Alpine Ski World Cup 1970/71

Alpine Ski World Cup 1970/71
	Men's	Ladies
winner
total	Gustav Thöni	Annemarie Pröll
Departure	Bernhard Russi	Annemarie Pröll
Giant slalom	Patrick Russel Gustav Thöni	Annemarie Pröll
slalom	Jean-Noël Augert	Betsy Clifford Britt Lafforgue
Nations Cup	France
Nations Cup	France	France
Competitions
Venues	13	14th
Individual competitions	24	23
← 1969/70 1971/72 →

The 1970/71 season of the Alpine Ski World Cup organized by the FIS began on December 13, 1970 in Sestriere (men) and in Bardonecchia (women) and ended on March 14, 1971 in Åre . There were 24 races for men (7  downhill runs , 8  giant slaloms , 9  slaloms ). There were 23 races for women (6 downhill runs, 8 giant slaloms, 9 slaloms).

For the overall ranking of the World Cup, the three best results from each discipline were used, and the three best results for the discipline ratings. This season was an interim year without a World Cup or Olympic Winter Games.

World Cup ratings

total

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Gustav Thöni 155 2  Henri Duvillard 135 3  Patrick Russel 125 4th  Jean-Noël Augert 107 5  Bernhard Russi 95 6th  Edmund Bruggmann 94 7th  David Zwilling 86 8th  Christian Neureuther 66 9  Bernard Orcel 63 10  Tyler Palmer 60 11  Karl Schranz 57 12  Karl Cordin 56 13  Walter Tresch 52 14th  Alain Penz 51 15th  Harald Rofner 50 16  Sepp Heckelmiller 46 17th  Jean-Daniel Datwyler 44 18th  Andrzej Bachleda 41 19th  Stefano Anzi 40 20th  Josef Loidl 34

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Annemarie Pröll 210 2  Michèle Jacot 177 3  Isabelle Mir 133 4th  Wiltrud Drexel 124 5  Françoise Macchi 122 6th  Britt Lafforgue 112 7th  Jacqueline Rouvier 101 8th  Barbara Ann Cochran 90 9  Gertrud Gabl 87 10  Betsy Clifford 76 11  Marilyn Cochran 74 12  Bernadette Rauter 63 13  Florence Steurer 61 14th  Rosi Mittermaier 59 15th  Annie Famose 45 16  Jocelyn Périllat 38 17th  Karen Budge 34 18th  Danièle Debernard 33 19th  Monika Kaserer 30th 20th  Conchita Puig 27

Departure

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Bernhard Russi 70 2  Bernard Orcel 60 3  Karl Cordin 56 4th  Henri Duvillard 53 5  Walter Tresch 46 6th  Jean-Daniel Datwyler 44 7th  Stefano Anzi 40 8th  Karl Schranz 38 9  Andreas spokesman 25th  Franz Vogler

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Annemarie Pröll 70 2  Wiltrud Drexel 60 3  Françoise Macchi 56 4th  Isabelle Mir 55  Jacqueline Rouvier 6th  Michèle Jacot 51 7th  Annie Famose 29 8th  Divina Galica 11 9  Margret Harbor 9  Florence Steurer

Giant slalom

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Patrick Russel 70  Gustav Thöni 3  Edmund Bruggmann 65 4th  Henri Duvillard 60 5  David Zwilling 51 6th  Sepp Heckelmiller 46 7th  Jean-Noël Augert 32 8th  Werner Bleiner 25th  Christian Neureuther  Bernhard Russi

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Annemarie Pröll 75 2  Michèle Jacot 70 3  Françoise Macchi 60 4th  Gertrud Gabl 50 5  Isabelle Mir 48 6th  Britt Lafforgue 42  Jacqueline Rouvier 8th  Marilyn Cochran 34 9  Rosi Mittermaier 29 10  Karen Budge 28

slalom

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Jean-Noël Augert 75 2  Gustav Thöni 70 3  Tyler Palmer 60 4th  Patrick Russel 55 5  Harald Rofner 46 6th  Christian Neureuther 41 7th  Alain Penz 38 8th  David Zwilling 33 9  Edmund Bruggmann 29 10  Rick Chaffee 28

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Betsy Clifford 70  Britt Lafforgue 3  Barbara Ann Cochran 65  Annemarie Pröll 5  Michèle Jacot 56 6th  Florence Steurer 51 7th  Wiltrud Drexel 45 8th  Gertrud Gabl 37  Bernadette Rauter 10  Marilyn Cochran 33  Danièle Debernard

Podium placements men

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 14, 1970	Sestriere ( ITA )	Henri Duvillard	Bernard Orcel	Karl Schranz
December 20, 1970	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Karl Cordin	Bernard Orcel	Karl Schranz
January 16, 1971	St. Moritz ( SUI )	Walter Tresch	Bernhard Russi	Andreas spokesman
01/29/1971	Megève ( FRA )	Jean-Daniel Datwyler	Bernard Orcel	Walter Tresch
January 31, 1971	Megève ( FRA )	Bernhard Russi	Franz Vogler	Michel Datwyler
02/18/1971	Sugarloaf ( USA )	Bernhard Russi	Henri Duvillard	Stefano Anzi
02/19/1971	Sugarloaf ( USA )	Stefano Anzi	Karl Cordin	Gustav Thöni

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 17, 1970	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Patrick Russel	Jean-Noël Augert	Gustav Thöni
01/05/1971	Berchtesgaden ( FRG )	Edmund Bruggmann	Patrick Russel	David Zwilling
01/09/1971	Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA )	Henri Duvillard	Patrick Russel	Gustav Thöni
January 18, 1971	Adelboden ( SUI )	Patrick Russel	Gustav Thöni	Henri Duvillard
02/13/1971	Mont Sainte-Anne ( CAN )	Bernhard Russi	Edmund Bruggmann	Werner Bleiner
02/21/1971	Sugarloaf ( USA )	Gustav Thöni	Edmund Bruggmann	Henri Duvillard
02/27/1971	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Gustav Thöni	Henri Duvillard	Sepp Heckelmiller
March 13, 1971	Åre ( SWE )	David Zwilling	Sepp Heckelmiller	Patrick Russel

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
01/06/1971	Berchtesgaden ( FRG )	Jean-Noël Augert	Heinrich Messner	Max Rieger
01/10/1971	Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA )	Gustav Thöni	Jean-Noël Augert	Patrick Russel
January 17, 1971	St. Moritz ( SUI )	Tyler Palmer	Harald Rofner	Gustav Thöni
01/24/1971	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Jean-Noël Augert	Alain Penz	Harald Rofner
01/30/1971	Megève ( FRA )	Jean-Noël Augert	Gustav Thöni	Christian Neureuther
02/07/1971	Murren ( SUI )	Jean-Noël Augert	Tyler Palmer	Patrick Russel
02/14/1971	Mont Sainte-Anne ( CAN )	Patrick Russel	Gustav Thöni	Alain Penz
02/25/1971	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Gustav Thöni	Christian Neureuther	Tyler Palmer
03/14/1971	Åre ( SWE )	Jean-Noël Augert	Gustav Thöni	Edmund Bruggmann

Podium placements women

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
12/12/1970	Bardonecchia ( ITA )	Françoise Macchi	Annemarie Pröll	Isabelle Mir
December 19, 1970	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Isabelle Mir	Wiltrud Drexel	Michèle Jacot
01/20/1971	Schruns ( AUT )	Michèle Jacot	Françoise Macchi	Wiltrud Drexel
01/28/1971	Pra-Loup ( FRA )	Wiltrud Drexel	Annemarie Pröll	Jacqueline Rouvier
02/18/1971	Sugarloaf ( USA )	Annemarie Pröll	Jacqueline Rouvier	Isabelle Mir
02/19/1971	Sugarloaf ( USA )	Annemarie Pröll	Jacqueline Rouvier	Annie Famose

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
01/05/1971	Maribor ( YUG )	Françoise Macchi	Gertrud Gabl	Annemarie Pröll
01/08/1971	Oberstaufen ( FRG )	Michèle Jacot	Britt Lafforgue	Jocelyn Périllat
02/12/1971	Mont Sainte-Anne ( CAN )	Isabelle Mir	Jacqueline Rouvier	Françoise Macchi
02/20/1971	Sugarloaf ( USA )	Michèle Jacot	Annemarie Pröll	Rosi Mittermaier
02/26/1971	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Barbara Ann Cochran	Karen Budge	Isabelle Mir
03/10/1971	Abetone ( ITA )	Annemarie Pröll	Michèle Jacot	Françoise Macchi
03/11/1971	Abetone ( ITA )	Annemarie Pröll	Françoise Macchi	Gertrud Gabl
03/14/1971	Åre ( SWE )	Annemarie Pröll	Marilyn Cochran	Gertrud Gabl

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 16, 1970	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Betsy Clifford	Florence Steurer	Wiltrud Drexel
01/04/1971	Maribor ( YUG )	Annemarie Pröll	Bernadette Rauter	Barbara Ann Cochran
01/09/1971	Oberstaufen ( FRG )	Michèle Jacot	Gertrud Gabl	Jocelyn Périllat
01/14/1971	Grindelwald ( SUI )	Britt Lafforgue	Michèle Jacot	Danièle Debernard
01/21/1971	Schruns ( AUT )	Betsy Clifford	Britt Lafforgue	Wiltrud Drexel
01/29/1971	Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ( FRA )	Annemarie Pröll	Barbara Ann Cochran	Rosi Mittermaier
02/04/1971	Murren ( SUI )	Britt Lafforgue	Florence Steurer	Danièle Debernard
02/13/1971	Mont Sainte-Anne ( CAN )	Marilyn Cochran	Barbara Ann Cochran	Wiltrud Drexel
02/24/1971	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Barbara Ann Cochran	Betsy Clifford	Annemarie Pröll

Nations Cup

Overall rating rank country Points 1  France 1333 2  Austria 892 3  Switzerland 396 4th  United States 373 5  BR Germany 241 6th  Italy 226 7th  Canada 99 8th  Spain 42 9  Poland 41 10  United Kingdom 22nd 11  Australia 4th 12  Norway 4th

Men's rank country Points 1  France 505 2  Switzerland 388 3  Austria 361 4th  Italy 223 5  BR Germany 171 6th  United States 128 7th  Poland 41 8th  Spain 15th 9  Australia 7th 10  Norway 4th 11  Canada 2

Ladies rank country Points 1  France 828 2  Austria 531 3  United States 245 4th  Canada 97 5  BR Germany 70 6th  Spain 27 7th  United Kingdom 22nd 8th  Switzerland 8th 9  Italy 3

statistics

These statistics include the podium placements by nation in the respective disciplines.

Men
discipline	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3
Downhill 7 races	04 × Switzerland 1 × Austria 1 × France 1 × Italy  0  0  0	04 × France 1 × Austria 1 × Germany 1 × Switzerland  0  0  0	03 × Switzerland 2 × Austria 2 × Italy  0  0
Slalom 9 races	06 × France 2 × Italy 1 × USA  0  0	03 × Italy 2 × Austria 2 × France 1 × Germany 1 × USA  0  0  0  0	03 × France 2 × Germany 1 × Austria 1 × Italy 1 × Switzerland 1 × USA  0  0  0  0  0
Giant slalom 8 races	03 × Switzerland 2 × Italy 2 × Switzerland 1 × Austria  0  0  0	04 × France 2 × Switzerland 1 × Germany 1 × Italy  0  0  0	03 × France 2 × Austria 2 × Italy 1 × Germany  0  0  0
24 races in total	10 × France 6 × Switzerland 5 × Italy 2 × Austria 1 × USA  0  0  0  0	10 × France 4 × Italy 3 × Austria 3 × Germany 3 × Switzerland 1 × USA  0  0  0  0  0	06 × France 5 × Austria 5 × Italy 4 × Switzerland 3 × Germany 1 × USA  0  0  0  0  0

Overview podium places
country	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3	total
France	10	10	6th	26th
Switzerland	6th	3	4th	13
Italy	5	4th	5	14th
Austria	2	3	5	10
United States	1	1	1	3
Germany	-	3	2	6th

Women
discipline	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3
Downhill 6 races	03 × Austria 3 × France  0	03 × Austria 3 × France  0	05 × France 1 × Austria  0
Slalom 9 races	03 × France 2 × Austria 2 × Canada 2 × USA  0  0  0	04 × France 2 × Austria 2 × USA 1 × Canada  0  0  0	04 × Austria 3 × France 1 × Germany 1 × USA  0  0  0
Giant slalom 8 races	04 × France 3 × Austria 1 × USA  0  0	04 × France 2 × Austria 2 × USA  0  0	04 × France 3 × Austria 1 × Germany  0  0
23 races in total	10 × France 8 × Austria 3 × USA 2 × Canada  0  0  0	11 × France 7 × Austria 4 × USA 1 × Canada  0  0  0	12 × France 8 × Austria 2 × Germany 1 × USA  0  0  0

Overview podium places
country	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3	total
France	10	11	12	33
Austria	8th	7th	8th	23
United States	3	4th	1	8th
Canada	2	1	-	3
Germany	-	-	2	2

Season course

Before the season

Gertrud Gabl, whose acclimatization phase had ended after her stay in Australia, was back on the women's team of the ÖSV, which was housed in the Bundessportheim Kitzsteinhorn, since October 12, but she injured herself during slalom training and had to travel home. The ÖSV men stayed in Kaprun. Teams from Germany, Canada and Yugoslavia also trained on the Kitzsteinhorn.

The DSV trained on the French model with a much smaller national squad, which moved to Tignes after training courses on the Stilfser Joch, but according to a message in the "Münchner Merkur" there was a material uprising. The association had forced the runners to use local equipment, but they replied that it did not meet the requirements. In addition, sports manager Heinz Krecek countered that “the boys only wanted to ski foreign skis because they were hoping for more money”

World Cup decisions

For the first time, seven downhill runs appeared in the racing program for both women and men, which was decided by the FIS at a conference in Geneva in early September. According to President Dr. Marc Hodler was caught because the slalom specialists had clearly been preferred so far. In contrast, at the aforementioned conference, an Austrian application to delete all December races from the World Cup program was rejected. The fact that “only” 6 runs were held among women was due to the “Grindelwald cancellation” (see PLEASE under “Cancellations / Postponements”). There was also a reduction in the women's slalom, because ten were planned - and the end of the season was programmed for Pra-Loup on March 21 .

Men:
In the development of the season, Gustav Thöni did not seem to be in the top ten after the Berchtesgaden Slalom with 15 points ( Jean-Noël Augert led with 68 points, Max Rieger was 10th with 19). After the Adelboden races, Gustav Thöni was the World Cup leader for the first time, and he also benefited from the fact that the competitor at the time, Patrick Russel, could hardly score any more because of the deleted results. But already after the Kitzbühel slalom (here too there was no downhill run; a slalom not counting for the World Cup was held on January 23, which was also won by Jean-Noël Augert), in which Thöni had no points, Augert sat down again ( 102 points) ahead of Henri Duvillard (95) and Thöni (90) to the top of the World Cup ranking. There was another change in leadership after the men's slalom in Mont St. Anne: Now Russel was 125 to 115 ahead of Thöni.

After that, the South Tyrolean gained a lead thanks to his third place on February 19, 1971 in the downhill from Sugarloaf , but could theoretically have been overtaken by the penultimate race, the giant slalom on March 13, 1971 in Åre . With the victory in the giant slalom (February 27th) Thöni moved a lot closer to his first overall victory in the World Cup; only Duvillard could have endangered him, but if the Frenchman had needed at least one win and a second place in the two final races (while the South Tyrolean had no points at the same time), he should never have finished third. The stated intermediate result 155/135/125 was ultimately also the final result of the season, because no one got any point gains (also due to the "strike mode"). On March 13, the time had come for Thöni: He secured his first of three overall victories in the World Cup with 5th place (his main competitor Duvillard remained without points because of a disqualification; he had a "fan" with one in the first round of the giant slalom Goal lost 2.77 seconds on the best time achieved by Zwilling, then went all out, also achieved the best time - 0.38 seconds faster than Zwilling - but he had missed a goal). In the giant slalom discipline, Thöni and Patrick Russel won. In the slalom, which has already become insignificant for Duvillard, he finished 12th.

Already after the races in Megève, the last chances for last year's overall winner Karl Schranz , who was also slightly injured, were over. And the crisis surrounding him was also confirmed by the fact that his ski manufacturer Franz Kneissl demanded a change in the ÖSV's support team . Subsequently, Schranz (together with other colleagues) was given leave of absence for the Mürren slalom.

In the downhill classification after the two races in Megève, Bernard Orcel led with 60 points ahead of Russi (56) and Cordin (42), but the Frenchman was only able to achieve a maximum of 70 points, while besides Russi and Cordin also Tresch, Duvillard and Datwyler still had the theoretical chance at the maximum. Orcel missed the chance in the second Sugarloaf descent, at least ex aequo with Russi, to win the ranking with only 24. Defending champion Cordin only came third thanks to his second place in the second Sugarloaf descent. He was right at the start of the season Forest fell after a triple somersault, he also fell on the second Megève descent, but was already about 2 seconds behind in this race

Women:
After the Maribor weekend with victory and third place, Annemarie Pröll took the lead in the World Cup for the first time, but defending champion Michèle Jacot proved to be stronger in the other races and initially gained a clear lead. On February 12th, thanks to 4th place (11 points), Pröll overtook Jacot by one point in the giant slalom in Mont Sainte-Anne , which was only 10th. In the slalom, too, Pröll came fourth, while Jacot, as the leader, fell after the first run, and after that she never gave up the lead. The next preliminary decisions were made in Heavenly Valley : In the women's giant slalom (February 26th), Pröll could have finally won the World Cup with 3rd place, but she (and Jacot) were eliminated.

With her victory in the second Sugarloaf downhill run (February 19), Pröll won the discipline World Cup. Already in the third last race - with her victory in the first giant slalom in Abetone on March 10, 1971 - she gave me start no. 10 - Pröll was unassailable in the overall World Cup (Jacot and Mir had 177 and 133 points respectively). Pröll, who had previously become two-time national champion (slalom, giant slalom), won the final with her three victories (moreover clear in each case; of which in the second Abetone race with a 2.96 second lead; it was the largest lead ever in the World Cup History in such women's giant slalom, which were only driven in one run) to a late form. With 195 points, she beat Nancy Greene's previous record by four points.

The giant slalom world cup was only decided in Åre; Of the French women, only Jacot and Macchi, who were eligible for this rating, were at the start, who took full risk and dropped out due to falls.

While the men's team in Switzerland had a very positive balance, the women stayed ( Vreni Inäbit achieved 3 points with her 8th place in the downhill in Pra-Loup on January 28th, Rita Good was 7th in the last two giant slaloms and get 10 five points) far below expectations.

Premier victories

Men's:

• Walter Tresch in the descent on January 16, 1971 in St. Moritz .
• Stefano Anzi , whose win in Sugarloaf on February 19, 1971 was to be his only one.
• St. Moritz (January 19) was also good ground for Tyler Palmer , as he won his first race there with the slalom.
• David Zwilling was able to win the final giant slalom in Åre on March 13, 1971 with two fastest times. Please refer to the source under the title “Giant Slalom: Finally Twins” in the article about the “World Cup decisions”.

Women:

• Marilyn Cochran was the only one who managed a maiden win, u. between February 13, 1971 at Slalom in Mont Sainte-Anne.

Injuries

• Even before the first race, there were several serious falls during downhill training in Bardonecchia (Sestriere) on December 10, 1970 , which also affected slalom world champions Ingrid Lafforgue and Claudio de Tassis , who broke their shins, which meant they were canceled for the season.
• Kurt Schnider (SUI, born April 14, 1946) tore his kidney in the giant slalom in Berchtesgaden (January 5) after hitting two goal posts with full force. He was operated on that evening in the Berchtesgaden hospital, during which the injured kidney had to be removed, which ended Schnider's racing career.
• Annie Famose suffered a broken leg after she broke her leg in Schruns in 1969 and a year later at the Universiade in Finland. She suffered another bone tear - again the right fibula was affected. This time it happened in training for the national championships in La Plagne.

Cancellations / postponements

• In January there were also various cancellations due to lack of snow: the women's downhill in Grindelwald was canceled (a second slalom not counting for the World Cup was held on January 12; winner Françoise Macchi ). The Lauberhorn races were held in St. Moritz, with the slalom scheduled so early on January 17th (9.30am / 11.30am) to bring the runners in time for the giant slalom that will take place in Adelboden on January 18th.
• The Kitzbühel downhill run (as mentioned elsewhere) was replaced by a slalom that was not part of the World Cup, and the race itself was rescheduled in Megève on January 29th .
• There were further cancellations for the Kandahar races in Mürren (February 4th to 7th) regarding the runs; For the time being, the organizer decided not to hold the men's downhill run, then the women's downhill run planned for February 5 was also canceled. In Crans-Montana there was a giant slalom on 5th / 6th for the purpose of the Kandahar combination for the men. February (not counting for the World Cup); Winner Duvillard and combi winner Patrick Russel (after both Thöni and Duvillard fell in the slalom). The Kandahar runs themselves were made up for after all, those of the men and women were ridden in Sugarloaf on February 18th.

Worth mentioning

• IOC President Avery Brundage rode again attacks against a total of ten male alpine runners, who had worked as trainers in Mammoth Mountain in June and July, whereby they earned US $ 50 per day in addition to reimbursement of expenses and free stay and thus at the Olympic Games are not allowed to participate. FIS President Dr. Marc Hodler , referring to a regulation between the FIS and the IOC from 1949, Brundage even threatened to be disqualified against half a hundred Alpine. The French racing director Jean Béranger then stated that as soon as one of the three attacked French runners was excluded, the association would not attend the games. Béranger described Brundage's allegations as hypocrisy. Brundage stuck to his opinion and repeated his request when he arrived at the Asian Games in Bangkok .
• Strictly speaking, the women's season opener took place in Bardonecchia, with Macchi winning 1.74 seconds ahead of Pröll, but the conditions (the route led through a forest, there were no fall areas and no finish line) were dangerous.
• Malcolm Milne was able to prevent a bad fall on the descent in Val-d'Isère (December 20); he hadn't really caught the jump on the steep slope edge, had got into back position and only came up on one ski, had already sat on the ends of his ski - he was driving towards the trees next to the slope at 120 km / h, but he succeeded with the last of his strength to come up again and returned through the trees and the right gate post onto the slope. He only reached the finish with a stick, his time of 2: 12.90 was not enough for the top 20, but he had to be disqualified for a peat error anyway.
• There were problems with the timekeeping on the ladies' downhill run in Val-d'Isère, the first loudspeaker announcement about the times took place after start no. 16 (Bernadette Rauter). At first it was said, Mir ahead of Jacot and Drexel, before Drexel was ranked ahead of Jacot - and Rauter's time was corrected three times and ultimately she was classified in 13th place.
• The Berchtesgaden slalom on Jenner (January 6th) turned into a "KoSlalom". The last placed, Joze Gazvoda (YUG), was 19.58 seconds slower than the winner Augert in 139.13 seconds, but also the second, Heini Messner, lost 2.06 seconds.
• In the five-fold victory of the French on January 8th in Oberstaufen , where Rouvier drove with No. 22 and Jocelyne Périllat with No. 38 - it could have been even more, but Macchi and Steurer were eliminated after the best and third-best intermediate times.
• The women's slalom in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (January 29th) caused nervous tension for World Cup leader Jacot, in which the timekeeping failed in the first run; she was therefore allowed (had to) repeat.
• From February 6th to 14th, many runners took part in the pre-Olympic competitions in Sapporo and then flew over the North Pole route to Canada to continue the World Cup series. See ao:
• At the women's giant slalom in Mont Sainte-Anne (February 12), the first start numbers were disadvantaged due to heavy snowfall, the second start group was favored, winner Isabelle Mir wore the number 17. The next day the slalom that followed, a French victory became apparent again after the first run Jacot led the intermediate ranking in 41.83 seconds ahead of Britt Lafforgue (42.04 seconds), the Cochran siblings were 42.75 seconds (Marilyn) and 42.87 seconds (Barbara) Ranks 5 and 7. Obviously Jacot was too nervous and fell, Lafforgue was able to prevent this, but lost a lot of time so that she did not make it into the top 15.
• In Mont Sainte-Anne, the men had the longest giant slalom in World Cup history (February 12/13), with a total time of 4: 32.18 (this was the winning time of Bernhard Russi , who started with No. 16 , who was the first Run in 2: 11.32 before Bleiner + 0.20 and Bruggmann + 0.30 won). In the second run, Russi finished fourth behind Bruggmann, Rösti 2: 30.79 and Bleiner. Before that, it was Schranz's World Championship run on 9/10 in terms of the time record. February 1970 (in 4: 19.19 seconds).
• The men's slalom in Mont Sainte-Anne started one hour late due to heavy snowstorms, and in heavy snowfall the competition was opened by the two Swiss runners Peter Frei and Edmund Bruggmann, who came in fifth and sixth.
• On Saturday morning, February 20, on the day of the first round of the men's RTL from Sugarloaf, all the skis (70 pairs) of the Swiss team burned in a wax and equipment shed near the finish. After a defect in the gas-operated heating, a station employee tried to get it going again and triggered the explosive fire with a match. At the request of the Swiss coach Urs Weber and with the help of the loyal and comradely acting foreign team captains, the first run was postponed to Sunday, February 21. Every Swiss runner was free to use any ski, even if it was an embarrassing solution, since careful selection and thorough break-in was not possible. Gustav Thöni therefore lent Edmund Bruggmann his replacement skis for this giant slalom. Heini Hemmi used a spare ski that had been saved from the fire and finished twelfth. Thöni got his lead (0.22 seconds) in the first run, which he drove 0.45 seconds faster than Bruggmann.

At an FIS meeting at the same location, it was decided that, due to the participation restriction, the ski races at the Olympic Games in Sapporo would not be part of the World Cup (which made the 1968 Olympics and the 1970 World Championships the exception).

• In Austria, the results that remained below expectations (the Kitzbühel races were the cause) even triggered the involvement of politics by the Minister of Education, Leopold Gratz , who was responsible for sport ; On February 9th the news came about the creation of an "Austria Racing Team" and head of racing, Prof. Franz Hoppichler, described an agreement between the manufacturers as a prerequisite for his stay. (The Austrian ski pool was then founded on September 27, 1971.)
• In the second Sugarloaf descent (February 19) David Zwilling skied practically the entire distance (2.53 km) on one ski (he had lost the other one at the start), losing 30.3 seconds to winner Stefano Anzi. The hussar piece made headlines in many newspapers for the Salzburg man, but not even a classification in the list of results, it would have been 66th, because he had to be disqualified according to the regulations.
• After returning to Europe, the respective ski associations held their national championships.
• From the DSV came on the weekend 6./7. March the news that the previously nationally restricted ski pool was opened for (certain) foreign products.
• Annemarie Pröll set a record with a time difference of 2.96 seconds on Françoise Macchi on March 11th with No. 15 at the giant slalom in Abetone on the 1.6 km long course flagged with 64 goals by ÖSV women's trainer Paul Kerber , which was no longer surpassed in terms of women's giant slalom with just one round.
• On May 17, 1971, the ÖSV Main Committee under President Heinz Klee decided to extend the contract with Hoppichler to May 31, 1972.

Resignations

There were resignations from Rudolf Sailer ( Toni Sailer's brother, who was not quite nine years younger ) and Georges Mauduit and Margret Hafen .

Race outside the World Cup

In addition to the (partially replacement) races already mentioned under "Cancellations / Postponements", there were other races:

• The result of an international men's downhill race on November 28th in St. Moritz, in which the first 16 places went to Switzerland (victory: Michael Dätwyler ahead of Walter Tresch ), was sensational ; however, there was no ÖSV runner at the start.
• The first slalom of the season took place on December 13th in Bardonecchia (women) and on December 14th in Sestriere (men). There were victories for Michele Jacot ahead of Annemarie Pröll and Wiltrud Drexel (Rosi Mittermaier finished 6th) and Patrick Russel ahead of Gustav Thöni and Max Rieger.
• The combined classification in Val-d'Isère went to Wiltrud Drexel, ahead of Florence Steurer and Betsy Clifford.
• On December 21st, a women's giant slalom took place in Les Contamines, which Jacot won ahead of Barbara Cochran and Sandra Poulsen, but the ÖSV was only represented by one junior team.
• The Salzach Valley Ski Week began on January 2nd in St. Johann im Pongau with the giant slalom abandoned after 43 of 127 registered runners in the first run (lack of snow; insufficiently groomed slope); it had led Josef Loidl to Reinhard Tritscher and Alfred Hagn . On January 3rd, only 17 of the 120 registered runners made it into the slalom in Schwarzach im Pongau . Here the Swede Sven Mikälson won ahead of Loidl, Zwilling, Manfred Grabler and Hagn. The competitions were concluded on January 5th and 6th with a slalom on Pass Thurn ( Passthurn ) (winner Hubert Berchtold ahead of Olle Rolen and Mikälsen) and a giant slalom in Krimml ( Josef Pechtl ahead of Helmuth Schmalzl and Karl Cordin ).
• Henri Duvillard won the Hahnenkamm combined ranking ahead of Jean-Noël Augert and Bernard Orcel in Megéve.
• On March 4, the Austrian ski championships began in Jochberg (Tyrol) with the women's downhill run ( Ingrid Gfölner won ahead of Dora Storm and Julia Spettel ; however, Annemarie Pröll , Monika Kaserer , Bernadette Rauter and Gertrud Gabl were missing ). On March 5th, both the men's downhill and the women's slalom were run. Karl Cordin won ahead of Kurt Engstler and Hubert Berchtold and Pröll ahead of Helene Graswander and Sigrid Eberle . On March 6th there were both giant slaloms, with David Zwilling winning ahead of Josef Pechtl and Reinhard Tritscher and Pröll ahead of Gfölner and Leibetseder. The men's slalom on March 7th brought a victory for Harald Rofner ahead of Styrian Norbert Wendner and Zwilling, with which Zwilling still won the combined title ahead of Pechtl and Tritscher. The combined victory in the women went to Gfölner ahead of Spettel and Graswander.
• From March 5th, the Swiss held their 43rd championships in Thyon in the canton of Valais, with significant differences in quality between women (mediocrity) and men (high density at the top), especially in downhill skiing. At that time, there were large deficits in the women's sector, so that even the expression drove like beginners . The titles went to Vreni Inäbit in front of Marianne Hefti and Bernadette Zurbriggen (downhill), Rita Good in front of Marie-Theres Nadig and Inäbit (giant slalom), Zurbriggen in front of Elisabeth Ponti and Inäbit (slalom) and Zurbriggen in front of Inäbit and Marlys Beer (combination). In the men's category it was Bernhard Russi in front of Jean-Daniel Dätwyler and Andreas Sprecher and Hans Zingre in front of Walter Tresch and Russi and Peter Frei in front of Heini Hemmi and Tresch and Russi in front of Tresch and Dätwyler.
• In the DSV title fights taking place at the same time in Hindelang, the ladies were Margret Hafen in front of Rosi Mittermaier and Traudl Treichl (downhill), Mittermaier in front of Treichl and Pamela Behr (giant slalom) and Pehr in front of Treichl and Mittermaier (slalom) and Franz Vogler in front of Gerhard Prinzing and Alfred Hagn (downhill), Max Rieger successfully ahead of Hansjörg Schlager and Sepp Heckelmiller (giant slalom) and Christian Neureuther ahead of Willi Lesch and Rieger (slalom). It was noteworthy that the men's descent was driven on a shortened route (2,200 m) due to the risk of avalanches.
• At the French championships in La Plagne , the US runner Marilyn Cochran showed her late form and won slalom and giant slalom (plus fourth place in the downhill, which also brought the combined title). The actual national titles went to Jacqueline Rouvier (downhill winner and giant slalom third, because Karen Budge was second) and Danièle Debernard (slalom). - Patrick Russel won slalom and giant slalom, Henri Duvillard the downhill.
• The Italian federation held its Campionati in Bressanone . The results of the giant slalom, slalom and the combination of women and the giant slalom and slalom of men with the title winners Clotilde Fasolis, Elena Matous and again Fasolis or Eberhard Schmalzl and Gustav Thöni are available.

Web links

World Cup men

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

World Cup women

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Gertrud Gabl took up the training" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of October 13, 1970, page 9; Columns 2 and 3, below
2. ^ "Gabl injured himself during slalom training" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of October 14, 1970, page 9; Columns 3 and 4, middle
3. ^ "The alpine ski season is casting its shadow ahead" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of October 15, 1970, page 9
4. ↑ More downhill runs in the World Cup . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna September 9, 1970, p. 15 , bottom right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
5. ↑ World Cup kick-off in Sestriere . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 7, 1970, p. 15 , top right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
6. ↑ “Men's World Cup for Thöni / RTL for Zwilling”. In »Salzburger Volksblatt« No. 61 of March 15, 1971, last page
7. ↑ "Giant Slalom: Finally Twin". In “Sport Zürich” No. 31 of March 15, 1971, page 13, POS. Column 2, first title
8. ↑ Does Karl Schranz threaten the ÖSV ban? In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 2, 1971, p. 15 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
9. ↑ ^{a b} Mürren's ladies run is canceled - Schranz ... on leave . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 3, 1971, p. 13 , middle left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
10. ^ "Stylist and yet daring - downhill winner Henri Duvillard. The French are particularly strong this year, mentally and physically. Third place for World Cup defender Karl Schranz after three mistakes ”. In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 287 of December 14, 1970, page 9
11. ^ "Duvillard - the 'Hahnenkammsieger' from Megève - Second departure from Rochebrune on Sunday confirmed defeat on Friday". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 25 of February 1, 1971, page 9
12. ^ "Results of the Two Departures from Sugarloaf". In »Sport Zürich« No. 22 of February 22, 1971, page 2
13. ^ ^{A b} Pröll ousted Jacot from the top . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 14, 1971, p. 14 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
14. ↑ "Triumph and Defeat of the French Women". In »Sport Zürich« No. 19 of February 15, 1971, page 3
15. ↑ Pröll and Jacot retired . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 27, 1971, p. 13 , middle right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
16. ↑ Pröll also won the second run . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 20, 1971, p. 13 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
17. ↑ "Pröll won the World Cup in a convincing manner". In "Salzburger Volksblatt" No. 58 of March 11, 1971, last page
18. ^ "Again Pröll and Augert in the slalom" in "Sport Zurich" No. 31 of March 15, 1971, page 13, POS. Column 2, second title
19. ^ Sestriere: Ingrid Lafforgue out of action . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 11, 1970, p. 14 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
20. ^ "Only Meßner escaped the slalom knockout - steel-edge roulette for Jean-Noel Augert", subtitle "Kurt Schnider suffered a kidney tear". In "Salzburger Volksblatt" No. 4 of January 7, 1971
21. ↑ "K. Schnider suffered a kidney tear ”. In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 4 of January 7, 1971, page 9; POS .: top left
22. ↑ "Annie Famose: Again a Bone Tear!" In "Sport Zurich" No. 27 of March 5, 1971, page 26; POS .: Column 4, middle
23. ↑ The World Cup downhill run in St. Moritz - Grindelwald: two slaloms instead of downhill races . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 10, 1971, p. 15 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
24. ↑ ^{a b} Winner must have bear strength . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 15, 1971, p. 15 , middle and bottom right, last paragraph ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
25. ^ AK departure in Crans Montana . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 31, 1971, p. 15 , middle right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
26. ↑ "Men's AK downhill run in Crans-Montana". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 25 of February 1, 1971, page 10; POS .: column 5, above
27. ^ "Duvillard's revenge: departure canceled, victory in RTL" and "Thöni and Duvillard fell, Russel Kandahar winner 1971". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 31 of February 8, 1971, page 9
28. ↑ Instead of downhill, giant slalom runs . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 5, 1971, p. 15 , middle left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
29. ↑ Swiss were molested . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 2, 1971, p. 13 , bottom right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
30. ↑ Duvillard dared everything and won . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 7, 1971, p. 13 , upper center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
31. ↑ Unsuccessful for men . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 19, 1971, p. 15 , upper center ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
32. ^ "Sugarloaf: 2 World Cup runs". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 28 of February 4, 1971, page 9; POS .: bottom left
33. ↑ The first downhill victory for Pröll . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 19, 1971, p. 15 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
34. ↑ Hodler contradicts Brundage . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 25, 1970, p. 15 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
35. ^ "Trainer J. Béranger: 'Solidarity with runners'". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 277 of December 1, 1970, page 9; POS .: bottom left
36. ↑ Brundage remains adamant . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 8, 1970, p. 15 , right, further down ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
37. ^ "French by A. Pröll surprised". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 287 of December 14, 1970, page 9; POS .: bottom left
38. ↑ "Death before eyes". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 293 of December 21, 1970, page 10; POS .: column 5, box below
39. ↑ "Drexel and Cordin - there are also Austrian victories again". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 293 of December 21, 1970, page 9
40. ↑ "World Cup hunt leads to Ko Slalom. Augert before Messner ”. In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 4 of January 7, 1971, page 9; POS .; below
41. ↑ “France's teenage skiers like it icy. Oberstaufen RTL ranks: 1-2-3-4-5-8 ". In »Salzburger Volksblatt« No. 6 of January 9, 1971, page 9
42. ↑ Pröll had excellent nerves - Jacot repeated the run . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 30, 1971, p. 13 , left, top center ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
43. ↑ Japan disregards F sharp instruction . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 9, 1971, p. 15 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
44. ↑ "Triumph and Defeat of the French Women". In »Sport Zürich« No. 19 of February 15, 1971, page 3
45. ^ "Bernhard Russi before Edmund Bruggmann". In »Sport Zürich« No. 19 of February 15, 1971, page 1
46. ↑ "The Swiss also woke up in the slalom". In »Sport Zürich« No. 19 of February 15, 1971, page 2
47. ↑ "Edi Bruggmann with Thönis Ski second behind ... Thöni" and subtitled "Black Saturday for the Swiss." In »Sport Zürich« No. 22 of February 22, 1971, pages 1 and 2 and page 3, POS .: column 5
48. ↑ Swiss skis burned . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 21, 1971, p. 14 , left center ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
49. ↑ "Thöni lent his fiercest rival Bruggmann his spare skis, but won anyway". In »Salzburger Volksblatt« No. 44 of February 22, 1971, page 7
50. ↑ Gratz demands: act as quickly as possible . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 26, 1971, p. 13 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
51. ↑ Ski producers suddenly agree . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 10, 1971, p. 13 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
52. ↑ Hoppichler's no cheers yet . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 11, 1971, p. 13 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
53. ↑ Happy day for skiing . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna September 28, 1971, p. 15 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
54. ^ "Results of the Two Departures from Sugarloaf". In »Sport Zürich« No. 22 of February 22, 1971, page 2
55. ^ First title to Ingrid Gfölner . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 4th 1971, p. 15 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
56. ↑ Germany expanded ski pool . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 9, 1971, p. 14 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
57. ^ "Annemarie Pröll outclassed the entire world elite". In "Salzburger Volksblatt" No. 59 of March 12, 1971, page 7; POS .: columns 3 to 5, middle
58. ↑ Hoppichler until 1972 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 18, 1971, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
59. ↑ in "Kärntner Tageszeitung" of June 28, 1971 No. 143, page 12
60. ↑ Departure to M. Dätwyler . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 29, 1970, p. 15 , above column 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
61. ↑ "Pleasing increase in the ÖSV women in goal run. Rank 2 and 3 for Pröll and Drexel behind Jacot ”. In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 287 of December 14, 1970, page 10
62. ↑ "The slalom duel is again called Russel against Thöni. Heavy defeat for the Austrians. Heini Meßner in 7th place. Harald Rofner, Karl Schranz and Reinhard Tritscher fell ”. In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 288 of December 15, 1970, page 9
63. ↑ France's slalom king has struck . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 15, 1970, p. 15 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
64. ↑ "Michele Jacot celebrated second win of the season". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 294 of December 22, 1970, page 9; POS .: bottom left
65. ↑ "Bad start to the Salzachtal Ski Week: Giant slalom canceled in St. Johann" and "Irregular slalom: Only 15 percent at the finish". In »Salzburger Volksblatt« No. 2 of January 4, 1971, page 9
66. ↑ "Two victories at the end of the Salzachtal Ski Week". In "Salzburger Volksblatt" No. 4 of January 7, 1971; POS .: columns 1 and 2, middle
67. ↑ "Berchtold and Pechtl dominated the Salzachtal ski week". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 4 of January 7, 1971, page 9; POS .: columns 4 and 5, above
68. ^ "Duvillard - the 'Hahnenkammsieger' from Megève - Second departure from Rochebrune on Sunday confirmed defeat on Friday". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 25 of February 1, 1971, page 9
69. ^ "All aces at the Alpine Championships in 1971. Our 'America returnees' also start ”. In »Salzburger Volksblatt« No. 50 of March 2, 1971, page 7
70. ^ "Ladies' descent: Ingrid Gfölner before Dora Storm and Julia Spettel". In »Salzburger Volksblatt« No. 53 of March 5, 1971, page 7
71. ↑ "Cordin disguised Tyrolean defeat" and "Annemarie Pröll won Torlauf in 'high speed'". In "Salzburger Volksblatt" No. 54 of March 6, 1971, page 9
72. ↑ “After the slalom also RTL for A. Pröll. D. Zwilling won alpine triple combination ”. In "Salzburger Volksblatt" No. 55 of March 8, 1971, page 11
73. ↑ "1. Title for Rita Good “In“ Sport Zürich ”No. 27 from March 5, 1971, page 26
74. ^ "Double victories for Bernhard Russi and Bernadette Zurbriggen". In “Sport Zürich” No. 28 of March 8, 1971, pages 9 and 11
75. ↑ "Surprise: French women beaten". In “Sport Zürich” No. 28 of March 8, 1971, page 15