and giant slalom are his natural events. In an age of specialization, he has become a genuine contender in all events. Can he win a gold at Lake Placid? Says Mahre: "So many things can be a factor. The snow, the weather, is it warm so that waxing is a factor, or cold and icy? Will you fall? Will someone else just have an incredible run? All I can do is run my race, run it the best...
...dislocated hip. She won the bronze in the '76 Olympics in the downhill. This is her last Olympics, and to win a gold she will have to beat out the likes of Switzerland's Marie-Theres Nadig. "I don't know how long I'll ski after Lake Placid," says Nelson, "but it won't be another four years. I've lived ten months of every year out of a suitcase since I was 15. I've got a home and a dog, and I'd like to do some cooking...
...East Germans should win again in bobsledding, an event that might produce a drama of its own at Lake Placid. The star will not be a driver or brakeman, but the bobsled run itself. Since work was completed on the new refrigerated run at Lake Placid, bobsledders have come to know it as one of the sport's toughest, trickiest courses. One particular turn, the Zig-Zag, a high-banked 60° left turn for 165 ft., followed by an equally tight 170-ft. right turn, is deemed the most technically difficult in the world. More than 50 bobsled teams have...