European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. January 20, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 21 i skier Dies from crash Wengen Switzerland a an austrian ski racer in his first year on the world cup circuit died Early saturday of injuries suffered during a qualifying run for the Laur be Horn world cup races. Gernot Reinstadler 20, died shortly after Midnight in a Hospital in Interlaken after undergoing several hours of sur Geisy. Officials said he broke his Pelvis and suffered severe internal bleeding following a fall Friday near the Bottom Botthe downhill course at this Central Switzerland resort. Reinstadler was Given blood transfusions for several hours but died after considerable blood loss. It was the first death in world cup Competition since 1970, when Frenchman Michel Bozon died in Meg eve France. Swiss racer Mario Summermatter a More experienced Down Hiller had crashed earlier in the Day and suffered serious knee injuries. After Reinstadler a death officials called off the downhill slalom and combined races scheduled for the weekend. Observers said Reinstadler came into the finals curve travelling at top Speed had his weight too far Forward jumped too Long and went out of control into the plastic netting. His ski got hooked in the-.net-. Ting and the Force of the Impact was enough to result in the fatal injun ties. A a a a a Petra petrified super a Field my r1bel. France a Petra Kronberger of Austria  sweep of the weekend races saturday As she won a women a world cup super Grace. Kronberger finished almost a halt second ahead of the Fiel with a time of 1 minute. 20.99 seconds runs on the future olympic course. A Germany s Michaela Gorg edged trance a Carole Merle for second place 1 21.4s to 1 21.49. Merle had won Back to Back super graces on this same course last year. The austrian women steam competed after learning of the death of one of the austrian men skiers Carnot Reinstadler at Wengen Switzerland. Reinstadler died Early today from injuries suffered during a qualifying run Friday night. Kronberger who also won fridays downhill reached the midpoint of the season with eight wins in la races and a a austrian ski Champ Petra Kronberger waxed the Field in route to a super cd win. Whopping 184-Point Lead in the Overall world Cun standings. Kronberger has 276 Points and Merle is second with 92. It was Kronberger a 14th career Victory and third in a Row counting last weekend s slalom in Kranska Gora Yugoslavia. The race was the last women a skiing race before the world championships begin in Saalbach Austria in tuesday. Katja Seizinger of Germany came in fourth in 1 22.14. She was first Down on the 5,463-foot course which dropped 1,633 feet and. Had 36 Gates. Merle came Down second and her 1 21.49 looked shaky As several of the following women had better intermediate times. But nearly All of them went off the course As their Speed caused costly mistakes. Austrians Anita Wachter. Veronika Wallinger Sylvia Eder and germans re inc Moesle Plechner an Traudl Hatcher tailed to Complete their runs. Kronberger starting 14th, managed to control the Speed and finished in 1 20.99. Gerg followed Kronberger and posted the Best intermediate time a 36.25 to Kronberger a 36.48 a but she finished in 1 21,48, edging Merle by .01 second. Swiss racers took fifth and sixth place with Zoe Haas finishing in 1 22.62 and Heidi Zurbriggen clocking 1 22.73.desert troops vary on favourites a $ act i 4 a i it i of Byda Veschak Middle East Bureau Eastern saudi Arabia a the troops participating in operation desert storm might not know precisely who a still alive in the drive for the super bowl but some of them have Little doubt about who their units favourites Are. A it would have to be the 49ers, no doubt about it a said Marine sgt. Ron Dunmyer from the Nassau an amphibious assault ship in the persian Gulf. A the raiders and the giants to get in a said sgt. 1st class Jim Larocco a member of the 49th quartermaster detachment from fort Bragg . A most people think the giants will win a we re All a Little tired of seeing the 49ers take it every year a he added. A hard to say who our Guys favor a said army sgt. Lynn Pridgen from fort Braggs 82nd aviation brigade. A i know there a a lot of betting going on out behind the tents. But i done to think Many people even know who a still in the  that Wasny to the Case a week ago according to spec. Geoff North a member of Pridgen a unit. A then there was a lot of talk about the super bowl. But since the War kicked off i done to think in be even heard it mentioned. People Are too Busy working watching television and pulling guard duty to give it much thought. People Are worried about what a going to happen to them in the next few  one Soldier in the unit greeted the Start of the War with the observation that he do definitely miss the super bowl now a Pridgen said. Soon after their unit arrived in August  turned into a football fanatics a North said. A we played tackle football tag football Frisbee foot Ball a you name it a he continued. A we also listened to every game we could on the radio arid followed it closely in the papers. It was a Good Way to pass the  late night football broadcasts were especially Welcome on guard duty Pridgen said. When the guards changed telling the Relief what was happening in the game was practically part of the formal briefing. A the next morning wed go find the Guys who had duty after us to find out what happened a he added. In the persian Gulf where the Nassau has been on station since late August the sports craze started with baseball according to Dunmyer. Then it was on to football. A sports takes our minds of what a going on a we Welcome any kind of distraction like that a he said. A when people Call Home one of the first things they ask about is sports. Now everybody a attention is fixed on the  Page 17 a % round with Magdelena playing sister Katerina the women a fifth  semifinalist in the austra Hun open a year ago is in the midst of comeback after going through a mental 2 letdown and a slide in the rankings. His play against Gilbert showed signs of the Star who won three of the four grand slam tournaments in 1988. 4 \ Wilander and Gilbert both had five set victories in the second round and the heat on Center court stretched them both. But after a first set a so even than neither player got More than two Points on the others serve a ended in an 8-6 tiebreak win for Wilander the curly haired swede took charge. He saved a break Point and held for a 2-1 Lead then took the next four games with a Streak of backhand winners and Gilbert mistakes. A a its been quite a while since i played like this against someone this highly ranked a Wilander said. A the goal of this tournament was just to win a couple of matches and play someone Good like Brad and do Well in that  Wilander next plays Chile a Jaime Yznaga who beat american Jimmy Arias 7-6, 6-1, 6-3. Lendl sporting the Long tailed Cap he prefers As a Sun guard was bothered by line Calls and Gustafsson a powerful forehand Early on. The swede cheered on by fans with their faces painted the Blue and Yel Low of their nations Flag broke Lendl in the first game but lacked the consistency to stay with the defending Champion. Lendlr a trademark ground strokes took Over the match in the second set breaking for a 3-1 Lead on a great backhand service return and again for the set. His serve was improving game by game and Gustafsson was getting ragged and the third set ended with two forehand errors. Lendl breezed through the fourth set and into the round of 16 against 13th-seeded Aaron Krickstein who beat Patrick Kuh Nen of Germany 6-4, 6-4, 6-1. A Seles who took just 37 minutes to win her first round match without losing a game needed four minutes More to get through the first set against Schwendt from Quot Luxembourg. A Schwendt a serve and Volley game gave Seles fits but the 17-year-old Florida based yugoslav finally broke for the set on her opponents errors then won the last five games to close the Victory. A i done to go out there dunking a lets is in in 25 minutes and go gel some  said Seles who next plays Tan a vier. A i knew she was a Good server and her serves were going Well