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| | TIME.com: Giant in the Slalom -- Feb. 11, 1980 -- Page 1 |
 | | Stenmark, 23, is something of a skiing oddity, a man from a Nordic country who excels in alpine events and regularly beats the Germans, Austrians, Swiss, Italians and Frenchmen, who have long dominated downhill skiing. |
 | | Stenmark joined the European racing circuit in 1974, when he was 17. |
 | | He was the World Cup leader in the slalom and giant slalom, and was in contention for the combined championship (slalom, giant slalom and downhill) until the final day of the season at Val Gardena, Italy, when he lost to Italian Gustavo Thoeni in a dramatic, head-to-head slalom. |
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