Word: slaloming
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Andrea Mead Lawrence, who died on March 31 at age 76, always strove to be exceptional throughout her life. And she was. At 15, Andrea made the U.S. ski team that competed at the 1948 St. Moritz Olympics, where she finished eighth in the slalom event. She was the youngest U.S. skier ever to compete at the Olympics...
Four years later, Andrea was on the cover of TIME (the first U.S. skier to be so honored) the month before she competed in the Oslo Olympics. She won the giant slalom, but it's her slalom victory that still amazes me today. In her first run, she missed a gate and had to backtrack to go through. She finished that run in fourth place. Yet her second run was so spectacular that her total time was good enough for a second gold medal, making her the first female skier to win two golds at the same Olympics...
...able to put together two fairly solid runs out there in some tricky conditions,” McCahill said.The men’s alpine team was led by junior captain Chris Kinner’s 27th place effort in the men’s Slalom event, moving up 18 spots from his starting position. He did himself three places better in the men’s Giant Slalom event, as he finished 24th in that race.The small roster of the women’s alpine squad once again hurt the Crimson’s chances of moving up the ranks...
...Slalom event, McNamara narrowly missed a top-30 finish, placing 33rd after starting in the 61st position. Between Kinner, McNamara and sophomore Alec Boardman, who finished in 44th position after starting the race in 75th, the men’s Slalom squad scored 48 points, Harvard’s highest total of the weekend in an individual event...
...women’s team, freshman Caroline McHugh was the lone Crimson skier in the alpine events. She placed 32nd and 41st in the Giant Slalom and Slalom events, respectively, as she moved up over 10 spots in each race...