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...last week a Norwegian (the dynamic Kjetil Andre Aamodt) and a Canadian (the surprising Ed Podivinsky) won silver and bronze medals in downhill after Moe, while a Russian, Svetlana Gladischeva, edged Italian Isolde Kostner for silver in the women's super-G. In the men's super- G, Markus Wasmeier, a Bavarian who likes to play Mozart on his zither, won the gold, beating Moe and Aamodt, who captured the bronze. The French were despondent when their favorites failed to garner medals, and L'Equipe, the national sports daily, struck back by calling Moe -- who had been expelled from teams...
...light overnight snowfall, he showed the world a run -- 2 min. .14 sec. -- that none of the next dozen racers could touch. Italy's 6-ft. 4-in. Michael Mair, a downhill winner earlier in the season, skidded off the course. Girardelli and West Germany's Markus Wasmeier, two superb all-event men, skied with insufficient fury and finished sixth and ninth...
...weather with the same few dozen people. In such a one-ring circus, Zurbriggen has had only one close friend, the Swiss GS star Max Julen, who retired last year. Asked if he is friendly with any of the other skiers, he mentions the West German ace Markus Wasmeier, like himself a generalist who is a threat in any event. Wasmeier, a likable fellow with lank blond hair and a lean, fined-down body, is obviously startled to hear this; he thinks Zurbriggen is a magnificent skier, he says, and a fine sportsman. But it is clear that he doesn...
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