1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup

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	NBCOlympics.com - Alpine Skiing - Frenchman Deneriaz wins men's downhill
		Walchhofer, the reigning downhill World Cup and world champion, was on the brink of becoming the seventh Austrian to win an Olympic gold medal in the event.
		Kernen, skiing in his final Olympics at age 33, earned the first downhill medal for Switzerland since Pirmin Zubriggen won gold and Peter Muller silver at Calgary in 1998.
		Skiing 10th, Walchhofer stood at the bottom and watched the others try to beat him.
	www.nbcolympics.com /alpine/5101469/detail.html (810 words)

	Newsday.com: An early peek at the medals
		World Cup champion Martin Annen of Switzerland, Christian Reich of Switzerland and 1998 gold medalist Pierre Lueders of Canada are strong medal contenders.
		Parsley finished second in the World Cup finale Jan. 17 in St. Moritz to Canada's Michelle Kelly and may be peaking at the right time, but Tristan Gale beat her at the U.S. Olympic trials.
		Street, who hasn't seen a podium all season and is 12th in the World Cup standings, will be gunning in what could be her last Olympic race.
	www.newsday.com /news/nationworld/sns-olympics-preview-medals2.story (810 words)

	Skiing too fast, former Olympic champ says - Alpine skiing - MSNBC.com
		Tomba was the first skier to win medals at three Winter Olympics, and Italy has struggled to produce a genuine winter sports star since he retired in 1998.
		Tomba said that new local ski stars “are coming,” mentioning Giorgio Rocca, winner of the World Cup season’s first slalom race Sunday.
		Klammer, who will carry the torch Friday outside Rome on the second day of the Turin relay, said the shape of racing skis should be changed for safety reasons.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10385209/from/RL.3 (437 words)

	Snow Journal - Serious About Snowsports! 2005 Winter Edition
		A very successful Alpine ski racer in his own right, Clancy has competed in the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race since it was first run in 1997 and was a member of the 1998 winning Cranmore One team.
		The Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race is a two-day on-snow event celebrating the past, present and future of skiing and snowsports.
		North Conway, NH - With just a few days to go until the 6th annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race March 8th and 9th, 2002, the winning Cranmore One Alpine team from last years race, is looking forward to defending it's.15 second victory over Ski-Club Arlberg from St. Anton Austria.
	www.snowjournal.com /article147.html (437 words)

	Austrian Press & Information Service
		These include the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Saalbach/Hinterglemm (Salzburg) in 1991, the Ice Hockey World Championship in Vienna in 1996, the Nordic Skiing World Championships in the Ramsau (Styria) in 1999, and the Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Anton am Arlberg (Tyrol) in 2001--to mention but a few.
		Among the biggest successes scored by the Austrian national football team since 1945 are that of gaining third place in the 1954 World Cup and reaching the concluding rounds of the 1978, 1982, 1990 and 1998 world championships.
		Matthias Zdarsky (1856-1940) wrote the first ski instruction manual in 1897, invented the first practical ski binding and, in 1905, organized the first slalom competition in skiing history on the slopes of the Muckenkogel, near Lilienfeld in Lower Austria.
	www.austria.org /sports.shtml (1871 words)

	CNN/SI - 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games - Ski Jumping
		All that is needed is a winner with a dash of bravado, a knack for sound bites and enough sex appeal to lead Alpine skiing into the new millennium.
		Austrian star Hermann Maier continued his mastery of the Super G on Sunday, winning his fourth straight in the final World Cup ski race before the Olympics.
		CNN/SI - 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games - Ski Jumping
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/events/1998/nagano/sports/oly_skijumping.html (219 words)

	Ski
		World Military Ski Championship Romania, FIS Alpine Sarikamis Cup at Turkey and Winter Olympics 2010 to be held at Vancouver, Canada.
		Skiing team have represented Pakistan in the 3rd, 4th and 5th Asian Winter Games, Harbin China, Kangwon Korea, Aomori Japan in 1996, 1999 and 2003 respectively, The children's team which represented Pakistan in the 2nd Children Ski Competition held in Iran in February, 1998, managed to secure the coveted 3rd position.
		The international calendar includes for participation in 14th Asian Children Alpine Ski Championship, China.
	www.sports.gov.pk /html/ski.htm (418 words)

	Janica Kostelic: the hottest athletic phenomena from Croatia
		In February 1998, Janica participated in the Nagano Winter Games where she was the youngest participant in the Alpine skiing events.
		Kostelic was leading the Overall World Cup standings in mid December when the dramatic crash at St Moritz prevented her from having any strong chance of becoming one of the youngest ski racers ever to clinch the slalom World Cup title.
		Janica increased in her interest with skiing during her formative years and was now no longer falling but instead showing signs that she was a champion in the making.
	www.pujanke.hr /janica (953 words)

	CNN/SI - World Skiing - Lasse Kjus wins second consecutive Super G - Friday December 18, 1998 08:18 PM
		Kjus, an all-around skier who can pocket World Cup points in all disciplines of Alpine skiing, said he won a grueling race "on an icy track, with a lot of big jumps."
		Kjus, a World Cup overall champion in 1996 and a silver medalist in the Olympic downhill at Nagano this year, had a faultless run down the icy Saslong course as he clocked an unbeatable time of two minutes, 2.18 seconds over the 3,495-meter distance.
		Norway's Lasse Kjus captured his second consecutive World Cup downhill victory this season.
	www.cnn.com /cnnsi/skiing/news/1998/12/18/mens_downhill (488 words)

	Alberto Tomba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After three wins in the Skiing European Cup, Tomba made his debut in the Ski World Cup in 1985 at Madonna di Campiglio.
		Alberto Tomba (born December 19, 1966, Castel de Britti, San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna), popularly called Tomba la Bomba ("Tomba the Bomb"), is a retired professional alpine skier of Italian nationality.
		The 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano was a sign that Tomba's career was winding to a close, as he failed to medal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alberto_Tomba (870 words)

	NOVE MESTO TRAVEL NETWORK
		Except for the world known competition Zlata lyze Ceskomoravske vysociny (Golden Ski of Ceskomoravska vysocina) a big number of competitions in cross-country skiing are held in Nove Mesto, as well as in northern combination, alpine skiing, winter triathlon and pair competition.
		It is therefore no wonder that the Nove Mesto native, the alpinist Radek Jaros, climbed the world's highest mountain Mount Everest (8848 m) on 19th May, 1998 at 14:10 of the Peking time.
		As early as since 1934 the famous ski competition "Zlata lyze Ceskomoravske vysociny" (Golden Ski of Ceskomoravska vysocina) is held in Nove Mesto na Morave, which has been a part of the World Cup since 1981.
	holiday.nmnm.cz /sport.php?lu=en&se=1 (376 words)

	ACOA Website - News - News Releases
		The Smokey Mountain Ski Club has hosted numerous events over the years such as the 1970 Canadian Alpine Championships, the 1976 Pontiac Cup final race, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games in both 1982 and 1998.
		Smokey Mountain is a very popular local skiing destination, and has seen dramatically increased usage in recent years.
		Proving that when it comes to skiing, it’s not all down hill, the Smokey Mountain Ski Club is about to make a number of enhancements to its ski hill.
	www.acoa-apeca.gc.ca /e/media/press/press.shtml?3013 (376 words)

	Paris Dakar, rallye autos, 4x4, rallye motos, photos et informations
		World skiing champion, Luc Alphand won, among others, the Alpine skiing World Cup in 1995, 96 and 97, as well as the Super G in 97.
		He made his debut in rallying in 1998, the year of Euromaster’s first participation as a partner of the Dakar.
		It was during these rally experiences that Luc was able to appreciate the Euromaster service which is available to the competitors of the Paris-Dakar.
	www.dakar.euromaster.com /dakar_2004/pages/dakar_uk/rallye_alphand.htm (179 words)

	Alberto Tomba Biography / Biography of Alberto Tomba Sports Stars Biography
		His athletic ability and controversial personality have earned him the nickname "La Bomba." In 1998 Tomba won his 50th World Cup race, but came up short of another medal at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
		He is the only Alpine skier to win gold medals at consecutive Olympic Games and is one of only three skiers to win five Olympic Alpine skiing medals.
		Tomba is the most popular skier in the world.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-alberto-tomba-spo (221 words)

	Carole Montillet
		Carole Montillet (born April 7 1973) is an Olympic downhill skiing (alpine skiing) champion and winner of 2002-2003 World Cup Super-G title.
		Born in Grenoble France Carole became a member of the de Lans ski club and in 1994 1998 finished 14th in the Super-G at Winter Olympics at Lillehammer and Nagano respectively.
		Carole Walter belongs to a select group of women writing on baking in the home.
	www.freeglossary.com /Carole_Montillet (221 words)

	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia World Cup Alpine Skiing
		"I had nothing to lose and I took a maximum of risks this time," explained Patrick, who became the first Italian to win a World Cup race in Kranjska Gora since the last success of Tomba in the slalom in 1995.
		The 1994 GS World Cup winner, who lives less than 20 minutes from Kranjska Gora on the other side of the border, was not too confident before the race.
		The 1998 winner was not too upset by his defeat on his "home turf" where he has skied since he was young.
	classic.mountainzone.com /ski/worldcup/99/kranjska (1138 words)

	Martin Bell: 1998 Winter Olympic Skiing in Nagano, Japan
		Bell, a four-time British Overall Champion and top-10 World Cup downhill athlete in '86 and '88, currently skis for Team Commonwealth in the Jeep King of the Mountain Professional Series, where he won the team event in 1997.
		Four-time Olympian Martin Bell provides technical analysis for alpine skiing events during the 1998 Winter Olympic Games.
		Martin Bell: 1998 Winter Olympic Skiing in Nagano, Japan
	classic.mountainzone.com /Olympics/nagano/bell.html (1138 words)

	CNN/SI - 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games - Ski Jumping
		All that is needed is a winner with a dash of bravado, a knack for sound bites and enough sex appeal to lead Alpine skiing into the new millennium.
		Austrian star Hermann Maier continued his mastery of the Super G on Sunday, winning his fourth straight in the final World Cup ski race before the Olympics.
		CNN/SI - 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games - Ski Jumping
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/events/1998/nagano/sports/oly_skijumping.html (219 words)

	Mammoth Mountain, CA: Women's Super G and Slalom World Cup Alpine Ski Racing
		Seventeen-year-old Anja Paerson surprised all the favorites in the second slalom of the season hold in windy Mammoth Mountain in winning her first ever World Cup race.
		Anja grew up in northern Tarnaby, the place which became famous in the 1970’s when skiing’s superstar Ingemar Stenmark started to dominate the alpine competitions.
		The 1998 GS Junior World Champion come back from 15th place in the first run to beat by.01.
	classic.mountainzone.com /ski/worldcup/99/mammoth (577 words)

	Swix Sport
		OVERVIEW: Nicknamed “Liner” for her ability to find the perfect line down the mountain, Caroline is the only woman in the United States to score World Cup Points in all five Alpine events in the same season.
		She postponed a scholarship to Brown University to pursue skiing, but intends on going to college and medical school.
		A two-time Olympic competitor, her best was 7th place at Nagano, Japan in 1998.
	www.swixsport.com /ie5D882.htm (577 words)

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