Word: sec
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last year they turned the Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria into a French family affair. Christine won the special slalom, beating Marielle by .91 sec. Then Marielle came zipping down the slopes to win the giant slalom, edging Christine and the U.S.'s Jean Saubert, went on to take the overall women's combined championship (special slalom, giant slalom, downhill). This year the sisters have polished their act. In six international meets so far, they have each won the special slalom twice. Marielle also has one giant slalom victory to her credit, as well as four combined titles...
...time, calculating the height at which he would take each of the 16 corners. Then, cautiously, Nash began to feel out the course. Scorning a steering wheel, handling the runner ropes with the iron hands of a jockey, he zipped through the first run in 1 min. 18.49 sec., the second in 1 min. 18.96 sec.-enough to give him a ⅓sec. lead over Rinaldo Ruatti in the No. 1 Italian sled...
...Nash turned on the speed. Plunging straight down the chute, he ripped into the 180° Horseshoe Corner, swung high on its sheer wall, then dropped surely down to the narrow, slotted straightaway to pick up extra speed. His time for the run: a course record, 1 min. 16.94 sec. But Nash was not through. On his last run he sliced another .03 sec. off his own record...
That gave him a 3 sec. victory over Ruatti-which in bobsledding is like lapping the field...
...dirt, the bull ran over his body. Miraculously, he escaped with nothing worse than bruises. Four days later he was back in action, and unlucky enough to draw another never-ridden bull-this time a mammoth Black Angus-Brahma cross. Wegner stuck it out the full 8 sec., but his wild, scrambling ride earned him only 60 out of a possible 100 points...