European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Pwn Hill Queen february 1978 the stars and stripes Poge 25 by Hunt Johnson As Siatan sports editor Germany its Austri pc Marie Mose Proell demonstrated Queen the downhill when she i to Victory Here wednesday and col i the first women Gold medal of the world Alpine ski starting the once postponed ii s downhill in the Ideal 10 Trong opposition from West Ger i Irene who followed As no Bui the 24yearold austrian was 24 hundredths of a second r than who gave the Host coun 5 second straight Silver c tall and slender Doris de Agostini of Carland grabbed the Bronze medal a clocking despite starting de Agostini beat out her country an Marte theres Nadig by seconds acc those tour were the Only to crack Mesog takes fifth Merican 21yearold Cindy of skied an outstand Irace from the dreaded 1 position to lure fifth place with a Hen de Agostini came Down right after tin with her it looked like the i girls time might not be compel but the next seven All failed to better Nel stir lurking in the starting Gate Tat were some of the Best women downhill include Epple and i was standing Al the Start took lat the times of the girls ahead of 1 heed that the track was similar to the during training two Days said Ell so 1 ran it the same almost losing control at one third Gold medal Gold medal was the third for ii in world Alpine she i the downhill and combination at the i championships in Switzer 1 she is also a five time Winner of the bold cup r 1 always believed the decision would be Hong Irene and Evi Milter the austrian Winner said at the i e oriented myself Al us Start on the tier times and knew How i had to Irodell used skis instead of Normal jus length her aver Speed for the with a 960 was Kilometres an were very proud of Cindy fifth said team director Hank big mistake costly i who won a Bronze medal in the olympic downhill at nearby inns was disappointed with her race Lii Only because of one big i lost n line and got into the soft Snow Al one that was right before the in it mediate Lime at the Zund two r of the Way she my skis Are very so that not a p Uhlem just the the racer Nelson being 1 was a disa Dvan someone has to have to and this me it was next Lime ill have More she her parents were on hand the finish Jamie Kurlander of and Patterson of Sun Fin close together in Mth and Isth places times of and Kurland 11 r was the Tith first of the second while Patterson started Austria Proell captures third Gold in world Alpine ski Competition Abbi Fisher of South the myth finished with a Fisher is not a downhill specialist but Hope for a combined medal along with both Are entered in All three women Epple said she task a mental training technique to help win her Silver before starting i tried to concentrate and not be 1 was More relaxed Loday than Ever the menial training thing really i thought t might Finis i in the top i never dreamed of winning a Gold but had a Small Hope of a medal after my Good practice Epple i made a few mistakes at the top of the course which really irritated the top finishers Birnel Drill r inn of i Mirett Wret swill Lith evil ring Jilb Evi Gnu by mirth fun Auer i 1 pallor Luhv a mint w us Cindy on the Way Cindy Nelson of the turns hard in route to a Al Fly place in wednesdays women downhill at the world Alpine us championships at real class says Tauber of Nelsons despite no Start Fly Klint Johnson assistant sports editor Genany Isis while Cindy Nelson was still shaking her blonde head Over one mistake thai May have Cost her a her head coach waa already assigning her a spot in american ski racing when you marry Cindy Bronze medal Al Innsbruck the 1976 olympic downhill with her fifth place finish you have iwo real class said team director Hank no other american woman ski racer has accomplished though Nelson finished fifth in wednes Days world Alpine women nearly iwo seconds behind victorious Annemarie to Serrault of the skier was reaping Praise for beating All but four of the worlds and doing it As the i starting first is considered the worst position in us to seeded group of be cause the track is slower at the Start despite the use of As 1 starter b tuesdays training which followed the weather forced postponement of the Nelson was Only 13th Cindy been up against a lot of pres As our Only real world class downhill also that bad starting number is a psychological but Shes a Strong person and responds Well to she overcomes All that very Tauber said Nelson had been a Little Hurt during the week with a knee problem and that her training had but she pulled herself together for this look Al the she beat a lol of top class and they Alt had better Start ing Nelson broke her ankle on the same course lost january in a world cup Down Hill that was also won by but Tauber downplayed that As a mental actor in wednesdays All the world championship training runs ended without Inci Dent in the improved finish area and Only Christina Gravina of among the top fell after the us Lead coach said thai Cindy one big mistake in what he called the to turn probably Cost her the Bronze i came into thai Blind turn wrong and tried to but instead i went off into the soft Andy and who ranks seventh in the world cup standings this without a first added one of these Days if i dont make mistakes in going to win then looking at her she they keep telling me the other Jamie Kurland Susie patters ii and Abbie Fisher finished Well Back in 15th and 26th but Tauber was not unlike who has had a lot of sex the other girls Are still develop ing in the but they Are progressing he of was running this race for the combined Tauber who started in the first seeded in the 4 said 1 could have skied a better but i just want aggressive Tauber also had Praise for one of the opposition entries Switzerland Doris de who started right after Nelson and finished de Agostini ran a Hel Lova look at what she did with her starting All racers agreed that conditions were far Superior to tuesday when fog and heavy snowfall caused postponement of the the turns were but there was unpacked Snow in the Flat world ski championship notes mens Down Hiller Andy Mill and Garmisch resident Tim a former Usah Euh ski team were iwo of the forerunners for the race Mill was for running for the second straight Nadezhda the russian racer who had a Specular fall before the Dawn Hill was was Back in her hotel with a few bruises but Little pain wednes according to Konrad second German television correspondent in the East european Camp Gruda reported that Zelkova is ready to Start in the slalom and giant Elsabeth Chad of France lost her left ski pole at the sure of the race and skied with one pole until the Handicap caught up with her and she crashed Halfway through the
