European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1970 the stars and stripes Page 25 Jonmark captures giant slalom at Garmisch Flat ont Johnson assistant sports editor Germany Inge the shy swede who is an the major Powers of Alpine rom listed his opposition once u thursday in winning the world ship mens giant who captured the world cup Rast two seasons and appears in a third mastered the each meters Longs in a he recorded a 1 clock 10 53gate first run and for id with is both runs were a Hausberg slope the stunning swedes Wake after run were four serious contenders d including american Hope White who stood l that seconds behind 1 is two skiers from Liny a Reehten Idreas Wenzel and Willi from 3 nabbed the other two brother of woman Star i Ian second run just an the to grab the Silver 1 seconds Back of his countryman Lime was Bronze medallist from o had the third fastest first had to Settle for fifth place behind Pic giant slalom Winner Heinl top finishers 1 Wati in Jean Sun calf a Lily of Ujj 1 Wylli i of Mahres first run and his second which 1 m just Back of t Mahre missed a the Nee As a team certainly was in Pete Sun Gary Boyne eth and with in finishing son totalled after being k first ninth the first sixth seconds behind Phil Marc de spite racing the entire first run with just one ski he lost his right pole when it stuck in a wooden Board on the starting platform but Sill managed the fourth fast est first i lost the pole in the starting Gale and i was said i just wanted to the biggest at least for was Klaus the Only Adgate Zallerson 28th and Steve Mahre he first run the top five to the first run opened the second order and then the others raced c order of their numbers in each we throughout most of the race i heavier during the second sight want so Good but it went said the 21yearold Slen 3 typical understatement for a Little bit for sometimes it to when you ski shooting for the combined Hopes for that medal were High and go for safety in the on r i cant take and is l was 13th in sundays that Stenmark Doest naming performance was turned in x of who finished army Brand s British downhill Austria Mickey Brand of the in ski team blitzed id a unofficial five seconds belter than is to win the downhill Hie British services International Ripon ships Here official race results have not eased and Are being examined be skier to have shown he could beat Sten Mark this i lost the race because i used my edges too much Between the Gates which was a mistake on that kind of wet said Heidegger who finished Stenmark admitted afterwards he had never been so nervous in his i was More nervous today than before any other race in my it was be cause there was a world title at Stenmark after getting the Deal time in the first i knew it would be important to avoid ending up in the bits of deep Snow in the it proved to be very he it was that deep Snow which Phil Mahre list near the end of the run which Cost the american his i lost the race on the Flat part just before the finish where i made two mis said Sis paid by hid Crundy Sweden Ingemar Stetu Nark hurtles Down slope win Alpine world championship giant slalom at Garmisch Mahre takes loss of medal calmly yanks elated Over team showing members of the team Are Chad Rogers and Pat by Klint Johnson assistant sports editor Germany for someone who came so close to his first world ski medal and then saw it slip away in the second run of thursdays giant 21yearold Phil Mahre was taking it All very first place belonged to Sweden Inge mar Stenmark after the first run and everybody knew but Mahre was right below Stenmark on the first run result list with the second Best Lime then Andreas Wenzel and Willi from of and Switzerland Heini Hemmi Alt snuck in ahead of Phil on the second run and the was left with its second fifth place in two Cindy the american downhill finished there in her specially Here wednes i lost the medal in the Flat part just before the finish where i made two mis said referring to his final i got into inc deep Snow and it Cost me several tenths of a second and took me out of the lop three but i nope to do belter in the slalom later Mahre issued the Well get them in the referring to the world cup Competition later this season in the Mahre said the new Snow on the course did not bather were used to Ive skied on a lot of that stuff All my there was a Consolation prize for the american Camp the performance of the Fourman giant slalom Pete Patterson and Gary Dagale nailed Down eighth and ninth respective and phils twin Steve the bearded one of the pair placed it was a great team never before have we had three in the top said team director Hank he called it the Best showing Ever by men in an Alpine in Happy that we Are at least contend ers for medals which is More than a lot of learns can i just feel sorry for Phil missing a medal by just ii 100s of a second that a big disappointment but on the other were very Happy with the learn Patterson was beaming with his eighth place finish after starting in the second seeded in Happy with both he the second course was i was on the verge of losing control and when thai happens i know that i am going but near the Bottom i came into several Gates a Little bit late and that Cost of Sun said after his first run that despite his rather late Start the course was still 1 got in a Good he not a broken up one but a smooth Patterson and Phil Mahre Are both entered in the combined Competition and will Start their third event Here Tauber revealed after the mens giant slalom that Abbl of South sprained her ankle in practice wednesday and is a doubtful starter in Fri Days women if Fisher cant Start she will be replaced by Viki of according to fridays women race on the Hausberg with the first runs starting at 10 and the final run at world championship notes while Stenmark was skiing to a top austrian so manufacturer was Over heard to that goes to show you it mostly depends on the material being important but not absolutely Neces Stenmark has used yugoslavian made skies for years the two Liechte Wenzel and who took the Silver and Bronze Are integral parts of the Swiss National training and living with when asked about Wenzel until now we have had no problems at we feel very Happy with them and can Only thank them sin rarely Bob former Alpine ski is Here to do the color commentary for Abc when asked to compare his new position in skiing with his former he television is much