European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. February 19.1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports no More miracles on ice soviets beat Gutsy . Team 7-5 by John Nelson a sports writer c Algazy. Alberta America s Huck my fell just Short and there were no More miracles on ice. E Irmin 7.utbritscn fell just Short of the finish and there were no More dreams of an Alpine sweep at the Winter olympics. The soviets beat team Usa 7-5 wednesday night Alk leading 6- in he third period and America reluctantly surrendered the Miracle of Laic 1 acid in inc Luo learns first olympic clash sure 1 to. These Guys Don t know the meaning of inc word that begins with a As in Winter olympics quit. Wal . Assistant coach Hen Smith we lost to one of the Premier eams in the sport. This group of Wujs just does t Roll a Mountain ended inc dream of Zur Huggon. One of the world s Best als around skiers As lie fell in a tangle of skis and poll not More than 1ft winds from the finish line no Hie Romb Ineil slalom. Thai ended his shut Al a second Gold medal and a sweep of All five Alpine even ii. The americans hacked away Al a Fronir Gdal a ovum Lead on Lane Mcdonald s second oat of the game and two More by Scon and Todd Okerlund in the firs i i minutes of inc third period Mak ing lie score 6-s. Hut that was As Clow As the . Team could gel. In team Usa beat the soviets j.1 on its Way to a Gold medal without losing n Lume. Now it must win its final two games against Norway and West Germany for any Chance to gain the medal round of Sis. The . Learn now has lost two in a Row and is 1-2 in the the soviets arc 3-0. He Uci Ory was the soviet Union s sixth in eight meetings with the United states since the soviets firs entered Tumpie Competition in 1956. The Only line s America has beaten the soviet Union Vul re in o60 and Lonso Leo Gold medal Sears fur the . In Luher group b Hotkey game Lnu Lay. West Germany beat Austria i and Czechoslovakia Defeated nor 10-1. /.tirbriggen. Who won the first Alpine Teseni of the games with a Gold in inc downhill Nevill Only to finish his second slalom run to win inc Gold in a new event Alt ii combined. Instead he cell about i Rill Yards l i a the finish line yielding the guld tit austrian Hubert Siroli. I was so sure of myself the j5-sear ukr Ottiss said. "1 knew i just Hail to foil the finish line to win the ,. When i i inked the Gal i this ugh id myself. What did you do .1 ii made me real the soviet la picked up two More Mcd nos a Sizer and Brone in women s Yniss noun in skiing to run their count to nine. Thai s six More than tin land. Switzerland and the Netherlands my Fijn More than the United states Eric Flaim Jusi missed giving America it s second Mcd in of the Ianus. Finishing 1.17 seconds away from the Hron i in the 5.0w meters de spite Hottinga . Rico id. I did my Best and i can t do any More him said. You can t change what somebody else docs a living Sergei Mike ii of the Sci Lei Union scores a finl a trod Roal Ara Insi the u a. And goalie Chris to Marl in a 7-5 lick air. Pairs figure states Jill Waison and i Eter Oppegard gave the United states its Only medal on tuesday a Bronze that might have been a Silver except Tor a tall by Watson. Unrelenting winds that reached 50 nth wrought havoc on the olympic schedule Tor other events dub i the double Nold quest of Atli Nykanen the Nying Nykanen was going after in unprecedented second Victory in ski jumping when the 90-meter team event was postponed until thursday. The final two runs of the Wimin s luge Nio Weru postponed. Zurbriggen one of the must versatile skiers in the world finished first tues Day in he combined downhill he first half of Iii downhill slalom hybrid that males up the combined. Then the talk begin could this for Mer altar boy from the Swiss Alps be inc next can cub pc Hilly could he sweep All the Alpine events As Killy did in o6s and As Toni Sailer did in i6? he provided the answer wednesday. Nevertheless with the addition of iwo More Alpine events Zurbriggen could still win tour golds one More than either Killy or Sailer standing in his Way Wilt he the italian Alberto Tumba the world s Best slalom skier with seven no Kirifi this sea son. I knew that to win the Gold i Only needed to ski safety to the finish line he said. I was relaxed. All of a sudden i found a Gale Between my skis and 1 fell. 1 still can t undo Suad How it All happened i am disappointed but the downhill was my main goal and 1 still have More chances for the Neit change comes sunday in the super giant sin ont. A Cross Between downhill and giant slalom also new to the olympics this year. Zurbriggen says this won t Hurt his Confidence. On the contrary. I now have new to Iva tins for doing he said. Zurbriggen was tied for sixth after he first run at the slalom and that would have been plenty to win the combined Gold. He passed the Midway Point of the second run with the fifth Bell Lime but with 25 seconds gone in the run he hooked his right so i around a Gate. His left leg Slid out As he careened through another Gate. Desperately trying to regain his balance he fill crashed through several More gales and rolled on his Back. He got up almost immediately Bent Over Agama his poles and stared at inc ground beaten not by the compel i lion but by the Mountain. "1 can i believe that Zurbriggen Strol said. Siryl s austrian Tea Mamie Bernhard Gstrein won Hie Silver and Paul Accola of Switzerland tank the Braque. In the women s 5-kilomcti.t Cross country race. Marjo Matikainen of Fin land and Vida vents enc of the soviet Union became the games first double medallists. Matilainen a bronc medallist Ai i Kilometres won the women s 5 kilo me ters beating Tamara Tikhonova of the soviet Union by a 1.1 second. Mem Sene. Who won the ii Kilometres was third. At the synced skating Oval. Tomas Cius Tafton of Sweden won the Gold medal at 5,001 meters. Leo visor of the nether lands was second and countryman Gerard Kim Kerston inc Bronze. Flaim of Pembroke. Mass. Set i a. Record with his time of 6 minutes. 47.09 seconds. Nykanen. Known As mall nukes because of his atomic temper already has n Gold in the 70-meter jump and could win two More in the new to Miler learn event and Chr 90-rm-ut individual which he won in i9w. Not Only has there never been a triple Gold Rik in enl in jumping but Smee the event was split into 70 and 90 meters in i a no jump it has won two golds. Nykanen is favored in if 0-meter individual but inc finns will gel Strong Competition from Czechoslovakia in the team event whith i inv be switched it the 0 Mele Rhill Alexander Fadeev of the soviet i Nion won wed Nasjay s school figures As the Battle among three world champions began for the men s individual figure skaling title american Brian Iii Dino. Lufi world Chapmn Wai Wenzl Ami Brian or scr of Canada. 19&7 world Champion Atli third. Holh do Lanu and or scr an considered belter free skaters than i a Cev. The i9t 5 world Champion "1 was really Llo Itano said to did i sleep hot night. It s my most nervous event because there is Way to yen Jour emotions All Day. In free skat ing Jou can
