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Show y 4D Suptlav, Februan The Salt Lake Tribune 12, 11 K y... - v Continuefl From Page D-- l tice the day before the loss to Canada, Vairo said his players' passing combinations were the worst he'd seen from them. For the third straight game Saturday, that was a problem. In other hockey action Saturday, the Soviets and Czechoslovakia, the top two seeds, continued their winning ways. The Soviets defeated Yuwhile Czechoslovakia goslavia crushed Austria 13-- Italy defeated Poland At the beginning of the game, a minute of silence was observed in memory of their president, Yuri V. Andropov, whose death was announced on Friday - " 9-- ':fl t X-''t.- 0. 6-- 1. Soviet-Yugoslav- iT West Germany and Sweden ,. Associated Press Laset photo United States hockey player David A. Jensen gets an abrupt introduction to a Norwegians stick in his eye during 3 tie. 3-- played to a 1 tie, leaving the Soviets alone on top in Group A with six points with three victories. West Germany and Sweden each have five points and West Germany meets the Soviet Union on Monday Nordic skier Pat Ahern, 23, of Breckenridge, Colo., said he was robbed by political judging of a chance to win what would have been Americas first medal. Ahern had the longest jump in the phase of the Nordic combined event with a 292-foeffort. But officials the sort of that ends an athletes career. bone-shatteri- So what is Christin Cooper season opened Dec. 1 at Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia. Cooper had come all the way back, placing a solid sixth in a slalom race. She has since added a pair of thirds in slalom, and has finished second and third in giant slalom races. She ranks sixth in the overall World Cup standings, just ahead of teammate Tamara McKinney. The knee is fine. Ive had no repercussions from it at all, says the from Sun Valley, Idaho. As a result, she is considered a solid contender for an Olympic medal in both slalom events. Cooper finished third in the overthe all 1982 World Cup standings highest finish ever by an American and won three medals in woman the best the World Championship performance ever by an American skier. She had her sights set even higher for 1983, thus her determination to come back from the injury. Curiously, it appears she went through the painful rehabilitation process to give herself only one more season. She is now talking of retirement. Cup It was injury SARAJEVO, Yugoslavia doing back on the ski slopes, competing as well as ever? Part of the answer lies in her determination to take care of some unfinished business; another reason rests with the 'Skillful hands of Christin Cooper Dr. Richard Steadman, physician for the U S. Ski Team. I Cooper crashed a year ago during downhill training at Les Diablerets, "Switzerland, smashing the bone bellow her knee. The injury would have enddd many a skier's career, according to one U.S. team official. But Steadman saw hope for recovery. Skilled in the art of reconstructive surgery (he had put Phil .Mahres shattered ankle back together with screws and a metal s plate), he removed a portion of hip bone and inserted it to replace the damaged leg bone Under his watchful rehabilitation. Cooper was back in training within a few months. By the time the World Coo-per- We travel around the world 10 months of the year, she said in an interview. We ride in cars and -down drives evvans, on ery two to three days. Were away from home. You get really burned out. There are six or seven people broken- youre spending most of your life ... for a while. thats neat Ill see how I feel at the end with; wiped out the first round because jumpers were landing close to the flat part, where accidents frequently occur Aherns next jump was 273-1putting him in third place Then he jumped 282-apparently gaining the lead and a decided edge in the final part of the combined, y Sundays race Officials also cancelled that jump, this time with only four of 28 competitors waiting to go. On the second Ahern went 257-falling to 16th cross-countr- "It was bogus To start all over again, theres some politics going on. Somebodys pulling some strings, said Ahern. It wasnt like they were going to out jump the hill. Somebodys just pulling something. Kerry Lynch of Silver Creek, Calif, a strong contender in the Nordic, finished a weak 22nd in the jumping portion with 181 8 points. A Norwegian, Thomas Sandberg, captured the jumping portion of the Nordic combined. Sandberg had jumps of 282 and 288 feet out of his three official attempts for 214 7 points. Under Nordic combined scoring rules, Sandberg will start 29 4 seconds ahead of the jump runnerup, Serguey Tchervyakov of the Soviet Union. Bonny Warner, Americas top woman luger, hit a wall entering the final stretch in the third singles heat. She was not injured and recovered to finish the run, but it knocked her out of the top 10, from eighth to 16th place, with one run left Years of training, of hard work gone just like that, said Warner. It is terrible. . . I am 16th and brokenhearted. Cruel winter weather remained an adversary at the Olympics, dumping more than 18 inches of snow on the city and four feet in the mountains with a forecast of more until Tuesday. Skiing events again were postponed. Training in the mens downhill on Mount Bjelasnica, already delayed two days and rescheduled for Sunday, was wiped out by high winds and heavy snow. At Mount where the womens downhill is scheduled for Monday, two womens training runs were called off. a, For Johnson, of Van Nuys, Calif., and other skiers, it meant schedule and workout disarray. G By Bill Lyon Newspapers These SARAJEVO, Yugoslavia are the names, honest, of some of the athletes competing in the Winter Olympics -- Lyndon Johnson. Hes a figure skater from Canada, not a president Jrom Texas Klaus Kopp of West Germany In real life, he is, naturally, a pulicc- - jnan There is a Sun and a Moon Also a Long and a Shortshava John Deere of Great Britain. He should be in the tractor pull but is a bobsledder Honsyan XI of China Sounds as though she was named by Pete Will her son be Honsyan XII One of the most popular is Paola Pozzom of Italy She lists hei hobby as men. Other notes What do Olympic athletes do in real life There is a border guard, a carpenter, a lathe operator, a taxi driver, an auto mechanic, a brick layer, an economist, a green chili Ro-zell- e. dumb, huh? The Soviet hockey team riddled But it Yugoslavia Saturday, could have been much worse. The Soviets gunned an astounding 70 shots on goal. In winning their first three games, effortlessly, they have outscored the opponents, 26-For the third time, they will try to run the mens downhill Sunday. The woman's downhill, scheduled for Saturday, has been pushed back to Monday. All because of high winds and heavy snow. What the Olympics needs is a domed mountain 9-- Supermarket report All eggs here are brown The oranges have Trrr E UNIROYAL' iJixiKita. Por-aJi.Too- rancher, an insurance salesman, a piano player, a journalist and a janitor, among others. There is also a butcher and a baker, but no candlestick maker. David A. Jensen of the U.S. hockey team: "The dumbest question I get is, Oh, is he (teammate David H. Jensen) your brother? I say, Why dont you think about that for a minute? If we were brothers, our parents would have to be awful h FACTORY SERVICE CENTER 1 Day Service On All Mill NTW Wimnty Whitewall Steal Ballad Radlali Mmi by Mil or Mmulidurw 30 000 Mem NTW t Min 8:00-4:3- 0 Mon.-Fr- Quality Slwdinli 362 West Lawndale (3500 South 300 Wait) Call Paul Keiner 487-- 1 285 SOFTBALL TEAMS almost no seeds. The most plentiful fresh fruit is the lemon. The apples are leathery and wrinkled like prunes. Frank Masley, the American luger who carried the U.S. flag in the opening ceremonies, was trapped on a stuck elevator with six others. They all jumped in unison to lighten the load on the floor. Remarkably enough, it worked, and the elevator groaned back to life. Bloodlines. Yruns Eyssak, a luger from the Soviet Union, might be from the most amazing sports family in the world. Three other members of his family have comhis mother peted in the Olympics in volleyball, his father in boxing and his sister in basketball. The average life expectancy in Yugoslavia is 62. For starters, there is a permanent haze that can be seen and felt. There are no pollution controls, no auto emission standards and 87 percent of the population smokes. Like chimneys. Even the roosters cough before crowing in the morning as low as WANTED Signups for Men's & Women's Teams will be Saturday, Feb. 18, 10:30 AM Copperview Community Center 8446 South 340 West For Information Call Gene Brady 571-071- ) 2 MOUNTED FREE Size 15580R12 competition for the first time, took the bronze with a controversial sled. Brent Rushlaw of o-shaped Saranac Lake, N.Y., finished 15th. torped- Peter Angerer of West Germany, the world champion, raced through blowing snow to take the gold in the biathlon on Mount He had a final time of 1 hour, n. Frank-Pe-te- r minutes, 52 7 seconds. Roetsch of East Germany won the silver, while Eirik Kvalfoss of Norway took the bronze. The top American was Lyle Nelson of Olymwas 26th at pic Valley, Calif., who 11 1 21.05 4. While snow hindered events, it was not reducing interest. Ticket sales for the ski jumping and giant slalom finals, both on Feb. 19, were unexpectedly sold out. v R3000 Steel Radials NTW Own Brand 42,000 Mill NW Warranty Stoat Baited Radial Whitewall MCCHIUN X Steel Radials 40 000 Mila NTW Warranty Steel Baited Radial Whitewalls Excellent Dry Traction Outstanding Overall Quality 71 89 76 79 79 81 84 90 59 06 9il 69 88 79 Starting SLOW PITCH The Soviets, entering the bobsled 43 81 49 23 59 79 62 76 o9 50 ON EUGIQLE UNIROYAL TIGER PAW AND LAREDO LIGHT TRUCK RADIAL TIRES. i. Bogdan Musiol, 3.26.04. structs met AGK Now Open toctina PREMIUM Steel Belted Redials s50 Makita Power Tools East Germany and West Germamedal Satny each picked up a gold won Germans East the while urday, Norand Soviets the and two silvers way each took a bronze. Wolfgang Hoppe and Dietmar Schauerhammer of East Germany two-ma- n took the gold medal in the bobsled with a time of 3.25.56, edging teammates Bernhard Lehmann and 22200 FQFTAMERIC ANMAPBC Ape Some Olympic Name Games r y of this season and whether I want to keep doing it. I'll just play it by ear. Like many other skiers here. Cooper said she is approaching the Olympics as just another race. Its no different than a World Cup race. She pauses, and adds, Im probably just kidding myself. Its a different situation with all the attention and 8 million people pushing microphones in front of your face and all the cameras. But you try to keep it in perspective. She does feel, however, that shes more relaxed here than at Lake Placid in 1980, where she finished seventh in the giant slalom and eighth in the slalom. So many people at Placid were wishing me well that I got claustrophobic, she said. I seem to be able to concentrate better here. skier, is Cooper, a three-eveyou passing up the downhill here can spread yourself too thin at the Olympics, and Im not really in a medal position in downhill anyway but feels shell be competitive in the other two events. I was struggling with-mgiant slalom a little bit, but winning that last run and putting together a solid race (second place at St. Gervais two weeks ago) really feels good, she said. Sarajevo Notebook Kmght-Ridde- 1.111 Winter Weather r I niUi l Cooper Back After Injury By John Mossman Associated Press Writer a Olympic Surprise? Canadian T earn . f n ny fUJ rOi VW Call tor your size and pnee 2175 S. REDWOOD RU. WEST VALLEY CITY 074-500- 0 Opening Soon 2207 7200S |
