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Show : howing disappointing Jy Ute alpine skiers . e would have finished much fher in the alpine events if the mt slalom had been run turday," said Ladd Christensen, J ah ski coach. ktensen was speaking of the im's poor showing, placing last jAipe field of six top western ski lUPms ln the meet held over the mrilie d at Snowbird and plitude. 9 ? giant slalom was cancelled 0fause of bad weather and ,rse road conditions. In the om's second run on Sunday, 7.3hs Bob Whitney had the 3NVS'1, second fastest time any competitor com-petitor had, but was disqualified for missing a gate. According to most racers, the course for the second run was much better than the first. "1 thought it was much more rhythmic rhyth-mic than the first run," said second-place finisher Doug Hellman of Nevada. -An additional cause for Utah's disappointing showing in the team slalom was that teams had to have four racers finishing the race. Too many of Utah's racers fell or missed gates to be in contention for the team crown. |