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Show The Salt Lake Tribune WINTER SPORTS Saturday, March 10, 2001 DISABLED NORDIC WORLD CuP Cook CapturesSilver in 5K for USA BY BRIAN MAFFLY THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SOLDIER HOLLOW — Led by Steve Cook of Salt Lake City, U.S. disabled ski team members scored two medals Friday in Speman Nordic World Cup competition at Soldier Hollow. Mushysnowconditions put a pre- skat manyused to steal the gold in the 5kilometer from Cook in 13 minutes, 2.1 seconds. Cookfinished 28.7 seconds behind Oelsner, who was a member of the East German national ski team before a 1991 motorcycle accident deprived him of theuse ofhis left arm, but in front of another powerful German skier, Harald Thauer. “T didn’t expect to dothis well,” said Cook, the defending 10K world champion.“It’s a difficult course, especially when the snowis this soft. There was lot of stumbling around.” Canada’s Brian McKeever skied the fastest 5K of the day, winning the 20-man visually impaired field in Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune 11:48.5. Rob Walsh of Hanover, N.H., was 12th, 2:21.5 behind McKeever. Sit skier Candace Cable of Truckee, Calif., double-poled the 2.5K in 10:38.7 to take the bronze, 1:14 behind in 16:01 among the visually impaired skiers. The biggest eee ot Be cy came for American Mike Crenshaw, who finished just off the podium iin the men’s stand-up race in fourth, 1:12 behind Oelsner. “I don't trust that board,” said IPC SuspendsSports Federation | For Problems Certifying Athletes THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Crenshawin the finish area, gazing at his name atthe top of the electronic leader board. He expected his position to fall to the bottom after hex handicapping percentages were tored, Tt his tine of5.2 os int cuca to hold fourth, losing only to skiers whoare world-title holders. “It’sa shock for me.I'm notused to finishing like this in skate races,” he said. “Ididn "t expect to beathalfthese guys.” Crenshaw and Cook, both foot amputees, anticipate their best result of this World Cup in today’s 20K classic-technique race. Crenshaw,46, said he usually struggles in shortdistance skate races. “I try to go too hard and I spaz,” he said. “5Ks are brutal. You don’t have time to pace yourself.” U,S. team member Willie Stewart was impressed with Oelsner, who appeared to be unaffected by the mushy conditions that were an advantage to racers with lower-limbdisabilities. “He’s awesome. Except for Oelsner, the one-armedguys struggled were not disabled. A cibeoqueal IPC investigation determined the international federation’s system for assessing and certifying theeligibility of athletes was abysmal, said Steadward. BY BRIAN MAFFLY ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE MIDWAY — Atthe 1998 hand cycling world championships, U.S. dis- “My only shotis to be the hometown guy atthe 2002 Paralympics.” ' abled ski team coach Jon Kreamelm- eyer was waitingin the finish area, inviting top Americans to try outfor his Nordicsit-ski team. Twoofthose athletes are now skiing with Kreamelmeyer’s team: world hand-cycling champion Scott MeNeice and Utahn Keith Barney, who madehis international ski rac- ing debutthis weekat Soldier Hollow, where the world’s best disabled Nor- dic skiers are competing in a Paralympic World Cup. Barney, a 41-year-old father of three living in Alpine, had hoped to compete in the summerParalymics, but hand cycling was dropped from the , 2000 Sydney program. Kreamelmeyer’s solution for Barney was to switch to a complementary winter sport. Keith Barney as a social worker, counseling patients with spinal cord injuries in the samefacility where did his rehabilitation so long ago. In Friday’s short-distance event. he finished 20th in the 24-skierfield, skiing the 5 kilometers in 22 minutes, 47.3 seconds, more than five minutes AlpineresidentandU.S. Nordic sit-skier behind the winner, Alain Marguerat- = respectively. Barney was was expecting to be around12th to 15th, but he was happy “Myonly shotis to be the home- town guy at the 2002 Paralympics,” said Barney, who tried out for the Nordic team and madethe cutdespite havingnoexperience in ski racing. At the age of 14, Barney was paralyzed after a hunting accident near his hometown of Idaho Falls. He recovered at the University Hospital in Salt Lake City. “Tt was a 20-gauge shotgun shell. Being a 100-pounder, it was quite an insult,” said Barney, who now works taz ofFrance.U.S. team members Bob Balk and McNeice were 14th and16th, nottofinishlast in his first and only World Cupofthe season. Other than stand-up skier Mike Crenshaw, no U.S. team members raced the World Cup circuit in Europe this winter, deprivingthe skiers ofvaluable international experience. “We're trying to get the budget next year to compete internationally before the [Winter] Paralympics,” said Balk, a two-time Paralympicsil- ver medalist in track andfield. Entry forms were incomplete for157 ofthe 244 intellectually dis- officials will oe fon ee eer on preparations for the 2002 Win- abled athletes who competed in ter Paralympics. IPC president Robert Stead- Sydney. While legitimate “specialists” were supposed to certify ward said he expects the federation can clean upits problems before 2002 so intellectually disabled the disability level of competitors, Steadward said people from 40 different professions — inch gym teachers and schoolsecretaries — hadsigned theflawed forms. athletes can participate here in Nordic skiing events. Aboutthreedozen athletes couldbe effected. surprise. After the accidentthat cost him his future with Germany's ski Then I'll retire,” said Oelsner. team, Oelsner emerged as the top skater on the disabled Nordic World Disabled World Cup AI Soldier Hollow Cup, which he has raced since 1993. with the soft snow,” said Stewart, Now 30, he was wonfive Paralympic Salt Lake City’s Steve Cook races toward a second-placefinish Friday Norway’s Ragnhild Myklebust. stand-up races were himself an amputee who grelepeled gold medals, three of them at Lillein the men’sstanding 5-kilometercross country race duringthe disabled wonThebywomen’s Tanja Kari of Finland in his wayto 13th,1:52.4 bac! hammerand twoat Nagano. Nordic World Cupat Soldier Hollow. 14:56.2 and Norway's Tone Gravvold Oelsner’s victory was hardly a “Andnext year, I hope to win one. Utahn Chases Paralympic Dream on Skis Problems came to light at the Sydney Paralympics, when a member of Spain’s Sees disabled team revealed he — and several teammat The sports federation for ath- 5K: Brian McKeever, Canada. women SK: Tanya Kast, Friend. ‘Visually impaired women SK: Tone Grawold, Norway. Sit-ald man SX: ‘Alin Marueretiaz, France, women 2.5K: Ranghid Mytdebust, SUPER SERIES GIANT SLALOM Canada’s Janyk MakesIt Two in a Row THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE competitor was Canadian Genev- SNOWBIRD — Canada’s Britt danyk won a SuperSeries giantslalom for the secondstraight day on ing run .84 behind Janyk with a 53.29. Janyk was more cautious dur- Friday at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort. Janyk’s two-run timeof1 minute, 42.61 seconds led teammate Anna Prchal, who was second in 1:43.13. The top U.S. skier was Tatum Skoglund of Bellevue, Wash., who was third in 1:43.37. As she did Thursday, Janyk led after the first run with a time of 52.45,the lone skier to record a sub53-second* time. Her nearest ieve Simard, whofinished the opening her second run but held on for the win. With Friday’s second place fin- “Second run was definitely way better for me,” said Skoglund, who finished eighth Thursday. : “First run I was just kind oftaking it easy and trying outlines. Second run I tookita little more down the hill and skied a lot more aggressively.” ish, Prchal overtook U.S. skier Sarah Schleper of Vail, Colo., for the overall circuit lead. Schleper was skiing in a World Cup in Are, Sweden. Skoglund entered the races leading the Nor-Am giantslalom standings. If she can keep hertop spot, she will earn a World Cupstart next season. cba UE ne 10 PM SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 53RD ANNUAL THE JAGUAR FAMILY. The XKSeri the XJ Series and the S-TYPE. Powerful AJ-V8 engine: nnolly leather and trim interiors. 4-year/50,000-mile warranties. | Scheduled maintenance. 24 hour roadsideassistance. SPRING H#ME & GARDEN FESTIVAL wood PRESENTED BY FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT BEAUTY IS HEREDITARY. 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