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...Olympics; you cannot have the inexperienced skiers who show up to race every four years (Turks, Greeks and Chinese are entered) kill themselves on downhill runs like the frightening Hahnenkamm at Kitzbiihel. Winds are notoriously bad here, and after wind caused the cancellation of the women's giant slalom at last year's trials, big storm fences were ordered for the racecourses...
...those parents who still dream of down hill glory, resorts like Utah's Snowbird hold racing camps where they can polish slalom techniques while the youngsters run gates in separate classes. On the other hand, Charles Maas, director of marketing at Vail and Beaver Creek in Colorado, says that 15% of the people who come to Vail do not ski: "They want to shop or go ice skating." To amuse family members whose interest in alpine skiing is less than fanatic, resort managers are building elaborate tennis and racquetball courts, heated pools, co-ed Jacuzzis, ice rinks...
Mahre, until last week, had not won a race all season, though his showings in each of the three skiing disciplines-slalom, giant slalom and downhill-added up to the leading point total for the four-month series. Winning his two giant slaloms pleased him more than clinching the Cup. "I don't know, individual races just mean more to me," he said. "You don't think of the Cup until afterward. The races...
...call is muffled, perhaps only by distance. "I don't really have any goals, other than to enjoy myself," Mahre said. "If you go to the Olympics, you have to be healthy and lucky that day." At Lake Placid in 1980, he took second in the slalom to Stenmark, whose Olympic eligibility probably ended three years ago when he shifted his residence to the less taxing principality of Monaco and took out a license to sell himself commercially at seven figures. Adhering to the amateur rules, Mahre probably makes no more than a few hundred thousand dollars...
Sophomore Jennifer Hale placed 23rd in the women's giant slalom while sophomore Marguret Walter earned 28th in the women's 7.5 km race...