1.
GV SKI SLOPES
0.03

2.
CU CREST
0.05

3.
GV PAN..NO 18, WENDY ALLEN, U.S.A., DOWN SLOPES AND FINISHES
0.16

4.
GV LIST OF COMPETITORS
0.19

5.
GV'S PAN.No15, MARIELLE GOITSCHEL DOWN SLOPES
0.29

6.
GV PAN..No 14 NANCY GREENE, CANADA, DOWN SLOPES AND FINISHES (2 SHOTS)
0.45

7.
GV PAN..No 17, CHRISTL HAAS DOWN SLOPES, AND FINISHES (2 SHOTS)
1.08

8.
GV PAN..No 11 TRAUDL HECHER DOWN SLOPES
1.31

9.
GV SPECTATORS
1.34

10.
CU TRAUDL HECHER
1.38

11.
GV SPECTATORS
1.40

12.
SV FROM LEFT TO RIGHT..NANCY GREENE, TRAUDL HECHER AND CHRISTL HAAS
1.45



Initials JHS/V/MGT/ES


SPORT: SKI SLALOM

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Background: NANCY GREENE OF CANADA DEFEATED THE FAVOURED GOITSCHEL SISTERS TO WIN THE SLALOM OF THE "SILVER JUG" SKI RACES AT BAD GASTEIN IN AUSTRIA, YESTERDAY, (THURSDAY).

TRAUDL HECHER OF AUSTRIA, WHO WON WEDNESDAY'S DOWNHILL RACE, WAS THIRD IN THE SLALOM TO CARRY OFF THE TROPHY FOR THE BEST OVER-ALL PERFORMANCE.

NO 18, WENDY ALLEN OF THE UNITED STATES, SURPRISINGLY ACHIEVED TO SECOND-BEST TIME IN THE FIRST RUN OF THE SLALOM. MARIELLE GOITSCHEL OF FRANCE LED THE FIRST RUN BUT FINISHED SECOND IN THE SLALOM EVENT.

MISS GREENE, WHO HAD BEATEN THE ACCOMPLISHED GOITSCHEL SISTERS ONCE BEFORE, SAID SHE MADE TWO PERFECT RUNS TO WIN YESTERDAY'S SLALOM.

CHRISTL HAAS OF AUSTRIA (NO 17) FINISHED ONLY NINTH IN THE SLALOM BUT SHE HAD TAKEN SECOND PLACE IN THE DOWNHILL THE DAY BEFORE, AND FINISHED THIRD IN THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE.

OVER-ALL WINNER TRAUDL HECHER WON BRONZE MEDALS IN DOWNHILL EVENTS AT THE 1960 AND 1964 OLYMPIC GAMES, BUT WAS EXPECTED TO BE SORELY OUTCLASSED IN THE SLALOM BY THE GOITSCHEL SISTERS.