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...slopes. The first surprise came when a 17-year-old Swiss whiz named Ma-rie-Theres Nadig nipped favored Austrian Annemarie Proell in the women's downhill. After that, the chunky Swiss girl swiveled through a blinding snowstorm and once more bested Annemarie in the giant slalom. In the men's division, Bernhard Russi and Roland Collombin finished one. two in the downhill. In all. the Swiss men won four of the top six positions in the downhill and second and third in the giant slalom...
...expected, the well-trained Russians dominated cross-country skiing and Italy's flashy Gustavo Thoeni captured the men's giant slalom. But totally unexpected was the performance of Wojciech Fortuna, a 19-year-old Pole who leaped out of nowhere to win the 90-meter ski jump. The young U.S. hockey team, sparked by the acrobatic saves of Goalie Mike Curran. upset the strong Czech team 5-1 and then moved into contention for a medal. In women's figure skating, buxom Beatrix Schuba of Austria built up such a commanding lead in the school figures...
Dartmouth's Winter Carnival takes place this weekend in Hanover, N.H., as Middlebury, the defending champion, will attempt to repeat its success of last year. Two days of competition will begin on Friday with events scheduled in the two-run slalom and the 15-kilometer cross country race. On Saturday, events include the two-run giant slalom and the 40 meter jump...
...started off strongly this year with a 7th and an 11th in the Pat Hardy Slalom and an overall first place in the New England College Cup Slalom...
Freshmen in the alpine team, none of whom have had much prior racing experience, demonstrated their potential in this year's New England College Cup Slalom. Dick Raines finished 12th in the slalom and Scott Johnson finished in the top 20 in both events. Oggie Ross, Mike Herter and Bryn Evensen also turned in good performances...