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...even with little on-snow time, the ski team posted its best record since entering ECAC division 5 in 1976. Senior alpine captain Eric Klaussen led the surge, becoming the first Harvard skier to go to the NCAA nationals in both slalom and giant slalom since...
Senior ERIC KLAUSSEN proved last weekend that his GS is no BS. Klaussen captured sixth place overall in the Giant Slalom competition at the Dartmouth Winter Carnival. Although Klaussen has not yet technically qualified for nationals, his Dartmouth performance should assure him a qualifying slot. Hailing from Squaw Valley, California, Klaussen comments that east coast mountains are "a lot smaller and a lot colder"...The ski team as a whole finished seventh out of ten...not bad since the competition included last year's national champion. University of Vermont...
Skid control comes first, performed by going through a slalom course on an inch of loose gravel. The trick is to accelerate and brake and countersteer the car as the rear end skids violently. You must use the skid. It's like driving on ice. The best way to stop a car is to brake steadily and very hard, not pump the brakes as many people believe. Next comes emergency braking and swerving to avoid objects at high speeds. Each student is ordered to drive absolutely flat out toward a sharp curve until the last possible second. Just when...
Behind Annemarie to take the silver came Liechtenstein's Hanni Wenzel, 23, the stocky older sister of Andreas, 21. In the women's giant slalom, Hanni and Annemarie reversed their positions, and then some. Hanni worked down the course in smooth and easy runs to take the gold, with West Germany's Irene Epple winning the silver and France's Perrine Pelen the bronze. Annemarie, who does not care much for the giant slalom, finished sixth...
...days later, Moser-Pröll took a spill on the steep upper portion of the shorter women's slalom in the first run and was eliminated. Hanni stayed upright and swept to her second gold by a commanding margin of nearly 1.5 sec. With two golds and a silver in the three alpine events, she matched the smashing performance of West Germany's Rosi Mittermaier in the 1976 Winter Games at Innsbruck...