European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 27.19bb the stars and stripes Pagal sports soviets capture biathlon can Mullin. Alberta Al the so Viet Union to k the Lead on the second Lap and Chi Inird to a i minute 7.4-Sec Ond Victory Over West Germany in the 30-Kilometlt freestyle biathlon relay in the Winter olympics Friday. It was the Smith consecutive olympic relay Victory for the soviets the Lone esl in Beain Sirtak by any learn in the win if games. The soviet quartet s winning Lime was i hour 22 min lev seconds. All four soviet Billil pics shot clean Ai the shooting Mai ions. West Germany. La by in olympic 20-km Champion i Cier Angerer. Finished second. 14.1 Secondi ahead of Italy. Valeri . A Silver medallist ill the 20-km and 10-km individual events anchored lev soviet icam. Sergei Chc Pskov put us soviets ahead 2.5 Kilometres into the second a after the first Shwang Stop of that Lefi. Others on the soviet team were Dmitri Vassiliev and Alcuin Der Popov. Austria which led after the first Lap ahead of Only and the soviets eventually finished fourth. 1 47.ft Schind. Frank Leler Kiwi St of East Germany Winner of the 20-km and 10-km lilies moved his team from 12th to fifth in the second ice. But hat was As close As inc be am could etl in a hid fur Rotsch i third medal of the games. The East germans had 111 is talc with filth. 1 58.4behind. Halh loft combines the Rigours of Cross country skiing with the precision of Rille marksmanship in a grueling Tecsi of endurance and stamina. In the relay Cadi of inc made two slops at the Ranee Ilic first to fire five Shols from tile prone position the set my to shoot five Lime in the standing portion. America s dbl Thomas performed Well but was ruled id Liv judges. Witt closes on Thomas by Barky Calgary Alberta a Valarina Witt Drew her second Slraight olympic Gold into sight by winning the Short pro Gram thursday Ghl which put scr Schond Overall to Dubi Thomas. The Gold medal will be decided Sui urday night and Witt has t lost a freestyle in is years. Related storks on Page 2 a the numbers added up to a slight by Thomas of san Jose calif., Over the world Champion will of East Germany going into the free skating program with Liz Manley of Canada in third. Any of them can win the Gold. None of them Waitis to rile judges hut Thomas could t conceal her disappoint ment completely. Of course i hoped to have higher Marks Thomas allowed Afler she received a 5.6, four s.7s and four 5.8s for artistic Murii. Witt got one 5.8 and the rest 5.9s. All the training in women s figure skat ing did t produce Many surprises. More than two hours passed in the Short program before the crowd got pumped up by a Superb performance by Japan s Midon Llo. Wilt slipped twice in practice and looked distracted just before her program hut Sharp words from her coach and a few moments to Settle Down helped. She performed almost flawlessly lean ing slightly Askew on one double jump but her tap dancing and Jaunty show by style won Over the crowd and the judges. Thomas Ever the ail Etc slapped both hands with her coach twice As if she were going out to play basketball then look me ice with a determined look. Wearing a Black and Silver spangled Bod Tsuli Thomas began Wilh i to perfect triple jumps and cot he crowd excited Wilh a fast paced whirl to Rock and . Manley also skated a clean program that Drew go Oil Marks and loud cheers from Ca Nadian fans. The other americans car n Kadavy and Jill Trenary finished Rhc Day fifth and sixth respectively. Schneider wins 2nd Gold in slalom olympics on to mount Allan Alberta a Swit Erland s Vreni Schneider became the fifth woman in olympic history to win a pair of Alpine Gold medals in the same games when she captured the Sla Lom Friday Wilh an All Mil Gale busting second run. Schneider. 23, somewhat dismayed by a passive first run that nonetheless produced a slim Lead led nothing to Chance in the second heat. Punching Gai aside Wilh her gloves like a heavyweight fighter flailing an opponent Schneider was nearly a Fia of inc Ond faster than her comp Lilion in the 62-Galc second run clocking a time of 47.sb seconds for a iwo run aggregate of i minute 16.69 seconds. The Silver medal went to Yugoslavia s male a Sci who was timed in 1 38.37, Chrisla Kinshofer gut join of West Ger Many won the Bronze in 1 38.40. Roswitha Steiner of Austria. Lois after the Lisl run finished fourth at 1 38.77, and Spain s Blanca fran Sci Ochoa wast Ifshin 1 39.44. Camilla Nilsson of Sweden just one Hundredth of a second behind Schneider on the first run. Straddled a Gal about 20 seconds into her second run and did not finish. Rosi Mitter Mair of West Germany won Gold medals in the downhill and slalom in the 1976 olympics at inns Bruck Austria missing a sweep of the Alpine events when she finished second by .12 seconds behind Canada s Kathy Krainc a in the giant slalom. Four years Lacr Hanni we Nicl of Liechtenstein won he slalom and giant slalom golds to go with the Silver she won in the downhill. Schneider s second Gold medal gave swi Curland i rec in these games lying surprising Austria. The Swiss Lead in Overall Alpine medals with 11. Austria is next with six. Schneider who won the giant slalom on wednesday also had a can in position to win the combined Gold medal. She stood seventh after the downhill portion heading into the slalom Wilh mostly non slalom skiers ahead of her but she fell in the first run of the slalom. "1 was determined at the Slart of the second run said Schneider who leads the world cup slalom standings and is tied with teammate Mich la Pitini for the Overall Lead. I did not think about my first run advantage. 1 knew i had to run fast in the second heal to win the Gold and 1 pushed throughout my run. I knew Nilsson fell before me. But that did not change my Altitude toward the of her first run. Schneider said. I did not attack. And 1 was astonish cd w Hen 1 saw 1 was in first Secl. In third place four tenths of a second behind Schneider in the firs heal capitalized on Nilsson s fall to move up with a second run that was Only fourth fastest. " did not take Loo Many risks in the second run inc 19-year-old sect said i knew Schneider s advantage was wide and that the Gold was Oul of my reach. 1 did i want to risk losing the Silver or Kini Hoffr Otic Klein 17. Cape Rcd her second medal of these olympics and third of her career despite a painful Back in Ury. She was runner up to Schneider in the giant slalom and she also finished second in the slalom in the 1980 olym pics. I Don t know what caused it she said. Before the race i was in a lot of pain but i grilled my act la a managed to finish fifth in the first run. That gave me a lot of encouragement for the second run. At the Start of the second ran it was impossible to Bend Over and fasten my boots saturday an 6 . Men s a Lunnin 4 Man bobsled German second pro Gram 9 �.m. And 1 10 . Flag Kumato first program 4 Junu men s 50-Kiloroeltr Cross country 6 25 . Men s Sla Lum. 4-Nian two needs 9 pin men s slalom 4-Man bobsled 10 15 . Nordic combined ski jump hockey. Women s 1.500-Melw Speed Slutt ing Ami in s Long program figure sunday in 1 . Women s Lun a or pippin figure skating women s Speed skating 6 . Women s 5,000-Mder pad set his 4-nun bobsled hockey. Mar die combined is kilo my
