Word: slaloming
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...junior Alpine championship. "I regret not having continued my studies," he says. "But you can't do everything-and I like what I'm doing just fine." Last year at the Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, he was considered a strong contender for the slalom but was off form, finishing sixth; in the downhill race, won by Teammate Jean Vuarnet, he did better, winning a bronze medal. One of his problems seemed to be his mental attitude. Admitting that he is "often obsessed by a fear of falling," Périllat grew too tense during "that horrible moment...
...British army ski championships at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Reason for her visible dismay was the performance of the team captain of the Royal Scots Greys-her son, the Duke of Kent, 25. The duke fell twice in the downhill, each time losing a ski, was disqualified in the slalom. Straight-faced the London Daily Telegraph: "The duke was none the worse for his experience...
...from winning the coveted Lauberhorn trophy at Wengen, Guy Perillat, 21, a trooper in the Alpine corps of the French army, rocketed down the mountainside at Kitzbuehel, Austria to win the Hahnenkamm, a second major prize in international skiing, with a victory in the downhill, second place in the slalom...
...Whistling softly to remind herself to breathe, svelte U.S. Olympic Skier Betsy Snite, 21, swivel-hipped down the steep, tight trail on Mount Mansfield, completed her two runs a full 4.4 sec. ahead of a topflight Olympic field to win the women's slalom...
...Fall. Then Penny ran up against a lithe (5 ft. 5 in., 115 Ibs.), tousleheaded Canadian named Anne Heggtveit. Poised and perky at 21, Anne lost 12 Ibs. while training for the Olympics, decided to concentrate on the slalom, where agility counts more than weight. She contented herself with a respectable twelfth in both the downhill and giant slalom. But right from the start of the slalom, Anne put the pressure on Penny, darted through the first steep, 53-gate course in a blazing time of 54 sec. that put her first and left her U.S. rival dangling in seventh...