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Old School Veterans Cut Off Competition With Speed
Giant Slalom Dec. 18, 1998
Mark Fawcett won the World Cup Super G on Tuesday and now the Giant
Slalom today amongst the fastest riders in the world. Of course he blamed his coach and his coach blamed him.
Betsy Shaw also found solace in her veteran status, and this year she was relieved of the pressure of Olympic selection and instead felt only the onus of the ten grand first place prize money. Betsy hasn't been racing much, but more importantly she's been training. This allowed her to "not have high expectations and relax" — that is if your idea of relaxing is riding faster than you ever had and
throwing all your weight and momentum on one edge and back again.
Rosey Fletcher succeeded in the Super G and posted third here today after "giving the race away." She easily took the first run
by almost a full second over the second fastest first run and eventually also over second placer Lidia Trettel of Italy.
The skin suites bounced around the finish trying to to keep warm and when the podium finally came Betsy was lifted to the top
podium spot by her teammates. Ian Price flanked Fawcett in third with Stephen Copp of Sweden, the only racer who
pulled out the closest thing to consistency today. He was also the only racer that was sporting a huge Navy sticker on the nose
of his board. I don't know what he knows about the Navy, but he spontaneously busted into The Village People's "In The
Navy" ("In the Navy, yes, you can sail the seven seas.
In the Navy, yes, you can put your mind at ease") in a sweet Swedish Accent.
I tried to fit in by stripping down to my long underwear, but this didn't impress anyone. Did I mention how cold it was? So next I
tried putting on a helmet. This only cut off my hearing and next thing I knew the podium was over and the only other people
around were workers taking down the banners. In a final attempt to fit in with the racers, I went down to the lodge (still in my
skivvies), ordered a big ol' pizza and began to feed like a racer.
By the time I finished choking down my pizza, I realized I was
alone again, half dressed with pizza all over the front of me. I bet they think I'm one of them now.
— Hans Prosl, scratching myself in
an empty lodge for The Mountain Zone
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