Word: slaloming
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...team heads north tonight for a day of practice before Friday's slalom and cross-country races. The downhill and jumping have been scheduled for Saturday, followed by a banquet and award ceremony...
...those who survive the Saturday-night festivities, there is an individual slalom race--the Fisk Trophy--at Suicide Six on Sunday...
When the International Ski Federation issued its seedings for 1968, France's Jean-Claude Killy, 24, became the first skier in history to rank No. 1 in all three categories: slalom, giant slalom and downhill. Deservedly so. Last year the son of a Val d'Isère innkeeper won an astonishing 27 out of 32 events to make a shambles of competition for the World...
...thing all France wants is Olympic victory this February, particularly on its home turf at Grenoble. Killy is happy, healthy and wise enough to know that the warmups are just that. Wait. And so last week in the second half of the giant slalom at Adelboden, Switzerland, Killy roared out of the start and flashed down the 1,800-meter course, carving and skating through the 60 gates to finish in 1 min. 34.1 sec., a good 1.5 sec. ahead of his closest pursuer and enough to give him his first major win of the year. KILLY'S REVENGE...
...alpine action Mike Cook placed 16th in the combined standings for the Corcoran Cup--a series of three giant slalom races held at Waterville Valley, N.H. The field of over 90 racers featured members of the national "B" team and of the Eastern Alpine squad. In the first race on Saturday two freshmen, Alan Watson and Jay O'Rear, finished 10th and 12th...