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...slalom event was taken by Al Hobart, a full-time skier, with a time of 89.1 seconds, 2.5 seconds faster than Friedman. "I would have been second in the grand slalom, but I went through a gate backwards," Friedman said. The Crimson coach finished with a time of 1:48.79. Frank Hurt, former Middlebury ski captain, won the grand slaloms...
Just three seconds slower than winner Tom Corcoran, a former Olympic skier, Friedman grabbed fourth place with a finishing time of 58 seconds. Flying through the gates in 90.5 seconds the coach snared a second in the slalom event, just 0.8 seconds off the winning time...
...practice ski jump at the Middlebury Winter Carnival. He was rushed to the hospital suffering from a concussion, memory loss, and neck and back injuries. He is now in good condition at Stillman Infirmary. His absence cost Harvard valuable points in the Nordic events and left the Crimson skier's in sixth place in the final team standings at Middlebury...
...only other Harvard skier to place among the top ten in any event was Peter Carter who finished fourth in the giant slalom. Carter also finished fourth in the slalom, but he was disqualified for missing a gate...
...downhill ski races and two-man bobsledding, then threatened to wash out the tobogganing altogether. The slippery slopes played havoc with the U.S. ski team: two fractures, a sprained ankle, a dislocated shoulder and a gashed head. A television helicopter crashed into a snowbank, forcing a French skier to veer off course into a fence, and a runaway toboggan smacked headlong into a spectator...