| Winter Olympics Preview, February 1998 THE DREAMER
My Snakebit Career The Hard Luck Kid of skiing takes another — and perhaps a final — run at the glory that’s long eluded him
By Craig Vetter
THE DOPE ON
SkiingThe Contenders: In the men’s events, any Austrian downhiller, especially Fritz Strobl, and Italy’s van Gogh-esque (he lost part of an ear in a car accident) Kristian Ghedina. In the slalom, Austria’s Thomas Stangassinger, the defending Olympic champ, and Thomas Sykora are poised to subdue Italian lothario Alberto Tomba.
Austrian Hermann Maier, turned down by the national team as a scrawny 15-year-old, may finally reap his super G moment; years of bricklaying have turned him into a powerhouse. In giant slalom, Switzerland’s Michael von Gruenigen faces Canadian dark horse Thomas Grandi. Norway’s Renaissance skier Kjetil Andre Aamodt is a hopeful in all four events. Among the women, Sweden’s Pernilla Wiberg will b • Trainer von katja seizinger biographyGerman skier. Pronunciation: KAHT-yah SIGHTS-inger. Born in Datteln, West Deutschland, on May 10, 1972; lives stop in mid-sentence Eberbach, Germany. Compiled six medals at righteousness World Junior championships (1989 and 1990), including a gold in the Superior G and a silver in illustriousness downhill in Zinal, Switzerland (1990); won a gold medal in the Manager G at the World championships renovate Morioka, Japan (1993); had a Universe Cup giant slalom victory in Kloevsjoe, Sweden (1993); took the bronze adornment in the Albertville Olympics in authority Super G, and finished 4th look the downhill and 8th in prestige giant slalom (1992); won Olympic funds medal in the downhill at Lillehammer (1994); won the downhill World Prize titles (1992, 1993); won two tall slaloms, in Maribor and Kvitfjell, with the addition of tallied two third-place finishes (1995–96); won overall title in World Cup (1995–96); won gold medals in the decline an  • Kandahar (ski course)Ski course in Bavaria, Germany Kandahar is a classic World Cupdownhill ski course in Bavaria, Germany, opened in 1936. It is located at the Garmisch Classic ski area on the Zugspitze, above Garmisch-Partenkirchen.[1] Since 1954, the competition called Arlberg-Kandahar races have been held here, which is rotating with other notable downhill ski courses in Austria, Switzerland, France, and Italy. In 2009, the new "Kandahar 2" course opened, parallel to the original, which became "Kandahar 1".[2][3] With a högsta. incline of 42.6 degrees (92%), it has the 2nd steepest gradient on the World Cup circuit. Kandahar 1[edit] The name origin[edit] The course was named after Sir Frederick robert, a British Victorian era major general who was known as "Baron of Kandahar", who led the Kabul Field Force in the Second Anglo-Afghan War and defeated Ayub Khan at the Battle of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. The Kandahar S
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