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...remarkably well: six golds, to nine for the East Germans and ten for the Soviets. On a per capita basis, however, the hands-down winner of the Lake Placid Games was tiny Liechtenstein (pop. 24,000); the brother-and-sister skiing act of Andreas and Hanni Wenzel whisked to two golds and two silvers...
...though his try for gold would vanish in a white detonation of arms and legs and skis. Instead, Stenmark simply reached down and pushed himself up with his right hand. But the near fall slowed him just enough to leave him in third place, behind Liechtenstein's Andreas Wenzel and Austria's Hans...
...dense with perfume bottles and barely brush them with its fur; Stenmark went through 55 gates like that. Near one of the final gates, his skis chattered into a left turn and slid slightly. He corrected, and shot home to a gold medal, more than a second faster than Wenzel. The bronze went to Austria...
Yesterday's first run of the men's giant slalom made for the biggest surprise of the day, as highly favored Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden stood in third place behind Lichenstein's Andreas Wenzel and Hans Enn of Austria. If Wenzel maintains his position and wins the gold, he will complete the first brother-sister alpine-medal winning act in Olympic history. His sister Hanni won the women's downhill Sunday...
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 9-11 p.m.: Yet another chapter in the saga of the Heiden family: Beth skates in the 3,000 meters. In the women's giant slalom, Liechtenstein's Hanni Wenzel is the one to catch...