European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 22,1988 the stars and stripes Pago 23 Wincor olympics Piccard pulls super a upset b John Mossman mount Allan Alberta a Franck i Piccard. T n one Man crusade id region1  la French ski Rac inn claimed the firs olympic Alpine told Mcdill for his country in 20 years with u  Victory in the men s super Giam shalom on sunday. At live finish line. Ine 23-year-old Pic card. When already owns a Brone medal a his second olympic eld medal in the super i. Based on his title in  discipline Hal car and ills Sec Ond place standing id West Herman Martus Wasmeier this season. I Mccaril. Fifth out of the Siart House was clocked in 1 minute. 39.66 seconds. As Hie other top seeded skiers failed to finish including was Cir  la Zirps Man ii Fardello and Italy s Al her i Tom a Piccard s. Time looked olympics from Pago 21 vulnerable Only to Zurbriggen running Ijeh. Bui Zurbriggen. Buffeted by winds Al the lop of the course could do no Heller Ihnn 1 41.96 to tie for fifth place. Without the wind 1 could have won the Silvat medal Bill not the Gold Zur Rig gun said. Picard deserves inc Lille. Alter so Many skiers dropped out 1 eatm1 Downs Menai  the Silver Mcday went to Austria s Helmut Mayer in 1 40,96. And the Hronec to Sweden s Lara Borje Eriksson lit 1 41.08. Piccard bronc medallist in the Down Hill on monday and second in inc Down Hill portion of the combined Competition Lair in the week before missing n Gale in the combined slalom posted the fastest time Al each intermediate paint on the course in a Domic Iling run. France s last Gold medals in Alpine skiing at an olympics came in l%8, when Jean Claude Killy swept All three men s events and Mari Kllc goil Schul won the women s slalom. I have done Little compared in what Killy did said i Piccard adding. I came Here to live great moments. This is the biggest i have Ever had Tomba the sensation of the world cup circuit this season hut not a stand nut in super a lost his balance after the third Gale " Hen i left ski hit a rut and he did Nal finish. Super i. Being held for the first Lime in the olympics is a Cross Between downhill and giant slalom the course Sel by an italian coach contained tight turns and More closely resembled a giant slalom than a downhill. Tomba making his olympic debut snid he made a stupid mistake. I still Don t know How it happened. 1 was on an icy Patch and 1 last control of my left ski. Bui 1 made a Nice artistic recovery to stand up. I was skiing very aggressive. Ion aggressive maybe. Al the olympics you have to take chances Hubert Strolz of Austria placed fourth in 1 41.11. Zurbrigen lied with Austria s  for i Atli. Jim read was Hie lop Canadian Fin Ishing i Atli in 1 4.1.01. Tiger Shaw of Lone i. Was 18th in 1 44,26. In sunday s Otler Early medal Cuenl. Lire Sovic Union s women gave the win Ter olympics another lesson in Cross country skiing coasting to a a minute. 41,9-Sceond Victory Over Norway in the 20-Kilometer freestyle relay. The soviet Quanci bad a winning Lime of is minutes. 51.1 seconds Over a course with a vertical climb of 210 Yards. Pruned pee did. Was t Happy with time Finland finished third 5  behind after Anchor Jaana Savul Ninon fell while chasing Norway s Marianne dab to Willi Nhul nne Kilometre left in the race. Technical Mienl a Nils he needed when he scaled Down a triple a l to a Druid la. Bini. Skating in the first pair Inu red the world record by in inc Hun tired the of a second then unit a into a to camera Pui Niril a the final finder and mouthed Hie word  i did t Las Long Llu Iwuh As Hoffmann skating in the a Laird pall. In ill Flaim he a seconds t he i la is thing Haim did was dedicate his medal to Leamman Dan Jansen. I Siisi want to say i know Ixo. And his fan nov Are Walc Hing Hack  Raim sail. And . This one s fur you fur your sister and her family. With that Flaim had eased the pain of a . Learnt of cd b tragedy strife and ruin. The i six meters was Fraim s favorite a Wal. And he went in in Collik no that in could become the first american Man to win an olympic Speed skating medal since line Ciden won five in 19so. Flaim. Who had finished of nun in to earlier races had a Lime of 1 minute. 52.12 conds. Bettering the world Mark of 1 52.50 Sci Here on the indoor ice at Calgary l isl december by soviet Igor . Una Nunn finished in l 51 a i. The bronc went to Michael Hadst Liefl of Austria in 1 52.31. Also under the uld world Mark and z lick Vusky was fourth in 1 52.63. This dues l feel us Good As fir a. But it s belter Tolian found Flaim said la s Toufi. You re sitting on pins and Needles. You got to watch everybody name after j  despite Flaim s Silver medal. Hie most dramatic memory of this team perhaps of these games will be Ihal of Jansen. Tar Vieni twisting his face As he Iwine fell in races he was trying to win for his lati1 sister Jansen Lel l c Algarva and went to her funeral saturday in West Allis. Wis. 1 Hon Ipson the son of yellow Stone i Ark rangers is considered the world s him Hiah let outside Europe but fun misses on the Trucl Range including three at his last Stop Cost dearly. You just can do it with shooting like that he said. Jul Iacre i another Chance in a race in three Days and i la go attention centers on Debi Thomas american Uri so a1lne Champion Dehi thumm uni Gnu the fam Rilus Al Init c us Irol Melcs. Talks in reporters about the comp Lulan which begins wednesday. Her principal Rii Al h 111 by Katarzna Witt of Kasl err Ranj. Home and kick the Nail and come  Thompson of Gunnison. Co of. Whose Sizer in last gear s world  was the firs american medal in the sport s his Iury. Had five minutes added 10 his Lime one minute for each miss his corrected Lime was 3 Minucci 54.-i Mounds behind bronc medallist Johann Pussies of Haly i to had two misses. I Don t think 1 had any pro Lemi. With the  Thompson said. I Tust  trouble shooting. I was a Little bit surprised thai i did thai bul Musil Dis  Thompson Wilt go again in the Lokelo Meiers on t tuesday. Roe sch a triple world Champion to has doing United International biathlon Competition for two years had three misses but made up for it on the course.  missed to Large and finished second. In group a hockey Competition Boih Canada and Sweden clinched berths in the medal round. Canada heal France 9 i Sweden tied Finland 3-3 and Switzer land beat Poland 4-1. The . Iwo Rcv learn was to go again West Germany Early monday morning. Central european time with the final Bunh in the no Ilal round from to group d Al slake. Carole Merle of France won the Down Hill portion of inc women s combined saturday morning but Austria s Anita Wachtor and the Swiss pair of Vreni Schneider and Bagille Orelli were in bet Ter position for medals. The event combines the results of Sal urday s downhill with sunday s slalom. While Merle is Noi a Strong slalom skier. Wachtor Schneider and Oertli arc. Waehler was third just behind Maria Walliser of Swit Iceland amiller Down Hill specialist. Schneider was seventh and Wenli i Lih. Edith Thys of Siguaw Valley. Calif., was the lop american in 12th place. The soviets moved into inc Lead after two runs in the two men bobsled Competition tic making the defending olympic champions from East Germany in what could be one of the biggest upsets of inc games. The final two runs were Posi Pond until monday after warm winds played havoc with the course. Tola Lime dec ides i he medal. The hell . Sled was 20th. Driven by Trent Rushlaw of Saranac Jake. . East German Driver Wolfgang Hoppe led after the first run bul when tempera Tures in inc Low 60s caused the ice 10 deteriorate for the second run Hoppe fell 10 second. 8-1 Csc hundredths of a second behind