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Race Day: GS Today on Aspen Mountain Winternational Skiers Racing Into History by Dale Strode the Aspen Times Sports Vail Daily | Saturday, November 29, 2014 | A33 Race day: GS today on Aspen Mountain Winternational skiers racing into history By Dale Strode The Aspen Times Giant slalom race day for the 2014 Aspen Winternational means fireworks — figuratively and literally. The World Cup ski racing “fire- works” will play out today on the slopes of Spring Pitch, Summer Road and Strawpile on Aspen Mountain with the first and sec- ond runs of the women’s giant slalom set for 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. The literal fireworks will ex- plode over the Little Nell slope at 8:15 p.m. after the Reel Big Fish concert and the podium ceremony. In the meantime, today’s giant slalom winner will join an elite list of Aspen World Cup win- ners — a star-studded roster that started in 1968 with the first races under the auspices of the current World Cup organization. Canadian Nancy Greene dom- inated in the first women’s races in Aspen, winning the downhill, slalom and giant slalom (all three JEREMY SWANSON | SPECIAL TO THE DAILY disciplines of the day) in ’68. Mikaela Shiffrin, of Eagle-Vail, gets ready for her free-ski down the World Cup course in Aspen on Friday. Aspen’s giant slalom race is today. The last year the women of the World Cup raced in Aspen was 2012, when Slovenian star Tina AUDI FIS SKI WORLD CUP AT THE Maze, a former overall World Cup NATURE VALEY ASPEN WINTERNATIONAL champion, won the World Cup giant slalom on Aspen Mountain. One day later, Kathrin Zettel, of Austria, won the World Cup sla- lom, her second victory in Aspen. Zettel also won the Aspen GS in WOMEN’S GIANT SLALOM AND SLALOM 2006. SUNDECK BUCKHORN SATURDAY & SUNDAY NOV. 29-30, 2014 DIPS CUT S 1 & 2 LEAF OF LSH' F WA Y SUMMI SIL SKI LEGENDS COPPER D MIDNIGH VER BELL OODLE HYRUP'S T MIDW O AY They are the latest on the roster I E BLONDIE' ROAD T KRIST AR BLAZING ST SIL PUSSYFOOT of the top women skiers in the VER DI S 1 & 2 LEAF LUD'S LANE BELLISSIM P PARK JEREMY SWANSON | SPECIAL TO THE DAILY PUMP GENT'S RIDG Y world who have won on the slopes NORTH ST BO AR PERCY S HOUS E S UNRISE/SUNSET URTELOTTE S N' HILL TO TO D AJ EER P BONNIE’S of Aspen: Green, Tamara McKin- A World Cup racer skis down the course overlooking Aspen on Friday LAZY #1 A X EXPRESS RUTHIE'S RUN KNOWL #2 HANGING TREE ARK SEIBERT' L ney, Janica Kostelic, Anja Paer- morning. The ladies will take to the course today for a GS race. COPPER BOWL GRETL'S RED'S RUN BACK OF BELL FIS TRAI . INTERNA son, Tanja Poutiainen, Marlies COPPER CONNECT F.I.S W FACE OF PA N BACK OF BELL RIDGE OF BELL BELL TIONAL Schild and Tina Maze. For years, Aspen Mountain 2017 when Aspen hosts the FIS GENTLEMAN'S RIDG BEAR OR BELL GLADE #1 SP MEADOW McKinney, a ski racer often com- hosted America’s Downhill as a Alpine World Cup Finals. AR GULC T RUTHIE' KEITH GLE SHOULDER OF BELL S1 GLADE #2 GENE P ROCH RUN pared with Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela men’s World Cup event. Austria’s The event will include the best S COPPER BOWL H SUMMER ROAD E GLADE #3 SHORT SNOR AUGG DUM REARDON' Shiffrin, won the World Cup giant Klammer won that title in 1976 men and women in all four World Z RUTHIE'S RU GE Y'S PROWL N R SCHILLER ROAD T’S SWIN slalom in Aspen in 1981. after his legendary Olympic Cup disciplines. The top 25 skiers PERR S 1 N NOSE OF AZTE JACKPOT G RUN BELL SIL CONE RUTHIE’S LAST DOLLA 2 VER Two years later, McKinney was downhill performance. in each category will race on As- C CONE S QUEE LOWER E X SPRING PITC SPRING A the overall queen of the World Sweden’s Stenmark, the greatest pen Mountain March 15-19, 2017. BINGO GLADE T YBURN’ RAINOR’ RA N E X ROCH RUN T1 Cup. skier in World Cup history, won a They will race giant slalom and H E X S T2 S E X H Kostelic, a modern-era legend slalom in Aspen the same year. slalom on the courses the women VER RUS T3 E X SIL CLOSED AREA ULF T4 KLEENE AR’S T5 from Croatia, won twice in As- Thirteen years later, Stenmark will use today and Sunday at the BEL FINISH CORKSCR Winternational Arena and ALLE L D CORKSCRE Y ROA E X finish line viewings are accessible M X pen (2000) and (2004) — both won the 86th and final race of his 2014 Winternational. And the OUN STRA GNIFICO S CORN MA 1A B UPER from Aspen off Monarch and Summit ER T6 TA E L WPILE W GULL SUMMER ROAD IFT slaloms. storied World Cup career — the World Cup Finals will feature a Streets. IN NIAGARA W 8 LI NE FR FIS SLALOM HILL Schild first won in Aspen in the 1989 giant slalom in Aspen. downhill and super-G on the his- Y LAZY A AN Giant Slalom – Start on skier’s MAGNIFIC TOWER TEN ROAD K 8 GULL 2006 slalom. Muller, the Swiss powerhouse, toric America’s Downhill course. SIL L right near the bottom of Aztec trail IN DU S VER QUEEN GONDOLA HADOW MOUNT below Ruthie’s chair. O Y E The Austrian won again five won America’s Downhill on As- The 2017 event in Aspen will be M P AV AVE years later in the 2011 slalom. pen Mountain four times. the first World Cup Finals in the B AD W 5TH Slalom – Start on skier’s left at SUMMER RONORMANDY E 5TH the top of Strawpile trail. AI LITTLE NELL N The list of Aspen World Cup The colorful Tomba won here in United States in 20 years. LITTLE NELL SCHUSS GULL AY RW CLOSED C Y NO winners on the men’s side in- 1991 (GS). Aspen hosted the 1950 FIS Gondola Plaza – Sponsor Village, AREA cludes even more legends of ski Aamodt, considered by many as World Championships, the first Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert, Giant Slalom Awards and Fireworks. racing: Ingemar Stenmark, Franz one of the best all-around skiers staged outside of Europe. Italian FINISH Course viewing and access from ST. REGIS RACE HEADQUARTERS Klammer, Phil Mahre, Peter in World Cup history, won two Zeno Colo and Austrian Dagmar AJAX TAVERN Aspen Mountain are contingent on RUBEY PARK TRANSPORTATION CENTER THE LITTLE NELL Muller, Todd Brooker, Bill John- super-G World Cups in Aspen in Rom were the 1950 winners. snow conditions. C son, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Marc Gi- 1992 and 1993. CITY OF ASPEN rardelli, Alberto Tomba and Kjetil The men of the World Cup will Dale Strode can be reached at Andre Aamodt. return to Aspen in the spring of [email protected]..
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