As for Strolz, he placed 13th in the downhill — very good for a slalom specialist like him — and he followed that effort with a terrific
first slalom run.
At the end of
the first slalom run he was in fifth place, almost two seconds behind Germany's 18 - year - old Willy Bogner.
SKIING — It was a case of peaking too late: American BARBARA COCHRAN won it all at the World Cup races in Heavenly Valley, Calif. —
first the slalom, then the giant slalom — to shut out the tough touring European stars.
Not exact matches
After weather - related delays postponed her
first scheduled event, she collected her
first gold medal of 2018 in giant
slalom.
SKIING — BILLY KIDD of Stowe, Vt. scored the
first U.S. win in a major Alpine race in Europe in two years, winning one of two giant
slalom events in Meg √ ® ve, France.
Two years later, at the 1958 FIS world championships in Bad Gastein, she took both the women's downhill and giant
slalom and was hailed as the new ruler of the skiing world, the
first girl since the great Andrea Mead Lawrence to win two gold medals in world competition.
On Sunday, Miller missed a gate and failed to qualify for a second run in the
slalom, while much - buzzed - about 21 - year - old U.S. teammate Ted Ligety finished third, reaching the
first World Cup podium of his career.
Strung out along the steep headwall near the top of KT - 22, spectators and competitors watch a racer dart through a gate on the
first pitch of the men's giant
slalom course, considered one of the world's finest racing trails
In Scene One on Friday, Killy crashed into a gate during his very
first heat of the giant
slalom and was out of the race.
Then came the
first round of the giant
slalom.
It was snowing heavily when the skiers trooped slowly up the
first of the two
slalom courses they would run, inspecting the gates.
In the
first race, the ladies» giant
slalom, Joan Hannah of the U.S. finished third, behind Fr √ § uleins Jahn and Erika Netzer of Austria, Barbara Ferries and Jean Saubert, two other American girls, coming in fifth and sixth.
SKIING — The U.S. girls fared well in the
first post-Olympic meet as KIKI CUTTER of Bend, Ore. won the
slalom in Oslo and came in third in the giant
slalom, followed by three other Americans — Judy Nagel, Wendy Allen and Suzy Chaffee — who placed fourth, seventh and eighth.
Girardelli and Mader fell early in the downhill portion, and Accola fouled up in the
first run of the
slalom.
The French, however, dominated the giant
slalom, taking five of the
first eight places, Francoise Macchi winning in 1:36.41.
But he hit an instant spotlight when he won the
first giant
slalom of the year in Val d'Is √ ® re in December.
Russel (pronounced Roo - sell) stood No. 1 in overall World Cup standings with 140 points after finishing
first in last week's giant
slalom in Meg √ ® ve.
Any of them could take
first place in
slalom, giant
slalom or downhill.
Each year about this time, when the
first snow flurries fly and the proprietors of publicity - conscious resorts start trying to get their pictures taken doing a
slalom on pine boughs, we like to present you with a resort or a ski way of life you may not have heard of.
On the night of Feb. 21 in the Caucasus Mountains, Shiffrin took a commanding lead in the
first run of the two - run Olympic
slalom.
Countrywomen MARIA WALLISER and VRENI SCHNEIDER tied for
first in the women's giant
slalom to share honors in those final standings.
San Francisco 49ers had three - man representation in
slalom race for lodge guests:
first - string Players Hugh McElhenny, Billy Wilson and Y. A. Tittle.
Sunny Snite of Hanover, N.H. took eastern junior combined title ahead of 31 girls, placed
first in
slalom.
Betsy Snite has a good chance of winning the
slalom, and she can finish among the
first three in the downhill and giant
slalom.
She had won eight World Cup
slalom races in 14 months, more than any other racer, and she skied with graceful professionalism on her
first run to take a.49 of a second lead over defending gold medalist Hoefl - Riesch.
After winning just one medal in the
first five events of the Games (Julia Mancuso's unexpected bronze in the super combined, boosting her U.S. women's record medal total to four), the U.S. won four medals in the final five events, beginning with a silver and a bronze by Andrew Weibrecht and Bode Miller, respectively, in the Super-G, followed by Ted Ligety's dominant gold as the heavy favorite in the giant
slalom and, finally, Shiffrin's gold.
We are excited to announce that, after sweeping the board in the ladies» races at Varsity and placing
first overall in the GS and 2nd overall in the
slalom, Nat Knowles has been selected to take part in the Anglo - Swiss ski races this winter.
1 Women who have won a World Cup skiing race in each of the six disciplines (giant
slalom, downhill,
slalom, Super G, combined and super-combi): Janica Kostelic of Croatia, who won her
first Super G on Sunday.
And for the
first time the Alpine venue will feature a common finish area for the men and women,
slalom and downhill alike, thanks to a design by former Swiss gold medalist Bernhard Russi.
[227] Ghanaian skier, Kwame Nkrumah - Acheampong, nicknamed «The Snow Leopard», became the
first Ghanaian to take part in the Winter Olympics, at the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada, [228] taking part in the
slalom skiing.
U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin won her second career gold medal and her
first of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the women's giant
slalom at the Yongpyong Alpine Center in South Korea.
Slippers prepare the ski course before the
first run of the women's giant
slalom.
She went on to win gold in parallel giant
slalom snowboarding as well, making her the
first woman to win two gold medals in different sports at the same Olympic Games.
Davis stresses that hitting the
first cone correctly — «backsiding it» — is the key to a quick time through a
slalom, as missing the timing on the
first cone only compounds your error through the next cones.
After the talk, I climbed into a
first - generation Subaru Impreza WRX and drove into the northern training area, a big, open lot with a
slalom course and a skidpad.
When I
first drove a current - generation Challenger, I did a
slalom course.
In addition to putting us into a rear - wheel - drive car for the
first time, the
slalom course allows us to sample different traction modes on the sports car.
The
slalom was slippery, but no cones were hurt until I switched to a
first - generation Genesis.
For the
first time in a Lexus model, the new RC F is equipped with a Torque Vectoring Differential (TVD) with three driving modes: standard,
slalom and track.
The
first module was set up to demonstrate the drive mode selector and participants followed a lead driver through a
slalom course in each of these four modes: Eco, Touring, Sport and Track.
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort is proud to present its
first ever snowboard - only event: the DARKSIDE Banked
Slalom Open!
Slalom (released in 1987, 1 - 2 players)-- Rare's
first console game.