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Show US Sid Team News Copper Mountain, Colo., will hum with activity starting start-ing Feb. 12, as the U.S. National Alpine Championships Champion-ships begin. In Europe, it has been an up and down week for the men and the women, at least as far as Phil Mahre and Tamara McKinney are concerned. con-cerned. Feb. 5, Mahre skied to a fifth place in the downhill at St. Anton, his finest showing ever in the downhill. That, together with his third in the slalom at St. Anton gave him the combined win. Steve Mahre won the slalom. Phil ended the weekend in first place overall in the world cup point chase, but he lost his spot Feb. 9 when Switzerland's Peter Luescher won the super G.S. at Garmisch, Austria to vault him into first place. Neither Phil or Steve Mahre ski super G.S. On the women's side, Tamara McKinney lost her lead in the women's overall world cup title chase to Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein. Liechten-stein. McKinney blew out on the first run of the slalom at Maribor, Yugoslavia Feb. 9, while Wenzel placed second in the race. Luescher now leads Phil Mahre in the cup race 160 to 142, while Wenzel holds a 181 to 162 lead over McKinney. The celebrity classic to benefit the ski team begins in Park City this week. Don't be surprised if you see a familiar face in a lift line. University of Utah skier Sanny Greenawalt was selected se-lected by the U.S. Ski Team to the world university games team to compete in Bulgaria Feb: 17. The collegiate skiers, men and women, will face other collegiate skiers from around the world in . Borovetz, Bulgaria through Feb. 28. |