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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The NIGHT SLALOM IN SCHLADMING


... of course attracts the Prominence:
Anybody who is anybody was there.
Austria's Chancelor Werner Fayman
applauds the skiers.


above and below:
One of Austria's great hopes: Manfred Pranger
readies himself for the race.


...he finished in 12th place,
only 1.72 seconds behind the eventual winner:
Jean Baptiste Grange of France, who mastered the course
in 1 minute and 46.54 seconds.
Andre Myhrer of Sweden was Second,
only 0.04 ( 4 /100th) seconds behind.


A small section of the crowd of almost 50,000 fanatics.
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