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C4 ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL Monday, February 10, 1992 THEyXYI WINTER GMfiS Wi VK SCOREBOARD Sunday Highlights 1-1 Men's Downhill VAL D'ISERE, France Final results Sunday in the men's downhill skiing medal event at the Winter Olympics: 1 Patrick Ortlieb, Austria, 1 minute, 50.37 seconds 2 Franck Piccard, France, 1 :50.42. 3 Guenther Mader, Austria, 1 :50.47. 4 Markus Wasmeier, Germany, 1 :50.62. 5 Jan Einar Thorsen, Norway, 1 :50.79; 6 Franz Heinzer, Switzerland, 1 :51 .39. 7 Hansjoerg Tauscher, Germany, 1:51.49.

8 Lasse Arnesen, Norway, 1 :51 .63. 9 A.J. Kitt, Rochester, N.Y., 1:51.98. 10 Franco Colturi, Italy, 1 :52.07. 11 Kristian Ghedina, Italy, 1:52.28.

12 Luc Alphand, France, 1:52.34. 13 Daniel Mahrer, Switzerland, 1:52.39. 14 Gianfranco Martin, Italy, 1:52.48. 15 Xavier Gigandst. Switzerland, 1 :52.50.

U.S. Finishers 16 Kyle Rasmussen, Angels Camp, 1 :52.71. 20 Tommy Moe, Palmer, Alaska, 1:53.40. 28 Reggie Crist, Ketchum, Idaho, 1:54.54. i "Sunday's Highlights at the Winter Olympics: MEDALS Austria won two golds, a silver and two bronzes on the first lull day of competition, halt as many overall as it won in the entire 1988 Games.

The Unified Team, Germany and Finland have two medals each. MEN'S DOWNHILL Austria's Patrick Ortlieb, first man down the mountain, won by five-hundredths of a second over Frances Franck Piccard. America's A.J. Kitt finished ninth. SKI JUMPING Austria's Ernst Vettori won the 90-meter jump.

Teen-age Finnish favorite Toni Nieminen was third. CROSSCOUNTRY lyubov Egorova won the first medal for the Unified Jaajn, the former Soviet Union, with a gold in the women's 1 5-kilometer classic. HOCKEY Trni Sweeney had a goal and two assists in a tour-goal, third-period as the United States rallied for a -3, opening-game win over Italy. I QUOTEBOOK "I'm looking forward to the next Olympics, in which I jiope I can ski a real downhill course." Kitt about the much-criticized "La Face de Bellevarde." TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Medals at stake in four events: men's combined downhill, luge, 30-kilometer cross-country and women's 500-meter speedskating. i Top Amencans in action: speedskater Bonnie Blair, i tuger Duncan Kennedy, cross-country skier Bill Koch.

vs. Norway, Czechoslavakia vs. France, Canada vs. Switzerland Today's Schedule Men' 90 Meter Ski Jumping COURCHEVEL, France Final results Sunday in the 90-meter ski jumping medal event at the Winter Olympics. Listed with first and second jumps and total points: 1 Ernst Vettori, Austria, 88.0 meters (288 feet, 8 inches), 87.5 (287-0), 222.8 points.

2 Martin Hollwarth, Austria, 90.5 (296-10), 83 0 (272-3), 218.1. 3 Toni Nieminen, Finland, 88.0 (288-8). 84 5 (277-2), 217.0. 4 Heinz Kuttin, Austria, 85.5 (280-6), 86.0 (282-1), 214.4. 5 Mika Laitinen, Finland, 85.5 (280-6), 85.5 (280-6), 213.6.

6 Andreas Felder, Austria, 87.0 (285-5), 83.0 (272-3), 213.5. 7 Heiko Hunger, Germany, 87.0 (285-5), 84.0 (275-7), 211.6. 8 Didier Mollard, France, 84.5 (277-2), 85.0 (278-10), 209.7. 9 Jens Weissflog, Germany, 84.0 (275-7), 83.5 (273-11), 208.5. 10 Jiri Parma, Czechoslovakia, 87.0 (285-5), 82.0 (269-0), 207.9.

1 1 Mikhail Essine, Unified Team, 85.5 (280-6), 81 5 (267-4), 204.7. 12 Samo Gostisa, Slovenia, 84.0 (275-7), 84.0 13 James Holland, Norwich, Vt. 85.0 (278-10), 81 .0 (265-8), 201.1. 14 Masahiko Harada, Japan, 83.5 (273-11), 84.0 (275-7), 201.0. 1 5 Jaroslav Sakala, Czechoslovakia, 83.5 (273-1 1 82.0 (269.0), 200.8.

Other U.S. finishers 28 John Langlois, Newport, N.H., 80.0 (262-5), 83.0 (272-3), 188.8. 38 Bryan Sanders, Stillwater, 83.5 (273-11), 77.0 (252-7), 184.8. 51 Robert Holme, Littleton, 770 (252-7), 78.5 (257-6), 171.3. Hockey THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Austria's Patrick Ortlieb won the slow course at Val d'lsere.

U.S. Straggles Early in Albertville bleachers and lined the slopes above picturesque Val d'lsere, and were rewarded for their patience with a near victory by Piccard. Stomping their feet, whistling, ringing cowbells and chanting, "Piccard, Piccard, Piccard," the French fans celebrated their first medal of their own Games. "The waiting was full of tension and full of suspense," Ortlieb said, "but I'd prefer to wait at the finish line than to wait at the start." Though thrilled with his gold, Ortlieb didn't change his mind about the steep, winding, tricky course, "La Face de Bellevarde," CONTINUED FROM PAGE C1 Toni Nieminen, the 16-year-old Finn who dominated the World Cup season, won the bronze medal with 217 points. He missed a chance to become the youngest male champion in the history of the Winter Olympics.

Those two events gave Austria two golds, a silver and a bronze, and the day wasn't half over. The country, which won only three golds and 10 medals in 1988, picked up a second bronze with Emese Hunyady in women's All Times MST Group A Pts GF GA Sweden 10 0 2 7 2 Finland 1 0 0 2 5 1 United States 1 0 0 2 6 3 Germany 0 10 0 15 Italy 0 1 0 0 3 6 Poland 0 1 0 0 2 7 Group 8 Pts GF GA Canada 10 0 2 3 2 Czechoslovakia 1 0 0 2 10 1 Unified Team 1 0 0 2 8 1 France 0 1 0 0 2 3 Norway 0 10 0 1 10 Switzerland 0 10 0 18 Saturday, Feb. 8 jf Ik I Local Biathlete Shooting for Medal ALL TIMES MOUNTAIN Alpine Skiing Men's combined downhill, 5:15 a.m. Cross Country Skiing Men's 30 km, 2 a.m. 4 Ice Hockey Unified Team vs.

Norway, 5 a.m. Czechoslovakia vs. France, 8:30 a.m. Canada vs. Switzerland, 12:15 p.m.

Freestyle Skiing Men's and Women's ballet, final, 6 a.m. Luge Men's single, third and fourth runs, 4 a.m. Speed Skating Women's 500-meter, 8 a.m. Today on TV (Time MST) CBS, CHANNEL 13 5-7 a.m. (live) Hockey, men's combined downhill, Jtaped) men's cross-country skiing, luge.

10 a.m.-l0:30 p.m. Highlights. 6-9 p.m. (taped) Men's combined downhill, luge, women's speedskating. 9:30 p.m.-Midmgtit Wrapup of day's events.

TNT 1l a.m.-4 p.m. Cross-country skiing, figure skating, Jockey, luge, men's combined downhill, ski jumping, speedskating. Today's Weather ALBERTVILLE (1,200 feet) Monday's Forecast Early clouds followed by sun. Sigh 44, low 30. Tuesday's Forecast Most cloudy with showers (jcssible.

High 42, low 36. I LOW MOUNTAINS feet) Monday's Forecast Morning flurries followed by breaking clouds. High 36, low 28. Tuesday's Forecast Misty and cloudy with snow or ain showers possible. High 38, low 34.

HIGH MOUNTAINS feet) Monday's Forecast Cold and blustery with Awning snow showers. High 28, low 24. Tuesday's Forecast Cloudy and foggy with a jnance of snow or drizzle. High 34, low 30. Sunday Medalists Sunday's Olympic Medalists ALPINE SKIING Men Downhill GOLD Patrick Orttieb, Austria SILVER Franck Piccard, France BRONZE Guenther Mader, Austna CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Women 15 Km GOLD Lyubov Egorova, Unified Team SILVER Marjut Lukkannen, Finland BRONZE Elena Valbe, Unified Team SKI JUMPING 90-meter GOLD Ernst Vettori, Austria SILVER Martin Hoellwarth, Austria BRONZE Toni Nieminen, Finland SPEEDSKATING Women 3,000 GOLD Gunda Niemann.

Germany SILVER Heike Wamicke, Germany BRONZE Emese Hunyady. Austna Women's 3000 Speedskating AuBERTVILLE, France Final results Sunday in the women 3.000-meter speedskating medal event at the Winter Olympics. i Gunda Niemann, Germany, 4 minutes, 19.90 seconds. 8 Heike Warmcke. Germany, 4:22.88.

Emese Hunyady, Austria, 4:24.64. 4 Carta Zipstra, The Netherlands, 4:27.18. 5 Svetlana Boiko, Unified Team, 4:28.00. I Yvonne Van Gennip. The Netherlands, 4:28.10.

7 Svetlana Baianova, Unified Team, 4:28.19. 6 Jacqueline Boemer, Germany, 4:28.52. 6 Ua Van Schie, The Netherlands, 4:30.57, 10 Liudmila Prokacheva, Unified Team, 430.76. i 11 Jasmin Krohn, Sweden, 4:31.98. 12 Seiko Hashimoto, Japan, 4:32.12.

13 Yumi Kaeriyama, Japan, 433.53. I4 Elena Belci Dal Farra, Italy, 4:34.28. Jl5 Mary Docter, Madison, 4:34.51. Other U.S. Finishers 21 Angela Zuckerman, Milwaukee.

4:41.88. 25 Michelle Kline, Circle Pines, 4:45.65. vJ Women's 15K Cross Country LcS SAiSlES, France (AP) Final results Sunday in the women 15K cross-country medal event at the Winter Olympics: Lyubov Egorova, Unified Team, 42 minutes, 20.8 seconds. "2 Marjut Lukkannen, Finland, 43:29.9. Eiena Valbe, Unified Team, 43:42.3.

44 Smeiamna, unified Team, 44:01.5. Stefania Be'mondo, Italy, 44:02.4. 6 Mana-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Finland, 44:02.7. v7 Inger Helena Nybraten, Norway, 44:18.6. 8 Trude Dybendahl, Norway, 44:31.5.

9 Gabnella Paruzzi, Italy, 44:44.0. 10 Mane-Helene Westin, Sweden, 45:00.5. Jl1 Vida Venciene, Lithuania, 45:12.9. ,12 Nataliya Martyinova, Unified Team, 45:16.1. ,13 Lubomira Balazova, Czechoslovakia, 45:22.6.

(14 Katerina Neumannova, Czechoslovakia, 44:28.6. 115 Manuela Oschmann, Germany, 45:28.8. i U.S. Finishers 27 Nancy Fiddler, Crowley Uke, 46:42.4. 1 36 Brenda White, Williston, 48:06.0.

4f Sue Forbes, Valdez, Alaska, 49:42.7. 44 Dorcas Wonsavage, Park City, 'Utah, 50:00.5. that was specially designed for these Games. "I hope this is the last downhill we ever run on this course," he said. "This is not a downhill." World champion Franz Heinzer of Switzerland, sixth, and Kitt, ninth, also" disliked the twists and flat spots that made the course resemble a slalom slope.

Kitt, who won a World Cup downhill last December, made a time-consuming mistake on the first jump and never recovered. He finished in 1:51.98 after predicting the day before that he could easily finish in the top five. mouth, won a silver medal is a World Cup race in 1990. But regardless of Coats' performance in France, one must remember this is only her first Olympics. Female distance athletes usually reach their peak around the age of 30, giving Coats, 25, at least one more shot at an Olympic medal.

WHY "It's true that I've been second very often," Ortlieb said. "Now, though, I'm first, and I'm very happy about 1988 Medals 1988 Winter Olympic Medal Table Final men's downhill Sunday on the speedskating on a slow, slushy, outdoor oval. World record-holder Gunda Klee-man Niemann of Germany won the 3,000 in 4 minutes, 19.90 seconds, well off the record 4:10.80 she turned in on the high-tech indoor track in Calgary on Dec. 9, 1990. Fellow German Heike Warnicke took the silver.

The downhill race, one of the glamor events of the Winter Olympics, began at 12:15 p.m. By the time Ortlieb came to a rest a couple of minutes later, it was all over but the waiting. Thousands of fans packed the have been successful. At her offseason home in Breckenridge, she trains diligently, roller-skiing up mountain passes and bicycling on miles and miles of bike paths. And her dedication and determination paid off in December when Coats won the 15-kilometer biathlon Olympic trials at Lake Placid, N.Y., which qualified her for these historic Olympics.

Coats may compete in Tuesday's 7.5-kilometer women's biathlon, but her forte is the 15K, in which she definitely will compete Feb. 19. "I feel good. Things are going great," she said when contacted in Europe. "I'm shooting really good and my skiing will get better." Indeed, Coats has some of the better times posted by U.S.

skiers on the World Cup biathlon circuit this winter. During a meet in Antholz, Italy, Coats was the top U.S. woman. She finished 29th overall in the 15K, with one penalty for missing one of her 10 shots. She was the second highest U.S.

skier in the women's 7.5K event, finishing 34th. In an earlier World Cup meet in Ruhpolding, Germany, Coats was the fourth U.S. finisher at 28th in the 15K. The results are very respectable considering how few Americans participate in biathlon and that Coats has only competed seriously for less than four years. Only two World Cup medals and no Olympic medals have been won First Period 1 United States.

Moe Martha (Steve Heinze, Carl Young), 2 31. 2, United States, Jim Johannson (Ted Drury, Keith Tkachuk), 7:18. 3, Italy, Bruno Zarillo (William Stewart), 18:12. Penalties Guy Gosselin, USA (cross-checking), Lucio Topatigh, Italy (holding), 1.11; Robert Manno, Italy (elbowing), John Vecchiarelli. Italy (holding), 18 36; Steve Heinze, USA (cross-checking), Brown USA (hooking), 19:33.

Second Period 4, Italy, Robert Manno (Frank Nigro), :23. 5, Italy, Giuseppe Foglierta (Michael DeAngelis, Anthony Circelii), 18.45. Penalties Ted Donato, USA (hooking), Robert Oberrauch, Italy (roughing), 4 20; Frank Nigro, Italy (cross-checking), Keith Tkachuk, USA (elbowing), 12:09. Third Period 6, United States, Clark Donatelli (Tim Sweeney), 1:41. 7, United States, Steve Heinze (Ted Donato), 7:02.

8, United States, Tim Sweeney, 8:37. 9, United States, Carl Young (Tim Sweeney), 13 41 (pp). Penalties William Stewart, Italy (holding), Guy Gosselin, USA (cross-checking), Georg Comploi, Italy (holding), Lucio Topatigh, Italy (too many men), 17:13. Shots oii goal Italy 10-10-323. United States 11-11-13-35.

Goalies Italy. David Delfino (29 shots-23 saves). United States, Ray LeBlanc (20-17). 5,445. Referee S.

Makela, Finland. Oilier. France, R. Schutz, Germany. Canada 3, France 2 Czechoslovakia 10, Norway 1 Unified Team 8, Switzerland 1 Sunday, Feb.

9 Sweden 7, Poland 2 Finland 5, Germany 1 United States 6, Italy 3 Today, Feb. 10 Unified Team vs. Norway. 5 a.m. Czechoslovakia vs.

France, 8:30 a.m. Canada vs. Switzerland, 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 Finland vs.

Poland, 5 a.m. United States vs. Germany, 8:30 a.m. Sweden vs. Italy, 12:15 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 12 Canada vs. Norway, 5 a.m. Switzerland vs. France, 830 a.m.

Unified Team vs. Czechoslovakia, 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 Italy vs. Poland, 5 a.m.

United States vs. Finland, 830 a.m. Sweden vs. Germany, 12:15 p.m. Friday, Feb.

14 Unified Team vs. France, 5 a.m. Switzerland vs. Norway, 8:30 a.m. Canada vs.

Czechoslovakia, 12:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 Italy vs. Germany, 4 a.m. Sweden vs.

Finland. 8:30 a.m. United States vs. Poland, 12:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb.

16 Norway vs. France, 5 a.m. Czechoslovakia vs. Switzerland. 8:30 a.m.

Canada vs. Unified Team, 12:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 Germany vs. Poland, 5 a.m.

Finland vs. Italy, 8:30 a.m. Sweden vs. United States. 12:15 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 18 Medal Round Playoff. 5 a.m. Quarterfinal, 8:30 a.m. Quarterfinal, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 19 Medal Round Playoff, 5 a.m. Quarterfinal, 8 a.m. Quarterfinal, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb.

20 Medal Round 11th Place, 5 a.m. Consolation, 8 a.m. Consolation, 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 Medal Round 9th Place, 5 a.m.

Semifinal, 9 a.m. Semifinal, 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 7th place, 5 a.m. 5th place.

8 a.m. Bronze Medal, 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23 Gold Medal, 6:15 a.m. SUNDAY GAMES At Meribel, France Sweden 2 3 27 Poland 1 0 12 First Period 1, Sweden, Lars Edstrom, 1:41.

2, Sweden, Patnk Erickson (Patric Kellberg), 7:40. 3 Poland. Janusz Hajnos (Krzysztof Bujar), 19:12. Penalties Miroslaw Tomasik, Pol (high-sticking), 8 02; Tommy Sjodm, Swe (interference), 12:00. Second Period 4, Sweden, Hakan Loob (Thomas Rundqvist, Peter Andersson), :18.

5, Sweden, Charles Berglund (Borje Salming), 18:06. 6, Sweden, Hakan Loob, 19:09. Penalties ftafal Sroka. Pol (tripping), 452; Daniel Rydmark, Swe (tripping), 9:18. Third Period 7, Poland, Waldemar Klisiak (Miroslaw Tomasik, Janusz Hainos), 4:42.

8, SweCen, Tommy Sjodin (Mikael Johansson), 5:50. 9. Sweden, Lars Edstrom (Patnk Carnback), 12:28. Penalties Thomas Rundqvist. Swe (hooking) 15:41.

Shots on goal Sweden 16-14-1242, Poland 4-4-19. Goalies Sweden. Tommy Soderstrom (7 shots-5 saves). Poland, Gabriel Samolej (35-28). A 1,978.

Referees C. Frey, Switzerland. Linesmen T. Gasser, Italy, S. Shakirov, Commonwealth of Independent States.

At Meribel, France Germany Finland 0 0 1-1 1 2 2-5 First Period 1, Finland, Mika Nieminen (Hannu Jarvenpaa), 3:08. Penalties Dieter Hegen, Ger (roughing), Jari Lindroos, Fin (holding), Udo Kiessling, Ger (holding), 1054; Mika Nieminen, Fin (interference); Peter Draisaitl, Ger (holding), 16:24. Second Period 2, Finland, Hannu Jarvenpaa (Arto ALEXANDRIA KING JOURNAL Albuquerque native Beth Coats is competing at the Winter Olympics. By Martin Frentzel JOURNAL STAFF WRITER While those of us here in the United States were counting down the days to the opening ceremonies of the XVI Olympic Winter Games, some of the participants were taking it all in stride. If you were a world-class athlete accustomed to competing on the World Cup circuit, the Olympics would be just another meet.

"It's racing like usual," said Beth Coats, an Albuquerque native and a member of the U.S. biathlon team competing in France. This is the first year women's biathlon will be an Olympic medal event. Coats graduated from Eldorado High School and participated in sports with Gold Cup Gymnastics School and the Duke City Dashers. As a collegiate athlete, Coats moved to Colorado and skied cross country events for Western State College in Gunnison.

In 1988 she became serious about biathlon which combines cross-country skiing with marksmanship. It's an event demanding great discipline: The skiing sends a competitor's heart rate soaring, but the shooting requires rock-solid composure. In 1989, Coats became a member of the U.S. biathlon team. Since then she has competed on the World Cup circuit in Canada and Europe, although an Achilles tendon injury cut short her 1990 season.

Coats' rehabilitation appears to Ruotanen), 13:50. 3. Finland, Hannu Jarvenpaa (Mika Nieminen, Teemu Selanne), 16:43. Penalties Kari Eloranta, Fin (hooking), Thomas Brandl, Ger (roughing), Mika Nieminen, Fin (holding), 733; Peter Draisaitl, Ger (slashing), Hannu Jarvenpaa, Fin (slashing), 1929; Ulnch Hiemer, Ger (slashing), 19:29. Third Period 4, Germany, Andreas Brockmann (Michael Heidt), 4:19 (pp).

5, Finland, Teemu Selanne (Hannu Jarvenpaa), 5:47. 6, Finland, Teemu Selanne (Mika Nieminen, Hannu Jarvenpaa), 11 :43. Penalties Ron Fischer, Ger (tripping, 52; Raimo SuTimanen, Fin (tripping), Keijo Sailynoja, Fin (tripping), Ulrich Hiemer, Ger (elbowing) Andreas Brockmann, Ger (unsportsmanlike), Ulrich Hiemer, Ger (interference), 1835; Michael Heidt, Ger (crosschecking), 19:45. Shots on goal Germany 6-7-3-16, Finland 5-12-1633. Goalies Germany, Karl Friesen (28 shots-23 saves).

Finland, Markus Ketterer (15-14). A 4,410. Referee D. Adam, United States. Benoist, France, E.

Larssen, Norway. At Meribel, France Italy United States 1 2 0-3 2 0 4-6 by Americans participating in the sport dominated by the skiers from northern European countries and the former Soviet Union. Josh Thompson, another ex-Western State cross country skier, won a silver medal in the 1987 world championships. Beth's teammate, Anna Sonnerup, who skied for Dart Sunday's Star ALBERTVILLE, France The star of Day 2 of the Winter Olympics: WHO Patrick Ortlieb, the fifth Austrian in 12 Olympics to win the men's downhill. Ortlieb.

6-foot-2. 202 pounds, was born May 5, 1967, in Bregenz, Austria. He had never won a Worla Cup race in four seasons on the circuit, was seventh in the 1991 world championships, sixth in the final 1991 downhill standings and was fourth in the final Olympic training runs Friday and Saturday. WHERE "La Face de Bellevarde" in Val d'lsere, a curvy, bumpy, course criticized as too twisty for a traditional downhill. WHAT First down the mountain, Orlieb used his downhiller's strength to hold a course that claimed many of the avorites.

He finished in 1 minute, 50.37 seconds ive-hundredths of a second faster than home-countrv favorite Franck Piccard. Nation B-Tot Soviet Union 11 9 929 East Germany 9 10 6-25 Switzerland 5 5 515 Austria 3 5 210 West Germany 2 4 28 Finland 4 1 2-7 Netherlands 3 2 27 Sweden 4 0 26 United States 2 1 36 Italy 2 12-5 Norway 0 3 25 Canada 0 2 35 Yugoslavia 0 2 13 Czechoslovakia 0 1 23 France 10 12 Japan 0 0 1 1 Liechtenstein 0 1 1.