Alpine Ski World Cup 1968/69

Alpine Ski World Cup 1968/69
	Men's	Ladies
winner
total	Karl Schranz	Gertrud Gabl
Departure	Karl Schranz	Wiltrud Drexel
Giant slalom	Karl Schranz	Marilyn Cochran
slalom	Jean-Noël Augert Alfred Matt Alain Penz Patrick Russel	Gertrud Gabl
Nations Cup	Austria
Nations Cup	Austria	France
Competitions
Venues	14th	11
Individual competitions	22nd	20th
← 1968 1969/70 →

The 1968/69 season of the Alpine Ski World Cup organized by the FIS began on December 11, 1968 in Val-d'Isère and ended on March 22, 1969 in Waterville Valley .

Even if only with one race each for women and men, it was the first time in the World Cup that the season started before the new year. For men, 22 races were held (6  downhill runs , 7  giant slaloms , 9  slaloms ). For women there were 20 races (4 downhill runs, 7 giant slaloms, 9 slaloms). The evaluation mode was that only the 3 best results from each discipline counted for the overall World Cup and only the 3 best results in the Discipline World Cup; thus a maximum number of points of 225 and 75 could be achieved.

This season was an interim year without a World Cup or Olympic Winter Games.

World Cup ratings

total

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Karl Schranz 182 2  Jean-Noël Augert 123 3  Reinhard Tritscher 108 4th  Alfred Matt 104 5  Alain Penz 98 6th  Henri Duvillard 91 7th  Heinrich Messner 89 8th  Patrick Russel 80 9  Dumeng Giovanoli 79 10  Herbert Huber 62 11  Vladimir Sabich 58 12  Jean-Daniel Datwyler 56 13  Billy Kidd 55  Jakob Tischhauser 15th  Jean-Pierre Augert 49 16  Edmund Bruggmann 47 17th  Josef Minsch 44 18th  Karl Cordin 41 19th  Rudolf Sailer 34 20th  Bernard Orcel 32  Andreas spokesman

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Gertrud Gabl 131 2  Florence Steurer 112 3  Wiltrud Drexel 111 4th  Kiki cutter 107 5  Ingrid Lafforgue 103 6th  Annie Famose 101 7th  Rosi Mittermaier 98 8th  Michèle Jacot 92 9  Isabelle Mir 86 10  Bernadette Rauter 82 11  Marilyn Cochran 76 12  Olga Pall 61 13  Karen Budge 40 14th  Françoise Macchi 38 15th  Cathy Nagel 37 16  Fernande Bochatay 31  Annemarie Pröll 18th  Barbara Ann Cochran 28 19th  Gina Hathorn 23 20th  Heidi Zimmermann 22nd

Departure

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Karl Schranz 75 2  Henri Duvillard 60  Heinrich Messner 4th  Jean-Daniel Datwyler 56 5  Josef Minsch 44 6th  Karl Cordin 41 7th  Rudolf Sailer 31 8th  Jean-Pierre Augert 24 9  Alfred Matt 19th 10  Peter Rohr 17th

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Wiltrud Drexel 65 2  Isabelle Mir 60 3  Olga Pall 36 4th  Annie Famose 35 5  Rosi Mittermaier 20th  Annemarie Pröll  Florence Steurer 8th  Michèle Jacot 19th 9  Giustina Demetz 14th 10  Erika Skinger 10  Annerösli Zryd

Giant slalom

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Karl Schranz 70 2  Reinhard Tritscher 61 3  Jean-Noël Augert 58 4th  Jakob Tischhauser 55 5  Dumeng Giovanoli 48 6th  Alain Penz 32 7th  Heinrich Messner 26th  Bernard Orcel 9  Henri Duvillard 22nd 10  Jean-Pierre Augert 20th  Alfred Matt

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Marilyn Cochran 60 2  Michèle Jacot 56 3  Gertrud Gabl 53 4th  Florence Steurer 51 5  Bernadette Rauter 41 6th  Kiki cutter 37 7th  Wiltrud Drexel 34 8th  Ingrid Lafforgue 32 9  Karen Budge 31 10  Françoise Macchi 30th

slalom

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Jean-Noël Augert 65  Alfred Matt  Alain Penz  Patrick Russel 5  Herbert Huber 60 6th  Reinhard Tritscher 47 7th  Vladimir Sabich 43 8th  Billy Kidd 40 9  Karl Schranz 37 10  Edmund Bruggmann 32

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Gertrud Gabl 75 2  Kiki cutter 70 3  Ingrid Lafforgue 65 4th  Rosi Mittermaier 51  Annie Famose 6th  Bernadette Rauter 41  Florence Steurer 8th  Cathy Nagel 37 9  Barbara Ann Cochran 27 10  Michèle Jacot 17th

Podium placements men

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
01/11/1969	Wengen ( SUI )	Karl Schranz	Heinrich Messner	Karl Cordin
01/18/1969	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Karl Schranz	Jean-Daniel Datwyler	Karl Cordin Henri Duvillard
01/24/1969	Megève ( FRA )	Henri Duvillard	Heinrich Messner	Alfred Matt
02/01/1969	St. Anton am Arlberg ( AUT )	Karl Schranz	Heinrich Messner	Franz Vogler
02/09/1969	Cortina d'Ampezzo ( ITA )	Josef Minsch	Jean-Pierre Augert	Peter Rohr
02/14/1969	Val Gardena ( ITA )	Jean-Daniel Datwyler	Henri Duvillard	Rudolf Sailer

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
12/12/1968	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Karl Schranz	Bernard Orcel	Henri Duvillard
01/06/1969	Adelboden ( SUI )	Jean-Noël Augert	Jean-Pierre Augert	Karl Schranz
02/08/1969	Åre ( SWE )	Jean-Noël Augert	Jakob Tischhauser	Alain Penz
02/16/1969	Kranjska Gora ( YUG )	Reinhard Tritscher	Alfred Matt	Franz Digruber
03/01/1969	Squaw Valley ( USA )	Reinhard Tritscher	Jakob Tischhauser	Heinrich Messner
03/15/1969	Mont Sainte-Anne ( CAN )	Karl Schranz	Dumeng Giovanoli	Jakob Tischhauser
03/21/1969	Waterville Valley ( USA )	Dumeng Giovanoli	Karl Schranz	Jakob Tischhauser

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
03/01/1969	Berchtesgaden ( FRG )	Alfred Matt	Karl Schranz	Patrick Russel
01/12/1969	Wengen ( SUI )	Reinhard Tritscher	Vladimir Sabich	Peter Frei
01/19/1969	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Patrick Russel	Herbert Huber	Dumeng Giovanoli
01/26/1969	Megève ( FRA )	Alain Penz	Herbert Huber	Vladimir Sabich
02/09/1969	Åre ( SWE )	Patrick Russel	Jean-Noël Augert	Alfred Matt
02/17/1969	Kranjska Gora ( YUG )	Edmund Bruggmann	Alain Penz	Herbert Huber
02/28/1969	Squaw Valley ( USA )	Billy Kidd	Alain Penz	Patrick Russel
March 16, 1969	Mont Sainte-Anne ( CAN )	Alfred Matt	Jean-Noël Augert	Billy Kidd
March 22, 1969	Waterville Valley ( USA )	Jean-Noël Augert	Herbert Huber	Patrick Russel

Podium placements women

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
01/10/1969	Grindelwald ( SUI )	Wiltrud Drexel	Rosi Mittermaier	Isabelle Mir
January 15, 1969	Schruns ( AUT )	Wiltrud Drexel	Florence Steurer	Annie Famose
01/25/1969	Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ( FRA )	Isabelle Mir	Annemarie Pröll Annie Famose
01/31/1969	St. Anton am Arlberg ( AUT )	Olga Pall	Isabelle Mir	Wiltrud Drexel

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 11, 1968	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Françoise Macchi	Rosi Mittermaier	Annie Famose
03/01/1969	Oberstaufen ( FRG )	Kiki cutter	Gertrud Gabl Olga Pall
02/09/1969	Sterzing ( ITA )	Michèle Jacot	Marilyn Cochran	Ingrid Lafforgue
02/17/1969	Vysoké Tatry ( TCH )	Gertrud Gabl	Marilyn Cochran	Florence Steurer
03/01/1969	Squaw Valley ( USA )	Florence Steurer	Marilyn Cochran	Bernadette Rauter
03/14/1969	Mont Sainte-Anne ( CAN )	Michèle Jacot	Marilyn Cochran	Wiltrud Drexel
03/20/1969	Waterville Valley ( USA )	Bernadette Rauter	Karen Budge Marilyn Cochran

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
04/01/1969	Oberstaufen ( FRG )	Gertrud Gabl	Judy Nagel	Marilyn Cochran
07/01/1969	Grindelwald ( SUI )	Gertrud Gabl	Annie Famose	Kiki cutter
January 16, 1969	Schruns ( AUT )	Rosi Mittermaier	Gertrud Gabl	Kiki cutter
01/23/1969	Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ( FRA )	Ingrid Lafforgue	Annie Famose	Judy Nagel
02/08/1969	Sterzing ( ITA )	Judy Nagel	Cathy Nagel	Florence Steurer
02/16/1969	Vysoké Tatry ( TCH )	Gertrud Gabl	Kiki cutter	Ingrid Lafforgue
02/28/1969	Squaw Valley ( USA )	Bernadette Rauter	Ingrid Lafforgue	Judy Nagel
03/15/1969	Mont Sainte-Anne ( CAN )	Kiki cutter	Ingrid Lafforgue	Florence Steurer
March 22, 1969	Waterville Valley ( USA )	Kiki cutter	Rosi Mittermaier	Judy Nagel

Nations Cup

Overall rating rank country Points 1  Austria 1121 2  France 1044 3  United States 455 4th  Switzerland 424 5  BR Germany 130 6th  Italy 75 7th  Canada 39 8th  United Kingdom 30th 9  Sweden 22nd 10  Norway 12  Poland 12  Spain 6th

Men's rank country Points 1  Austria 653 2  France 500 3  Switzerland 375 4th  United States 149 5  Italy 46 6th  BR Germany 25th 7th  Sweden 22nd 8th  Canada 14th 9  Norway 12  Poland 11  Spain 6th

Ladies rank country Points 1  France 544 2  Austria 468 3  United States 306 4th  BR Germany 105 5  Switzerland 49 6th  United Kingdom 30th 7th  Italy 29 8th  Canada 25th

statistics

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Season statistics

Men (22):
DH: 6 *) an ex aequo placement on rank 3
Rank 1: AUT 3, SUI 2, FRA 1
Rank 2: AUT 3, FRA 2, SUI 1
Rank 3 *) AUT 4, FRA 1, GER 1, SUI 1
Giant Slalom 7:
Rank 1: AUT 4, FRA 2, SUI 1
Rank 2: SUI 3, AUT 2, FRA 2
Rank 3: AUT 3, FRA 2, SUI 2
Slalom 9:
Rank 1: FRA 4, AUT 3, SUI 1, USA 1
Rank 2: AUT 4, FRA 4, USA 1
Rank 3: FRA 3, AUT 2, SUI 2, USA 2

Total 22:
Rank 1: AUT 10, FRA 7, SUI 4, USA 1
Rank 2: AUT 9, FRA 8, SUI 4, USA 1
Rank 3 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 9, FRA 6, SUI 5, USA 2, GER 1

Overview:
AUT 10 | 9 | 9
FRA 7 | 8 | 6
SUI 4 | 4 | 5
USA 1 | 1 | 2
GER - | - | 1

Women (20):
DH 4 *) Rank 2 - an ex aequo placement, on the other hand brings a place less to Rank 3:
Rank 1: AUT 3, FRA 1
Rank 2: FRA 3, AUT 1, GER 1
Rank 3 *) : FRA 2, AUT 1
giant slalom: 7 **) Rank 2 with two ex aequo placements, on the other hand bring two placements less to rank 3
Rank 1: FRA 4, AUT 2, USA 1
Rank 2 **): USA 6, AUT 2, GER 1
Rank 3: FRA 3, AUT 2
Slalom 9:
Rank 1: AUT 4, USA 3, FRA 1, GER 1
Rank 2: FRA 4, USA 3, AUT 1, GER 1
Rank 3: USA 6, FRA 3

Total 20:
Rank 1: AUT 9, FRA 6, USA 4, GER 1
Rank 2 (plus 3 ex aequo): USA 9, FRA 7, AUT 4, GER 3
Rank 3 (minus 3 ex aequo from Rank 2) : FRA 8, USA 6, AUT 3

Overview:
AUT 9 | 4 | 3
FRA 6 | 7 | 8
USA 4 | 9 | 6
GER 1 | 3 | -

Statistics for the first three years to the end of the decade

Men total 1967–1969:
1967: 17 races: DH 5, GS 5, SL 7
1968: 20 races: DH 5, GS 7, SL 8
1969: 22 races: DH 6, GS 7, SL 9
total: 59 races: DH 16, GS 19, SL 24

DH (16):
Rank 1: FRA 8, AUT 6, SUI 2
Rank 2: FRA 7, AUT 5, SUI 3, GER 1
Rank 3 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 5, FRA 5, SUI 4, GER 2, USA 1
giant slalom (19):
Rank 1: FRA 10, AUT 7, SUI 2
Rank 2: FRA 7, SUI 7, AUT 3, USA 2
Rank 3: AUT 7, FRA 6, SUI 6
Slalom (24):
Rank 1: FRA 13, AUT 5, SUI 3, USA 3
Rank 2: AUT 10, FRA 9, USA 2, NOR 1, SUI 1, SWE 1
Rank 3: AUT 8, FRA 7, SUI 4, USA 4, NOR 1

Overall (59) (3rd place: an ex aequo, therefore 60):
1st place: FRA 31, AUT 18, SUI 7, USA 3
2nd place: FRA 23, AUT 18, SUI 11, USA 4, GER 1, NOR 1 , SWE 1
rank 3 *: AUT 19, FRA 18, SUI 15, USA 5, GER 2, NOR 1

Overview 1967–1969:
FRA 31 | 23 | 18
AUT 18 | 18 | 19
SUI 7 | 11 | 15
USA 3 | 4 | 5
GER - | 1 | 2
NOR - | 1 | 1
SWE - | 1 | -

Women overall 1967–1969:

DH 14 *) an ex aequo victory, thus a podium placement on rank 2 less; an ex-aequo placement on rank 2 brings a podium placement on rank 3 less
rank 1: FRA 6, AUT 5, CAN 3, ITA 1
Rank 2: FRA 7, AUT 6, GER 1
Rank 3: FRA 8, AUT 3, GBR 2
RTL: 20 **) Rank 2 with two ex aequo placements, on the other hand bring two placements less to
rank 3: CAN 8, FRA 5, AUT 4, SUI 2, USA 1
Rank 2: FRA 10, USA 6 , AUT 4, GER 2
Rank 3: FRA 7, AUT 4, SUI 3, CAN 2, GER 1, USA 1
Slalom 26:
Rank 1: FRA 10, AUT 6, USA 4, CAN 3, GER 2, SUI 1
rank 2: FRA 14, AUT 3, USA 3, CAN 2, SUI 2, GER 1, GBR 1
Rank 3: FRA 11, USA 11, AUT 2, CAN 2

Women overall 1967–1969:
1967: 17 races: DH 4, GS 6, SL 7
1968: 23 races: DH 6, GS 7, SL 10
1969: 20 races: DH 4, GS 7, SL 9
total: 60 races: DH 14, GS 20, SL 26

Rank 1 (60 + 1 ex aequo): FRA 21, AUT 15, CAN 14, USA 5, SUI 3, GER 2, ITA 1
Rank 2 (60 + 3 ex aequo, minus 1 of rank 1): FRA 31, AUT 13, USA 9, GER 4, CAN 2, SUI 2, GBR 1
rank 3 (60 minus 3 ex aequo from rank 2): FRA 26, USA 12, AUT 9, CAN 4, SUI 3, GBR 2, GER 1

Overview 1967–1969:
FRA 21 | 31 | 26
AUT 15 | 13 | 9
CAN 14 | 2 | 4
USA 5 | 9 | 12
SUI 3 | 2 | 3
GER 2 | 4 | 1
ITA 1 | - | -
GBR - | 1 | 2

Season course

The FIS amateur

The decisions already mentioned for the article “Alpine Ski World Cup 1968” under the title “Follow-up games to Killy and Schranz” were intended to clear up several previous ambiguities. With regard to the “Schranz case”, the “Council” decided that “in the future, repeat runs will only be allowed and validated if there has been 'physical contact' with a dog, spectator or functionary”.

It was not that difficult to confirm his amateur status because of Killy, as the three-time Olympic champion had officially announced his retirement months earlier. Reference was made to his word of honor, according to which he had received no financial compensation for the exclusive pictures with the three gold medals slung around his neck and the story of his life in the magazine “Paris-Match”, which was drawn with his name. But it was also important to create boundaries for the future.

In the matter of the amateur question, which was a topic that flared up again and again in the future, especially in the meetings of all the associations involved, the “Council” had no right to formulate a new rule, which is why the one in Article 8 of the “International Competition Rules “The qualification rule contained therein was repealed by an addition in an essential point. Accordingly, points a), b) and c) of this article remained ("Runners were not allowed to request an entry fee, not start in a race with cash prizes and, above all, forbids to advertise names, successes, medals or titles in any form. or for sales purposes, be it for or without payment ”) although unchallenged, but the last point was provided with an addition, which had the following:“ Unless the FIS has given you a written permission from your national federation in Deviation from this paragraph authorized ”.

In this context, it was decided to “revise the entire qualification rule during the FIS Congress in Barcelona in 1969 and to continue discussions with the International Olympic Committee with a view to revising the amateur Olympic rules”. However, as FIS President Marc Hodler also pointed out that the IOC amateur regulations still have to be followed at the 1972 Winter Games in Sapporo, the Innsbruck decision split the amateurs - those who were free of ties with the Industry remained and were eligible to participate in the Olympics and the newly created "species", who were allowed to enter into contracts for promotional purposes under the conditions mentioned and who were eligible to compete anywhere, including World Championships, with the exception of the Olympic Games.

In any case, these new resolutions caused a stir among all associations, because none of them was willing to grant all applicants these permits with regard to the “Olympic ban”. It was even to be feared that because of this new situation the IOC would question the existence of the Winter Olympics, for which such a tendency had been recognized for a long time in the circle of some IOC members. Marc Hodler justified the decisions by stating that the FIS had to make these decisions in order to "offer runners who sacrifice skiing up to 10 months a year the opportunity to openly compensate for this time with a material replacement".

A television discussion on ZDF in January brought the entire problem to the table again, with journalist H. Vetten taking the view that a new Olympic status should only be expected from new, younger people in the IOC - it was also emphasized that at whose current President Avery Brundage has a fundamental aversion to alpine ski racing in the Olympic program. The question had even arisen as to whether the whole of the Winter Games was not in jeopardy, but the IOC Executive Committee at its meeting in Lausanne spoke out in favor of keeping it.

Starting position of the big ski nations before the season

The victory of the USA representation in the “parallel country fight” against France (December 6th to 8th) in Aspen, which brought the Tricolores (for the first time without Killy) a narrow overall defeat and “individual shock results”, was rated as a “small bang”. The women of the US federation contributed significantly to the victory, so that it came to an 11: 9 point victory. (In particular, the US boys won 4-1 and the French 3-2 in the men's giant slalom, which was the first event; in the slalom, the French men and the US girls each won 4-1 given there a point.). However, it was also said that “parallel competitions” are not comparable to the usual ones.

Federal Republic of Germany: There was a "hard wave" announced for all sports associations, it was no longer just a matter of looking for the performance positions according to German standards, but for international ones such as the French, where it no longer counted to be French champions. Belonging to the international elite was everything. It was also criticized that school sport and the sporting opportunities for young people in their first vocational training were badly down, which was also due to the fact that German sport was too weakly represented in parliaments. A first step was taken with the appointment of the DSV managing director Ekkehart Ulmrich as sports director in order to steer high-performance sport in new directions. It was recognized that the many voluntary employees could no longer meet the requirements of the organization of today's high-performance sport, a staff of full-time employees had to be set up as quickly as possible. The new sports director saw his main task as the 1972 Winter Olympics. Due to the motto for the near future to keep the national teams minimally small (only the use of funds should be maximal), the association reduced its A-team to six men (Alfred Hagn, Willi Lesch, Gerhard Prinzing, Rudi Schalber, Hans -Jörg Schlager, Franz Vogler) and four women (Burgl Frebsinger, Rosi Mittermaier, Traudl Walz; the fourth name was omitted from the newspaper source, it can be assumed that it is Traudl Treichl); the offspring appearing in the B-team should come into play; Margret Hafen and Christa Hintermaier also slipped into this “second class”.

Switzerland: There had been no significant changes in the squad, apart from the resignation of downhill specialist Madeleine Wuilloud (it was said that she was “the victim of her nerves and never quite achieved what one could expect from her”). The aim of the Alpine boss, Peter Baumgartner, was to bring out a better consistency of performance among the top people, which was to be achieved with more extensive season planning. The momentum given by the medals and honorable classifications in Grenoble now had to be exploited.
However, the training program was reduced compared to the previous winter, which was not only due to the fact that the financial means were limited for an off-season, but because it had been determined that the active participants had reached their top form too early. The proof in Chamrousse was provided by those who later got into shape due to injuries and other reasons and who had now "saved" Swiss skiing with three medals. A Lausanne dentist used a new method of motivating these three medal winners by initially exerting direct influence on his protégés and later giving them a tape on which he indirectly encouraged people. But there was still a negative surprise when Willy Favre wrote a letter to the technical director of the SSV that he wanted to devote himself to his two businesses and his family in the future and that he no longer had the time for regular training.

France: There were changes not only due to the retirement of Killy and the Goitschel sisters (also Lacroix, Stamos, Jauffret and Alain Blanchard - they all formed the backbone of the so far “strongest French team of all time”), including Honore Bonnet had retired to Pra-Loup , a few kilometers from his birthplace Joziers. He was replaced by Rene Sulpice and Jean Béranger as the new leaders of the men's and women's teams. The two had been trained by Bonnet to act independently since two winters and it was assumed that they would continue the line taken by their boss. The future of the men's team looked promising with the many talents, but it could not be expected that someone would take over the sovereign role of Killy tomorrow - and the clear leading role should no longer exist. Shortly before the start of the season it was announced that Georges Mauduit, whose injury (cuts on the leg after a fall during training in Val-d'Isère ) was still not completely healed, would be missing for the time being. A fairly open fight was expected among the women, as there had been significant losses in other nations (especially Nancy Greene).

Colonel Marceau Crespin, who was responsible for the entire French sporting sector and who, despite Honore Bonnet's appointment of two independent head coaches for women and men, was a “top skier, also responsible for Nordic racing and the development of ski schools,” suddenly caused irritation -Chef “, the Lorraine major a. D. Jean Minster, who, above all, had no idea of ​​any matter. At the (very stormy) association meeting on July 4th, the head of the “Fédération française de ski”, Maurice Martel, had asserted that Minster would only be provisionally named for three months and that he would be involved in the matters of the Alpine national team (and also with the ski jumpers) should not interfere. Guy Périllat was already considered to have resigned, but at the end of November he returned, as it was said, "as the last Mohican of the 'golden' 50s to the source of his fame". Since he probably could not or did not want to realize his professional plans due to unprofitability, on the other hand he could earn much more thanks to the new amateur regulations of the FIS (with the consent of the association), he had resumed training (initially in secret) before the end of the summer.

The Italian association president Ing. Fabio Conci had at the annual general meeting on 1/2. June in Cesenatico announced the French downhill Olympic champion from 1960, Jean Vuarnet , as the new men's head coach, but for the time being prohibited any contact from the press with the “newcomer” (“Vuarnet would come to South Tyrol in July to get to know the future 'subordinates') "). Ultimately, one was amazed that all those drivers remained in the team, of whom it had been said that they “could no longer drive, but above all could no longer fight and 'suffer'”. It was curious that Vuarnet, who only knew his protégés superficially, did not appear for the training sessions for a long time, but were coached by "men from the second row" according to the guidelines issued by some association officials. The Frenchman finally arrived on time, but had previously completed a cycle of lectures in Canada. It was known that Karl Senoner ( Carlo Senoner ) had stopped for good, and it was no secret that Hermann Nogler was moving towards the Swedish Association. Instead of Gaston Perrot, who was favored by Vuarnet and (as it was said, for family reasons) remained with the French federation, the previous B-trainer Bernard Favre advanced to head the women's team (a sextet), which was presented as "strong"; For the time being, Giustina Demetz was missing, whose entry into the season was only announced for Grindelwald. The mood in the association was subdued in view of the fact that FISI President Fabio Conci was officially tired and that Ivo Mahlknecht and Clotilde Fasolis had also suffered training injuries.

At the US Ski Association, the "Head Coach" Bob Beattie, who has been in office since 1961, has been criticized. The team was at the Olympic Games despite his optimistic announcements ("We have never had such a strong team, we will press the Europeans in the medal fight for the first time"; in addition, his actions, condemned as a misguided strategy, to turn the women's team upside down - use of the teenage Kiki Cutter and Jody Nagel) came out empty-handed. Among other things, he was also accused of having too close relationships with the ski industry. On the other hand, the association had him to thank for its strong position in the FIS and in international racing, which until then only seemed reserved for the big ski nations from the Alpine region; for years he had succeeded in bringing the best Europeans to the races on the North American slopes . The few resignations ( Jimmy Heuga or Sandy Shellworth and Suzy Chaffee ) were described as being negligible because they were no longer able to exploit their potential. Although the coach stayed for another year, he also promised that the USA would be the number one ski nation in ten years (109 FIS races were planned there for the coming winter), but he announced his retirement for spring 1969. The surprising result of the "Alpine Holiday Classic" (and in memory of the "Figaro" reporter Jacques Cissey) also known as the "Memorial Jacques Cissey" international match in Aspen influenced the decision of the US federation, Mike Lafferty, Jere Elliot and Dennis McCoy or Erica Skinger and Ann Black took with the team.

The Austrian Ski Association, where Fritz Huber from Kitzbühel resigned from his position as a men's trainer and switched to the German Ski Association for the second time, announced its roster on November 18; In addition to the retirement of Egon Zimmermann and Christl Haas (but she was won as a trainer for the women; this was dubbed on the occasion of the training period on the Kitzsteinhorn that she had taken on the "mother's role") Elfi Untermoser had also stopped for health reasons - and The same reasons were also decisive for Hugo Nindl and Liesl Pall (who suffered from balance problems and persistent headaches after the car accident in the USA in April) had to take a break.

A not unimportant event was the opening of the Bundessportheim Kitzsteinhorn on December 14th, which made it possible to train all year round in Austria.
On the weekend of 21./22. December 1968 the "Tyrolean Championships" took place in Lienz, for which the entire Austrian team had to start. In the downhill runs, Karl Cordin won ahead of Karl Schranz and Reinhard Tritscher and Olga Pall ahead of Wiltrud Drexl and Jutta Knobloch, the next day in the slalom Reinhard Tritscher ahead of Alfred Matt and Sepp Loidl and Gertrud Gabl ahead of Wiltrud Drexl and (who was still largely unknown at the time ) Annemarie Pröll, whose placement was commented as “sensational”. On July 25, racing director Prof. Franz Hoppichler announced the names of the eleven trainers he had chosen (for women and men). From a report dated December 16, 1968 (title: "ÖSV reached 100,000 members" in "Welt und Sport" (Monday edition of Volkszeitung Kärnten) No. 1093, page 4, POS. Box top right) it emerged that the association "die I have reached the 100,000 mark in membership ”.

World Cup decisions

The two overall World Cup winners Karl Schranz and Gertrud Gabl came from the same community, namely St. Anton am Arlberg . While Schranz was already the overall winner with his victory in the giant slalom of Mont Sainte-Anne on March 15, it was only the giant slalom of Waterville Valley on March 20, 1969 for Gabl , in which they earned no further points with rank 6 »Could (in the slalom she already had the maximum), but for Florence Steurer 4th place only brought 11 points; But she should have scored full points here and then in the slalom because of her elimination points in order to preserve the chance. Gabl's two victories in Vysoké Tatry were outstanding - after her slalom victory there, she was unable to win any more points in the slalom in a double sense: on the one hand because she had already reached her maximum, on the other hand because she was actually due to failures or disqualification in the three following Slaloms remained without points, which gave the competitors a partial chance.

Perhaps, in retrospect, it is not of importance, but at the current time of March 14th, the disqualification of Ingrid Lafforgue, who was classified in second place in the giant slalom in Mont Sainte-Anne, was also a controversial topic after much back and forth, because Gabl (in this race fell) led at this point with 131 points (also shown as the final score) ahead of Drexel (107), Steurer (105), Lafforgue (103), Famose (101) and Cutter (97); Lafforgue fell by 33 points after deducting strike points. Before the final slalom in Waterville, it was clear that there would be an overall Austrian winner or an Austrian double victory, because Wiltrud Drexel (107 points) could have scored 132 points if he had won. Although the previous season performance of the Vorarlberg woman in slalom with eight points so far (5th place in Squaw Valley) had not been outstanding, she actually made the matter exciting in the first run (where she was only 0.30 seconds behind the leading cutter), but she did In the end, she fell back to 7th place, for which she was awarded four points

Men's:

• Schranz secured the Downhill World Cup without participating in the last races ( Cortina d'Ampezzo ) and then on February 14, 1969 in Val Gardena (he waived because of the maximum points he had already achieved and concentrated on the upcoming races in Kranjska Gora ). He owed Jean-Daniel Dätwyler for the fact that this happened. With his victory, Henri Duvillard and Josef Minsch, who at the time had still had great opportunities, were unable to catch up with him.
• In the giant slalom, the last run on March 21st in Waterville Valley Schranz brought success. Schranz had led after the first round, and second place was sufficient for the overall victory; after Reinhard Tritscher had failed due to his broken leg, Jean-Noël Augert and Jakob Tischhauser could have secured the “little ball”.
• There was a curiosity in the discipline world cup of the men's slalom, in which four runners took first place. A differentiation according to deletion results was not yet anchored in the regulations at the time, because otherwise Patrick Russel would have been well ahead of Alain Penz (14) and Alfred Matt (12) with 41 points (if the next best result were ranked, Matt would be second ahead of Penz).

Women:

• The Downhill World Cup only went to Wiltrud Drexel in the last race (January 31 in St. Anton am Arlberg ) ; Isabelle Mir could only have caught up with a win, but Drexel's teammate, the Olympic champion Olga Pall, prevented that
• Marilyn Cochran won the Giant Slalom World Cup without a win, but with consistency (5 second places). But she had to tremble until the last race (March 20 in Waterville Valley), because the two-time season winner Michèle Jacot would have been fourth enough to overtake her by one point
• Slalom: With the exception of Annie Famose , who was unhappy due to her injury , practically all of the other runners had the chance to equalize the 75 points achieved by Gertrud Gabl in the last three slaloms, although they only achieved three victories; Rosi Mittermaier even "only" needed two victories because she had already recorded one

Events

• The Swiss women did not finish on the podium.
• The men's giant slalom at the start of the season ( Val-d'Isère ), in which the two rounds were planned to be held for two days (December 12/13), was only run on December 12, 1968. Erik Schinegger was absent; During training in Bad Kleinkirchheim, he suffered a broken collarbone and a lateral vertebra injury. In addition, the teams from the USA and Canada were missing, which only traveled to Europe at the end of December; there were no TV broadcasts in Austria; the radio only carried reports in its standard programs
• The Lauberhorn downhill run on January 11, 1969 saw Austria achieve a triple victory for the first time. This was also achieved on February 16 at the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora .
• From the events of the season it is also clear that there was another time overlap in the men's races when in Åre on 7/8. February the giant slalom and on February 9th the slalom, and at the same time on February 9th also a downhill run in Cortina d'Ampezzo .
• There had already been a breakdown with the timekeeping on January 18, 1969 at the Hahnenkamm descent, when the clock continued to run when Karl Schranz crossed the finish line . Joseph Blatter , who was not yet known at the time, was the operator of this system for a Swiss company .
• Wiltrud Drexel prevented a triple French success in the Schruns descent, whereby the 15-year-old Annemarie Pröll with start number 70 was perceived in 13th place.
• 18-year-old Rosi Mittermaier celebrated her first victory in a World Cup race (also in Schruns) on January 16, 1969.
• There was a sensation on January 25th in the descent in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains , when Annemarie Pröll with start number 67 (ex aequo with Annie Famose) came in second (0.21 seconds behind winner Isabelle Mir).

The results of the Swiss women at the mentioned races in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (Annerösli Zryd in 13th place in the slalom and Fernande Schmid-Bochatay in 24th place in the downhill) had to be seen under the impression of shock from Sportinia, where on January 17th 20-year-old Silvia Sutter collided with a larch on the non-stop descent and died.

• The start of the men's downhill in Megéve (January 24th) was initially due to a drop in temperature, the track had turned into an ice rink and it was salted, postponed by one hour to 12 noon and then again by half an hour. Although Heini Messner had led with No. 2 for the time being, Alfred Matt (No. 27), who was ultimately third, indicated that the higher starting numbers had great chances. So it happened that Henri Duvillard triumphed with number 30 as the highest starting number at the time with which a men's World Cup descent was won . So far there have only been wins with numbers from the first starting group, i.e. 1 to 15. On January 16, 1971, Walter Tresch in St. Moritz exceeded this mark with No. 39 .
• The women's giant slalom in Mont St. Anne not only brought a lot of disputes with regard to the overall World Cup, but also an inadequacy on the part of the organizers, who had difficulties in operating the electronic timing system and also in evaluating the flag watchdog protocols, so that disqualifications were pronounced too late (by Annerösli Zryd and Erica Skinger, among others ). The Swiss team suffered a very heavy defeat, because Hedi Schillig was the only one to appear on rank 28, exactly 6 seconds behind .
• In the men's giant slalom, the then unknown Claudio de Tassis came in the first run on a battered slope with start number. 39 still in second place behind the already leading Schranz, in the end it was the fifth place for the Italian. For sources of information on the subsequent disqualifications as well as on the article in question, please see "At the age of 30: Karl Schranz World Cup winner".
• For the final races, known as the “North American Championships” and dedicated to the sporting Senator Robert F. Kennedy , there were entries from 80 men and 57 women from 13 nations. But these races had the character of a show, also due to their short running times. In the men's slalom in Waterville Valley even Heini Messner with No. 29 was 0.09 seconds ahead of Augert, in the second run Russell set the best time, Messner fell back to 10th overall (1.60 seconds behind). In the men's giant slalom, Schranz was ahead of Alain Penz (+ 0.08 sec.) In 1: 14.40, in the second run he had to avoid Matt, who had not yet been taken off the track after his broken leg. While Herbert Huber and Heini Messner made use of a repetition of the run, the Arlberger did without it. The results of the only three Swiss women in Waterville were unpleasant: In the slalom, Annerösli Zryd (thanks to many disqualifications) was still 13th (2.81 seconds behind), in the giant slalom it was Zryd again - Francine Morez was the only one to join , but rank 21 and 35 (2.37 and 4.30 seconds behind - the third SSV runner was Hedi Schilling with 26th place in the slalom and elimination in the "giant")

Injuries, illnesses

• Halfway through the season, Annie Famose suffered a broken leg and a ruptured Achilles tendon as the leader of the World Cup on January 30, 1969 while training in St. Anton am Arlberg.
• The men's races in Megéve (January 24th / 26th) took place without Karl Schranz, who was ill.
• On March 15, at the giant slalom in Mont Sainte-Anne, Reinhard Tritscher, who was 5th after the first run, got a lower leg script in his right leg when he fell in the second run - as it turned out during an examination at the Innsbruck University Clinic. At this point in time he still had the chance to win the giant slalom and slalom world cup and to advance to second place in the overall world cup
• Alfred Matt , who was 1.29 seconds behind race winner Schranz in 10th place after race 1, fell in the second round of the giant slalom in Waterville Valley and broke his right shin.

Resignations

• With Fernande Bochatay and Guy Périllat , there were two resignations of prominent racers at the end of the season.
• Ingeborg Jochum informed her regional association «Vorarlberger Skiläufer» in a letter of her final resignation.

FIS world rankings

There was already a ranking list on October 31st, in which, however, retired runners (Jean-Claude Killy as the slalom and giant slalom and Nancy Greene as the leader in all disciplines, plus Marielle Goitschel and Christl Haas) were included:

Gentlemen:
Departure:
Gerhard Nenning before Killy, Bernard Orcel, Karl Schranz, Jean-Daniel Dätwyler; also rank 9 Bill Kidd, rank 10 Gerald Mussner.
Giant slalom:
Killy ahead of Edmund Bruggmann, Herbert Huber; also: Rank 10 Karl Schranz, Rank 11 Rick Chaffee.
Slalom:
Killy ahead of Alfred Matt, Reinhard Tritscher; further rank 5 Dumeng Giovanoli, rank 6 Bill Kidd, rank 10 Håkon Mjøen; Rank 12 Schranz.

Ladies:
Departure:
Greene, Olga Pall, Isabelle Mir, Christl Haas; wide rank 7 Marielle Goitschel; 8th place Burgl Färberinger; 9th place Davina Galica; 11th place Annerösli Zryd.
Giant slalom:
Greene, Fernande Bochatay, Florence Steurer, Gertrud Gabl; wide rank 6 Marielle Goitschel; 7th place Marilyn Cochran; Rank 10 dyer; Rank 12 Galica
Slalom:
Greene, Marielle Goitschel, Gabl; also rank 5 Kiki Cutter; 7th place Fernande Bochatay; 9th place Gina Hathorn; Rank 12 dyer; 14th place Rosi Mittermaier

An updated list was issued on February 25th, in which Killy was missing, but the resigned ladies continued to appear.

Gentlemen:
Departure:
Gerhard Nenning, Henri Duvillard, Karl Schranz, Heinrich Messner, Jean-Daniel Dätwyler.
Giant slalom:
Jean-Noël Augert, Edmund Bruggmann, Reinhard Tritscher, Herbert Huber, Jean-Pierre Augert, Gerhard Nenning, Karl Schranz.
Slalom:
Alfred Matt, Patrick Russel, Alain Penz, Reinhard Tritscher, Herbert Huber, Dumeng Giovanoli.

Ladies:
Departure:
Nancy Greene, Olga Pall, Isabelle Mir, Christl Haas, Wiltrud Drexel, Annie Famose.
Giant slalom:
Nancy Greene, Florence Steurer, Gertrud Gabl, Fernande Bochatay, Marilyn Cochran, Olga Pall.
Slalom:
Nancy Greene, Gertrud Gabl, Marielle Goitschel, Kiki Cutter, Ingrid Lafforgue, Florence Steurer.

Important races outside of the World Cup

There were also races with well-known winners outside of the World Cup or, above all, the non-World Cup slaloms at the Kandahar races:

• In Val-d'Isère , where there were also World Cup races, competitions outside of this World Cup were also held. On December 13th, however, a men's slalom should have been driven, instead there was training for the downhill run on December 15th (like the downhill, the slalom would not have been a World Cup competition). On December 14th there was a women's slalom in which Wiltrud Drexel was victorious in front of Bernadette Rauter and Burgl Farbener, with Drexel winning the combination ahead of Rauter and Rosi Mittermaier. And at the descent on December 15th, Henri Duvillard won with start no. 31 before Bernard Orcel and Josef Minsch
• In Berchtesgaden there was a men's giant slalom on January 4th, which was only run in one run: Kurt Schnider won ahead of Jean-Pierre Augert and Reinhard Tritscher
• The women's races in Oberstaufen also brought a combined classification for the “Staufen Cup” with Gabl winning ahead of Cutter and Ingrid Lafforgue
• On January 8th there was a giant slalom at the SDS races in Grindelwald , which ended with an ex-aequo victory for Gertrud Gabl and Florence Steurer (third-placed Ingeborg Jochum was only 0.03 seconds behind)
• The Lauberhorn combination (January 11th / 12th) went to Messner before J.-P. Augert and Tritscher, those a week later at the Hahnenkamm to Guy Périllat before Herbert Huber and Alfred Matt . There was also a combined ranking in Megève (January 24th and 26th): this went to Alain Penz ahead of Henri Duvillard and Reinhard Tritscher (please see footnote on "World Cup decisions" with the words AZ | "Are the Austrians losing their nerve" | Date = 1969-01-28 | 12)

Combined ratings were also made in Sterzing for the women and in Åre for the men, with Michèle Jacot winning ahead of Ingrid Lafforgue and Judy Nagel and JN Augert ahead of Lindström (SWE) and Herbert Huber

• Henri Bréchu won the slalom in Morzine on January 12th .
• The combination of the “19th Coupe Emile Allais ”by Megève (24/26 January) was won by Alain Penz ahead of Henri Duvillard and Reinhard Tritscher.
• In Mauerbach near Vienna, a night parallel slalom was held in front of 10,000 visitors. The winners were Herbert Huber and christl ditfurth .
• At the "Kandahar" in St. Anton, there were only counting slaloms for the combination: On February 1st, Gertrud Gabl won ahead of Florence Steurer and Isabelle Mir (with which Gabl was also the "Kandahar" winner ahead of Mir and Steurer). One day later there was an almost total Austrian triumph (although there was not much foreign participation; just two non-Austrians in the top ten) with Alfred Matt ahead of Reinhard Tritscher and Herbert Huber ; so the combination victory went to Schranz before Matt and Heinrich Messner ).
• The SSV held its championships in Villars, with last year's titleholders victorious in the men's category: At the start on February 21, Jean-Daniel Dätwyler won the downhill ahead of Jos Minsch and Hans-Peter Rohr, who went into the giant slalom on February 21 to Dumeng Giovanoli ahead of Edmund Bruggmann and Kurt Schnider - Giovanoli also won slalom and combination. There were a few surprises for the women, starting with Vreni Inäbit as downhill champion ahead of Annerösli Zryd and Michele Rubli and Catherine Cuche in the slalom. Only Fernande Schmid-Bochatay's victories in the giant slalom (ahead of Zryd and Edith Sprecher) and combination corresponded to the "paper form". The ÖSV championships took place in Kaprun from February 20th , where Karl Schranz canceled for the downhill and Heini Messner for all competitions. Gertrud Gabl was initially slalom champion ahead of Annemarie Pröll and Bernadette Rauter. The downhill runs were won by Karl Cordin in front of Digruber and David Zwilling and Olga Pall in front of Wiltrud Drexel and Dora Storm, with the first appearance of Erik Schinegger (No. 65, rank 17) against the Austrian men's elite. The women finished the championships on February 22nd with the giant slalom (victory for Heidi Zimmermann ahead of Pröll and Rauter) and the associated combination (Pröll ahead of Rauter and Zimmermann), with the men Alfred Matt was the giant slalom winner ahead of Reinhard Tritscher and Kurt Berthold. Finally, the Tyrolean Gerhard Riml surprised in the slalom, which he won ahead of Matt and Werner Bleiner; the combination went to Matt before Riml and Josef Loidl.
• The last time the “Alpencup” installed in 1965 was held, this time in Val-d'Isère. Due to a delay, he did not start the slalom until March 27th (victories by Alain Penz and Bernadette Rauter. The next day there was the women's giant slalom (victory by Michèle Jacot ), while that of the men started with the first run and only on March 29. A still blank slate, the South Tyrolean Gustav Thöni , won; this was one of the greatest successes for Italy's men in years. The overall standings went to France, followed by Austria and the strong Italian team Karl Schranz was awarded the Skieur d'Or on the evening of March 28th, announcing that “he is not yet at the end of his career”.
• For the women there was also a combined classification in Mont Sainte-Anne , which was won by Kiki Cutter in front of Florence Steurer and Bernadette Rauter . For a reference to the source, please see: "At the age of 30: Karl Schranz World Cup winner".

Web links

World Cup men

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

World Cup women

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

Individual evidence

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2. ^ "Avery Brundage is against it" in "ski - Official Organ of the German Ski Association" (Unionverlag Stuttgart), Volume 21, Issue No. 7 of February 4, 1969, page 348.
3. ^ IOC for Winter Games . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 25, 1969, p. 12 , column 5, second heading ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
4. ↑ USA lead in cross country competition . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 8, 1968, p. 12 , columns 1 and 2, center ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
5. ↑ “The Alpine ski season started with a novelty. USA - France according to RTL 6: 4 "in" Kärntner Tageszeitung "No. 282 of December 8, 1968, page 13
6. ↑ "" US-Schicoach Bob Beattie cheers: "Have the strongest women's team in slalom" in "Kärntner Tageszeitung" No. 283 of December 10, 1968, page 13, POS. Columns 2 to 4 below
7. ^ "Wednesday start in Val d'Isere" and "Close US victory against France's Alpine" in "People's newspaper Carinthia" No. 283 of December 10, 1968, page 8, POS. Columns 2 to 4, from around the middle
8. ↑ Start of the season: Mauduit injured . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 30, 1968, p. 20 , columns 3 and 4, middle ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
9. ↑ America: This year 109 F sharp races - Europeans pushed back . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 15, 1968, p. 14 , columns 2 and 3, below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
10. ^ For the first time without Killy, Goitschel . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 6, 1968, p. 15 , columns 1 and 2, center ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
11. ↑ "Christl Haas took over 'mother role'" ... in "Kärntner Tageszeitung" No. 232 of October 9, 1968, page 9
12. ↑ "Before the new ski season: questionable Olga Pall. Lisl Pall fails ”in» Kärntner Tageszeitung «No. 214 of September 18, 1968, page 16
13. ^ "Confusion and amazement", "A new era begins", "Alois Kälin begins as a trainer" in "ski - Official Organ of the German Ski Association" (Unionverlag Stuttgart), Volume 21, Issue No. 1 from October 1, 1968, pages 14, 30 to 32
14. ↑ "Bob Beattie stayed at the helm", "Jean Vuarnet provided the incentive", "Training like in the racing winter" and "Condition and psychology" in "ski - Official Organ of the German Ski Association" (Unionverlag Stuttgart), Volume 21, Issue No. . 2 of October 29, 1968, pages 78, 80, 83
15. ^ "The legacy of Bonnet" in "ski - Official Organ of the German Ski Association" (Unionverlag Stuttgart), Volume 21, Issue No. 3 of November 15, 1968, pages 80/81
16. ↑ "Rethinking in sport: the DSV begins with it", "Controversy about trainers and methods" and "The path to organized performance - A serious attempt by the DSV to counter stagnation in performance" in "ski - the official organ of the German Ski Association" (Unionverlag Stuttgart), Volume 21, Issue No. 4 from November 26, 1968, pages 176/177, 209, 216/217
17. ↑ “Guy Perillat, who calculated wisely, returned”, “The FISI President no longer wants” and “St. Moritz wants to have a say: Two candidacies "in" ski - Official Organ of the German Ski Association "(Unionverlag Stuttgart), Volume 21, Issue No. 5 of December 12, 1968, pages 242/243 and 244/245
18. ↑ "Hoppichler nominated eleven Trainer" in "Carinthian daily" no. 169 of 26 July 1968 Page 7 POS. top left
19. ↑ “The toughest training ever” in “Volkszeitung Kärnten” No. 265 of November 19, 1968, page 7, POS. Columns 2 through 5 below
20. ↑ "Opening of the Kitzsteinhorn Federal Sports Center" in "Volkszeitung Kärnten" No. 288 of December 15, 1968, page 8, POS. Columns 2 and 3, around the middle
21. ^ "Ski team has to start in Lienz" in "Volkszeitung Kärnten" No. 290 of December 18, 1968, page 7, above
22. ^ "Rank 3 for Jutta Knobloch" in "Volkszeitung Kärnten" No. 294 of December 22, 1968, page 8, above
23. ↑ "Jutta Knobloch and Stefan Sodat made people sit up and take notice at the Schloßberg Slalom" in "Volkszeitung Kärnten" No. 295 of December 24, 1968, page 7, POS. Columns 3 to 5
24. ^ "All clear for the ski circus" in "Volkszeitung Kärnten" No. 296 of December 28, 1968, page 15, POS. bottom right
25. ↑ ^{a b} Tritscher received two injections . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 18, 1969, p. 12 , middle right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
26. ↑ Schranz is almost a World Cup winner . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 4, 1969, p. 11 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
27. ↑ "At the age of 30: Karl Schranz World Cup winner" in "Sport Zurich" No. 32 of March 17, 1969, page 18
28. ↑ Schranz after the first round in front. Lafforgue: disqualification vortex . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 16, 1969, p. 11 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
29. ↑ Only Drexel can endanger Gabl . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 21, 1969, p. 16 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
30. ↑ Now Gertrud Gabl is there too . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 23, 1969, p. 11 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
31. ↑ Schranz wins the Downhill World Cup . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 15, 1969, p. 14 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
32. ↑ Do the young runners strike? In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 11, 1968, p. 10 , center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
33. ↑ Schinegger injured . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 11, 1968, p. 10 , column 5, middle ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
34. ↑ The ski season begins in Val d'Isère . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 10, 1968, p. 14 , top center, left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
35. ↑ The ski circus goes on tour . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 1, 1969, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
36. Jump up ↑ Schranz, Augert leads . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 8, 1969, p. 12 , middle right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
37. ↑ Winner Augert lonely class . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 9, 1969, p. 12 , middle left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
38. ↑ Nonstop: Cordin Fastest . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 9, 1969, p. 12 , bottom right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
39. ↑ Only after hours was Schranz the winner . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 19, 1969, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
40. ↑ Plus 12 degrees and a broken leg . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 15, 1969, p. 10 , top right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
41. ↑ Wiltrud's motto: “Drive what works!” In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 16, 1969, p. 10 , top left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
42. ↑ Pröll caused the sensation . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 26, 1969, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
43. ↑ Obituary. In "Sport Zurich" No. 8 from January 20, 1969, page 13; POS .: Column 5
44. ^ "Again French women victory: Pröll achieved sensation". In »Sport Zürich« No. 11 of January 27, 1969, page 13
45. ↑ "Outstanding Duvillard on the descent". In "Sport Zurich" No. 11 of January 27, 1969, pages 9 and 11
46. ^ "Last World Cup races in America" ​​in "Sport Zurich" No. 33 from March 19, 1969, page 8
47. ↑ "Balance: two broken legs and a Swiss victory". In “Sport Zürich” No. 35 of March 24, 1969, page 17
48. ↑ The fall ends Annie famous career . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 31, 1969, p. 14 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
49. ↑ Duvillard snatched Messner Sieg away . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 25, 1969, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
50. ↑ Slalom without Schranz, with Mauduit . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 26, 1969, p. 12 , middle left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
51. ↑ Tritscher stays in Innsbruck . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 19, 1969, p. 10 , columns 1 and 2, further below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
52. ↑ "Balance: two broken legs and a Swiss victory". In “Sport Zürich” No. 35 of March 24, 1969, page 17
53. ↑ Now Gertrud Gabl is there too . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 23, 1969, p. 11 , last sentence ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
54. ↑ «Bochatay's premiere today 50 years ago. She is the first Swiss woman to win World Cup races »; «Blick Zürich» - Homepage on January 5th, 2018.
55. ^ "Ingeborg Jochum withdraws from active sport"; “Tiroler Tageszeitung”, No. 160 of July 15, 1969, p. 8; Columns 2 and 3, above.
56. ↑ Nenning in the downhill front . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 1st 1968, p. 19 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
57. ↑ “8 Swiss downhill riders among the first 20” in “Sport Zürich” No. 133 of November 1, 1968, p. 15
58. ↑ Nenning and Matt at the top . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 26, 1969, p. 10 , columns 3 and 4, center ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
59. ↑ Falls during downhill training . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 14, 1968, p. 12 , almost on the top left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
60. ↑ Drexel and Rauter hugged each other . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 15, 1968, p. 11 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
61. ↑ Austria's best: Nenning, Schranz . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 17, 1968, p. 11 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
62. ↑ Start number 1 meant victory . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 5, 1969, p. 12 , upper center ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
63. ↑ That was Gertraud's big day . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 5, 1969, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
64. ↑ Gabl stopped Steurer's dream time . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 9, 1969, p. 10 , upper center ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
65. ↑ Austria is now in front everywhere. Schranz before Tritscher and Matt . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 14, 1969, p. 12 , middle left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
66. ↑ Hoppichler: The plan worked out . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 21, 1969, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
67. ↑ Cortina, Aare, Sterzing and World Cup . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 11, 1969, p. 12 , result box in the middle right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
68. ↑ Stocker won the combination. Morzine: Bleiner third . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 14, 1969, p. 12 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
69. ↑ “The French won everything at home”. In "Sport Zurich" No. 11 of January 27, 1969, pages 9 and 11
70. ↑ The highlight was Huber against Matt . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 28, 1969, p. 12 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
71. ↑ That's a lot of fun! In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 29, 1969, p. 10 , box with heading on the right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
72. ↑ Results of the Kandahar race . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 2, 1969, p. 12 , below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
73. ↑ Triumph of the old and the young . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 4, 1969, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
74. ^ "Again three titles for Dumeng Giovanoli and two for Fernande!" In "Sport Zurich" No. 23 of February 24, 1969, pages 9 and 11
75. ^ Title for Gabl, departure without Schranz . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 21, 1969, p. 14 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
76. ^ Departure title to Cordin and Pall . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1969, p. 10 , top right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
77. ↑ Victories for Matt, Zimmermann and Pröll . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 23, 1969, p. 11 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
78. ^ "The decision in the World Cup will now be made in America" ​​with the subtitle "Young talents moved into focus" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 25, 1969, p. 11 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
79. ↑ There were runners, but skis were missing . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 27, 1969, p. 10 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
80. ↑ Slalom victory in the Alpine Cup for Rauter . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 28, 1969, p. 14 , center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
81. ↑ Thöni beat the top runners . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 29, 1969, p. 16 , lower center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
82. ↑ Thöni made the surprise perfect . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 30, 1969, p. 11 , upper center ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
83. ↑ Trophy for Schranz . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 30, 1969, p. 10 , left center ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).