of a career included 25 World Cup downhill wins as well as the 1976 Olympic Gold. Val dIsere was the site for the mens downhill race (if youre good, try skiing the. It is clear he is nostalgic for the old days of ski racing, and the relatively benign course at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre, designed by his old racing rival Bernhard Russi of Switzerland, is not to his taste. Austrias venerable champion, Franz Klammer, once called the upstart a. In France, the 16th Winter Olympics took place in Albertville in 1992. took the gold medal a dozen years earlier in the 1964 Olympic downhill. At 64, he still cuts an imposing, silver-haired figure, resplendent in green lederhosen and bright red socks at the Austria House where the Alpine nation makes its Olympic hangout. Ski legend Franz Klammer of Austria, then age 22, won his Olympic gold medal at. In his pomp, Klammer was renowned for the fearless abandon with which he flew down the slopes.
The route to victory, he said, would be "not making mistakes, not missing a gate, not missing a turn. In 1974, he took house International Championship gold in mixed at St. A season previous in 1974-75, he gained an unparalleled 8 International Cup downhills. the air with arms flailing and skis askew, but he always righted. Klammer got here into the 1976 Olympics with 3 immediately International Cup downhill wins and back-to-back Hahnenkamm titles. So you have to be smooth and still let it run." Klammer's gold-medal-winning downhill run at the 1976 Innsbruck. Here it's easier, it's more grinding, you don't have the advantage when you have guts and when you really attack it. "The downhill in Sochi was very, very good for him because it was steep, it was rough and at that time he was the best in those conditions. 3, 1953, Mooswald, Austria), Austrian Alpine skier who specialized in the downhill event, winning 25 World Cup downhill races in. Austria: Austrian Ski King Franz Klammer Trounces His Downhill Rivals In The. No man has won back-to-back Olympic downhill golds and the Austrian said conditions here would suit Mayer less than they did four years ago. Austria: French Skiing Ace Wins Downhill Race. But he always makes some mistakes, so when he can avoid mistakes he will be up there and he could defend his title," Klammer told Reuters in an interview on the eve of the Olympic race. He also rates the chances of his countryman Matthias Mayer winning a second successive downhill gold - although with one important caveat. A Note about the skiers and runs on this List Vinko Bogataj International Ski Flying Championships, 1970 Franz Klammer Olympic Downhill, Patscherkofel (.
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