Alpine Ski World Cup 1972/73

Alpine Ski World Cup 1972/73
	Men's	Ladies
winner
total	Gustav Thöni	Annemarie Pröll
Departure	Roland Collombin	Annemarie Pröll
Giant slalom	Hans Hinterseer	Monika Kaserer
slalom	Gustav Thöni	Patricia Emonet
Nations Cup	Austria
Nations Cup	Austria	Austria
Competitions
Venues	15th	15th
Individual competitions	24	24
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The 1972/73 season of the Alpine Ski World Cup organized by the FIS began on December 7, 1972 in Val-d'Isère and ended on March 24, 1973 in Heavenly Valley . There were 24 races for men (8 downhill runs , giant slalom and slalom each  ). There were also 24 races for women (8 downhill runs, giant slalom and slalom each).

For the first time, Austria was able to win both the overall standings and the women’s championship in the Nations Cup (and thus interrupt the French series that had been going on since the World Cup started in 1967). The men's victory (after 1968 and 1968/69) was won for the third time.

This season was a year in between without World Championships or Olympic Winter Games.

World Cup ratings

total

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Gustav Thöni 166 2  David Zwilling 151 3  Roland Collombin 131 4th  Hans Hinterseer 120  Christian Neureuther 120 6th  Bernhard Russi 106 7th  Jean-Noël Augert 104 8th  Bob Cochran 93  Franz Klammer 10  Piero Gros 91 11  Henri Duvillard 90 12  Adolf Rösti 74 13  Erik Håker 72 14th  Walter Tresch 64  Marcello Varallo 16  Reinhard Tritscher 58 17th  Karl Cordin 53 18th  Helmuth Schmalzl 51 19th  Philippe Roux 44 20th  Ilario Pegorari 39  Max Rieger

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Annemarie Pröll 297 2  Monika Kaserer 223 3  Patricia Emonet 163 4th  Rosi Mittermaier 131 5  Hanni Wenzel 112 6th  Wiltrud Drexel 106 7th  Jacqueline Rouvier 103 8th  Marilyn Cochran 84 9  Ingrid Gfölner 83 10  Irmgard Lukasser 65 11  Pamela Behr 64  Bernadette Zurbriggen 13  Danièle Debernard 61 14th  Christine Rolland 57  Traudl Treichl 16  Judy Crawford 53 17th  Marie-Theres Nadig 48 18th  Brigitte Totschnig 46 19th  Brigitte Kerscher-Schroll 45 20th  Fabienne Serrat 44

Departure

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Roland Collombin 120 2  Bernhard Russi 96 3  Marcello Varallo 67 4th  Franz Klammer 62  David Zwilling 6th  Karl Cordin 53 7th  Reinhard Tritscher 49 8th  Philippe Roux 44 9  Werner Grissmann 29 10  Bob Cochran 21st

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Annemarie Pröll 125 2  Wiltrud Drexel 86 3  Jacqueline Rouvier 72 4th  Ingrid Gfölner 67 5  Irmgard Lukasser 61 6th  Brigitte Totschnig 45 7th  Brigitte Kerscher-Schroll 30th 8th  Monika Kaserer 28 9  Rosi Mittermaier 23 10  Marie-Theres Nadig 22nd

Giant slalom

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Hans Hinterseer 105 2  Erik Håker 71 3  Adolf Rösti 66 4th  Piero Gros 55  Gustav Thöni 6th  Helmuth Schmalzl 51 7th  David Zwilling 49 8th  Henri Duvillard 46 9  Franz Klammer 31 10  Max Rieger 26th

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Monika Kaserer 110 2  Annemarie Pröll 94 3  Hanni Wenzel 53 4th  Patricia Emonet 52 5  Bernadette Zurbriggen 51 6th  Traudl Treichl 46 7th  Marilyn Cochran 44 8th  Rosi Mittermaier 40 9  Marie-Theres Nadig 26th  Jacqueline Rouvier

slalom

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Gustav Thöni 110 2  Christian Neureuther 105 3  Jean-Noël Augert 86 4th  Walter Tresch 57 5  Ilario Pegorari 38 6th  Henri Duvillard 36  Piero Gros 8th  David Zwilling 33 9  Bob Cochran 32 10  Tino Pietrogiovanna 29

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Patricia Emonet 111 2  Rosi Mittermaier 80 3  Monika Kaserer 67 4th  Pamela Behr 56  Danièle Debernard 6th  Hanni Wenzel 49 7th  Christine Rolland 40 8th  Judy Crawford 39 9  Marilyn Cochran 36 10  Barbara Ann Cochran 33  Fabienne Serrat

Podium placements men

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 10, 1972	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Reinhard Tritscher	David Zwilling	Marcello Varallo
December 15, 1972	Val Gardena ( ITA )	Roland Collombin	Karl Cordin	David Zwilling
January 6, 1973	Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( FRG )	Roland Collombin	Marcello Varallo Philippe Roux
7th January 1973	Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( FRG )	Roland Collombin	Marcello Varallo	Bernhard Russi
January 13, 1973	Grindelwald ( SUI )	Bernhard Russi	Roland Collombin	Reinhard Tritscher
January 27, 1973	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Roland Collombin	Bernhard Russi	Bob Cochran
3rd February 1973	St. Anton am Arlberg ( AUT )	Bernhard Russi	Franz Klammer	Philippe Roux
February 11, 1973	St. Moritz ( SUI )	Werner Grissmann	Josef Walcher	Franz Klammer

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 8, 1972	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Piero Gros	Erik Håker	Helmuth Schmalzl
December 19, 1972	Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA )	David Zwilling	Adolf Rösti	Helmuth Schmalzl
15th January 1973	Adelboden ( SUI )	Gustav Thöni	Hans Hinterseer	Erik Håker
19th January 1973	Megève ( FRA )	Henri Duvillard	Hans Hinterseer	Gustav Thöni
March 2nd 1973	Mont Sainte-Anne ( CAN )	Max Rieger	Hans Hinterseer	Franz Klammer
March 8, 1973	Anchorage ( USA )	Hans Hinterseer	Adolf Rösti	Josef Pechtl
March 12, 1973	Naeba Ski Resort ( JPN )	Erik Håker	Hans Hinterseer	Adolf Rösti
March 24, 1973	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Bob Cochran	Erwin Stricker	Jean-Noël Augert

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
17th December 1972	Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA )	Piero Gros	Gustav Thöni	Christian Neureuther
January 14, 1973	Wengen ( SUI )	Christian Neureuther	Walter Tresch	Claude Perrot
January 21, 1973	Megève ( FRA )	Christian Neureuther	Gustav Thöni	Walter Tresch
January 28, 1973	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Jean-Noël Augert	Gustav Thöni	Andrzej Bachleda
4th February 1973	St. Anton am Arlberg ( AUT )	Gustav Thöni	Christian Neureuther	Henri Duvillard
March 4th 1973	Mont Sainte-Anne ( CAN )	Gustav Thöni	Ilario Pegorari	Christian Neureuther
March 15, 1973	Naeba Ski Resort ( JPN )	Jean-Noël Augert	Christian Neureuther	Ilario Pegorari
March 23, 1973	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Jean-Noël Augert	Bob Cochran	Tino Pietrogiovanna

Podium placements women

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
7th December 1972	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Annemarie Pröll	Jacqueline Rouvier	Irmgard Lukasser
December 19, 1972	Saalbach-Hinterglemm ( AUT )	Annemarie Pröll	Jacqueline Rouvier	Brigitte Totschnig
January 9, 1973	Pfronten ( FRG )	Annemarie Pröll	Monika Kaserer	Irmgard Lukasser
January 10, 1973	Pfronten ( FRG )	Annemarie Pröll	Irmgard Lukasser	Ingrid Gfölner
16th January 1973	Grindelwald ( SUI )	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel	Brigitte Totschnig
January 25, 1973	Chamonix ( FRA )	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel	Jacqueline Rouvier
1st February 1973	Schruns ( AUT )	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel	Ingrid Gfölner
February 10, 1973	St. Moritz ( SUI )	Annemarie Pröll	Ingrid Gfölner	Wiltrud Drexel

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 20, 1972	Saalbach-Hinterglemm ( AUT )	Annemarie Pröll	Monika Kaserer	Hanni Wenzel
20th January 1973	Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ( FRA )	Annemarie Pröll	Monika Kaserer	Jacqueline Rouvier
January 21, 1973	Les Contamines ( FRA )	Monika Kaserer	Traudl Treichl	Marilyn Cochran
February 11, 1973	Abetone ( ITA )	Monika Kaserer	Traudl Treichl	Sandy Poulsen
March 2nd 1973	Mont Sainte-Anne ( CAN )	Annemarie Pröll	Bernadette Zurbriggen	Marie-Theres Nadig
March 7, 1973	Anchorage ( USA )	Bernadette Zurbriggen	Monika Kaserer	Kathy Kreiner
March 15, 1973	Naeba Ski Resort ( JPN )	Marilyn Cochran	Claudia Giordani	Annemarie Pröll
March 23, 1973	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Patricia Emonet	Monika Kaserer	Christine Rolland

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 9, 1972	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Pamela Behr	Odile Chalvin	Patricia Emonet
2nd January 1973	Maribor ( YUG )	Patricia Emonet	Pamela Behr	Rosi Mittermaier
17th January 1973	Grindelwald ( SUI )	Monika Kaserer	Rosi Mittermaier	Judy Crawford
January 26, 1973	Chamonix ( FRA )	Marilyn Cochran	Rosi Mittermaier	Monika Kaserer
2nd February 1973	Schruns ( AUT )	Rosi Mittermaier	Patricia Emonet	Conchita Puig
March 3, 1973	Mont Sainte-Anne ( CAN )	Patricia Emonet	Danièle Debernard	Britt Lafforgue
March 13, 1973	Naeba Ski Resort ( JPN )	Danièle Debernard	Hanni Wenzel	Barbara Ann Cochran
March 22, 1973	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Patricia Emonet	Fabienne Serrat	Christa Zechmeister

Nations Cup

Overall rating rank country Points 1  Austria 1526 2  France 716 3  Switzerland 585 4th  Italy 544 5  BR Germany 463 6th  United States 255 7th  Canada 117 8th  Liechtenstein 114 9  Norway 97 10  Poland 54 11  Spain 32 12  San Marino 5 13  Finland 1  Japan

Men's rank country Points 1  Austria 635 2  Italy 505 3  Switzerland 449 4th  France 230 5  BR Germany 183 6th  United States 108 7th  Norway 72 8th  Poland 54 9  Spain 13 10  Canada 11 11  Liechtenstein 2 12  Japan 1

Ladies rank country Points 1  Austria 891 2  France 486 3  BR Germany 280 4th  United States 147 5  Switzerland 136 6th  Liechtenstein 112 7th  Canada 106 8th  Italy 39 9  Norway 25th 10  Spain 19th 11  San Marino 5 12  Finland 1

statistics

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Men:
Downhill (8):
Rank 1: SUI 6, AUT 2
Rank 2 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 4, SUI 3, ITA 2
Rank 3 (minus one ex aequo from Rank 2): AUT 3, SUI 2 , ITA 1, USA 1
giant slalom (8):
Rank 1: AUT 2, ITA 2, FRA 1, GER 1, NOR 1, USA 1
Rank 2: AUT 4, SUI 2, ITA 1, NOR 1
Rank 3: ITA 3 , AUT 2, FRA 1, NOR 1, SUI 1
Slalom (8):
Rank 1: FRA 3, ITA 3, GER 2
Rank 2: ITA 4, GER 2, SUI 1, USA 1
Rank 3: FRA 2, GER 2 , ITA 2, POL 1, SUI 1

Overall (24):
Rank 1: SUI 6, ITA 5, AUT 4, FRA 4, GER 3, NOR 1, USA 1
Rank 2 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 8, ITA 7, SUI 6, GER 2, NOR 1, USA 1
Rank 3: ITA 6, AUT 5, SUI 4, FRA 3, GER 2, NOR 1, POL 1, USA 1

Overview:
SUI 6 | 6 | 4
ITA 5 | 7 | 6
AUT 4 | 8 | 5
FRA 4 | - | 3
GER 3 | 3 | 2
NOR 1 | 1 | 1
USA 1 | 1 | 1
POL - | - | 1

Women:
Downhill (8):
Rank 1: AUT 8
Rank 2: AUT 6, FRA 2
Rank 3: AUT 7, FRA 1
Giant Slalom (8):
Rank 1: AUT 5, FRA 1, SUI 1, USA 1
Rank 2: AUT 4, GER 2, ITA 1, SUI 1
Rank 3: FRA 2, USA 2, AUT 1, CAN 1, LIE 1, SUI 1
Slalom (8):
Rank 1: FRA 4, GER 2, AUT 1, USA 1
Rank 2: FRA 4, GER 3, LIE 1
Rank 3: FRA 2, GER 2, AUT 1, CAN 1, SPA 1, USA 1

Overall (24):
Rank 1: AUT 14, FRA 5, GER 2, USA 2, SUI 1
Rank 2: AUT 10, FRA 6, GER 5, ITA 1, LIE 1, SUI 1
Rank 3: AUT 9, FRA 5 , USA 3, CAN 2, GER 2, LIE 1, SPA 1, SUI 1

Overview:
AUT 14 | 10 | 9
FRA 5 | 6 | 5
GER 2 | 5 | 2
USA 2 | - | 3
SUI 1 | 1 | 1
LIE - | 1 | 1
ITA - | 1 | -
CAN - | - | 2
SPA - | - | 1

Season course

Season planning, determination of the World Cup winners

Similar to Formula 1 in motorsport, the season was divided into three periods. The first lasted until the New Year, the second until the end of January and the third until the final. For the men, three of the first five races counted for the overall World Cup, five of the next nine and six of the remaining ten. The formula for the individual disciplines was the same as in the previous season: the best 5 results were used in each case. The Ski World Cup came to Japan for the first time, where the final races of the season (2 slaloms and 2 giant slaloms for women and men) were held in the winter sports resort of Naeba, 180 km from Tokyo .

First doping controls

For the first time in the history of alpine ski racing, doping controls were discussed for the men's downhill run in Val Gardena . These controls should take place at three European Cup and three World Cup races and always concern the first three runners and three runners to be determined by lot.

FIS world rankings

On December 14th, the FIS published the new world rankings, in which the Val d' Isère results were not yet taken into account (and the ÖSV men, in contrast to their female colleagues, were not well placed):

Men's:

• Departure: Bernhard Russi in front of Henri Duvillard , Franz Vogler ; Rank 12 Karl Cordin .
• Giant slalom: Edmund Bruggmann ahead of Gustav Thöni , Patrick Russel ; Rank 7 David Zwilling .
• Slalom: Roland Thöni ahead of Gustav Thöni, Jean-Noël Augert ; Rank 11 Harald Rofner .

Women:

• Departure: Annemarie Pröll in front of Jacqueline Rouvier , Marie-Theres Nadig .
• Giant slalom: Annemarie Pröll in front of Britt Lafforgue , Marie-Theres Nadig.
• Slalom: Rosi Mittermaier in front of Britt Lafforgue, Danièle Debernard ; 5th place Annemarie Pröll.

On February 15, the new points list was published in Innsbruck.
Men:
Downhill: 1) Russi & Collombin, 3) Tritscher; furthermore 5) Varallo, 7) Duvillard, 8) Vogler, 10) Cochran, 15) Klammer.
Giant slalom: 1) Bruggmann, 2) Hinterseer, 3) Gustav Thöni, 4) Håker, 5) Russel; furthermore 10) Gros, 13) Bachleda.
Slalom: 1) Roland Thöni & Neureuther, 3) Gustav Thöni, 4) Jean-Noël Augert; furthermore 7) Bachleda, 8) Tresch, 10) Fernandez-Ochoa.

Ladies:
Downhill: 1) Pröll, 2) Rouvier, 3) Drexel, 4) Nadig, 5) Mir, 6) Corrock; furthermore 9) Bernadette Zurbriggen, 11) Laurie Kreiner, 12) Poulsen, 14) Rosi Mittermaier.
Giant slalom: 1) Pröll & Kaserer, 3) Britt Lafforgue, 4) Treichl, 5) Nadig; furthermore 7) Rosi Mittermaier, 9) Marilyn Cochran, 12) Wenzel, 15) Clifford.
Slalom: 1) Rosi Mittermaier, 2) Britt Lafforgue, 3) Pamela Behr, 4) Debernard, 7) Pröll, 8) Puig, 14) Crawford.

Cancellations, postponements

General:

• The program of the (traditional) season opener in Val-d'Isère was changed slightly due to the unfavorable snow conditions and started on December 7th with the women's downhill (instead of the men's giant slalom). 100 men and 80 women entered the races. The original program had planned the women's slalom on December 6th, the men's giant slalom on December 7th (in two runs) and the women's downhill run on December 9th.
• The men's slalom in Naeba due to a snowstorm from March 14th to 15th, which means that there were two races there that day because the women also played the giant slalom.

Men's:

• The special feature of the Lauberhorn races is that the descent practically had to be relocated to the other side of the mountain - to the Oberjoch in Grindelwald; the slalom took place on the "Kleine Scheidegg".

Women:

• A giant slalom for women in Maribor was planned for January 3rd, but this was canceled due to lack of snow. This race was rescheduled on January 21st in Les Contamines .
• The descent around the “White Ribbon of St. Moritz” planned for February 9th, starting at 12 noon, had to be postponed to February 10th due to fog, which then resulted in a “car hunt” for the giant slalom taking place in Abetone on February 11th.

Premier victories

Men's:

• With his giant slalom victory in Val-d'Isère on December 8, 1972, with start number 45, Piero Gros became the youngest World Cup race winner at the age of 18, one month and nine days. As of the end of the 2018/19 season, he still is - this also in the slalom, which he won a few days later with starting number 42 in Madonna di Campiglio . (Gros had already finished second in Val-d'Isère after the first run and due to the "Bibbo rule" it was his turn to start number 13 in the second run.)
• Christian Neureuther at the Lauberhorn Slalom on January 14th.
• Werner Grissmann (with a high start number 37) on the downhill from St. Moritz .
• Max Rieger with the first victory of a DSV runner in a giant slalom on 2/3. March in Mont Sainte-Anne . (It was only Felix Neureuther on January 14, 2014 in Adelboden who was the next DSV runner to win the World Cup in this discipline, although Markus Wasmeier , on the other hand , had World Championship gold in 1985 and Olympic gold in 1994.) - Rieger came in 9th with No. 24 ( after the 1st run with 1: 32.37 by 1.08 seconds behind the leader Franz Klammer) to victory. Bernhard Russi achieved start no. 32 ranked 12th. Thöni with rank 36 and twin with 23 suffered a setback in the fight for the World Cup balls.
• Hansi Hinterseer on March 8th at the giant slalom in Anchorage .
• Bob Cochran at the giant slalom at the end of the season on March 24th in Heavenly Valley . It was a real surprise victory, as Cochran came from the third starting group; after the first run he was in 6th place (with 1.44.39 compared to race winner Thöni with 1: 42.93), in the second run he drove 1: 23.88 (Thöni 1: 26.33).

Women:

• While it was Pamela Behr just a day after Piero Gros in slalom in Val d'Isere - - with their only victory ever at the time youngest women's champion (16 years, 2 months, 18 days), but her compatriot became Christa Zechmeister a year later (also in the Val d'Isère slalom, December 7, 1973) to the youngest ever winner (16 years, 3 days) so far (end of the 2018/19 season).
• Another new winner was Patricia Emonet , who achieved four victories: the first in the giant slalom on January 2nd in Maribor; then three in slalom, which is why she won the relevant discipline in the World Cup.
• Monika Kaserer's first race win on January 17th in Grindelwald came unexpectedly because it took place in the slalom that she had thought to be lost.

Changes in the FIS regulations

At the meetings in St. Moritz at the end of September 1972 , the qualifying slaloms at World Championships and Olympic Games were abolished. As far as the World Cup is concerned, it was decided to also carry out the slalom with the so-called "Bibbo rule" that has been in effect for the giant slalom since the preseason, but only for "testing" in the European Cup and other international competitions. For the time being, however, the regulation remained in place, according to which in the second run the 15 seeded runners of Group 1 were sent first in reverse order, then the other runners were sent into the race according to the times achieved in the first run. Ultimately, the home advantage of the increased contingent of participants was abolished for the European ski nations (only in the USA, Canada and Japan were the organizers allowed to top up the number of starters when there was little European participation). The maximum qualification limit was 30 FIS points for men and 50 for women. A maximum of ten men and women who had this limit should be delegated, but each country could nominate two, even if they did not meet the requirements. The secondary European Cup even ran until April 6th (final in Pra Loup); the men began on 2/3. December in Courchevel, the women first a week later in Obertauern.

A so-called “Open Cup”, which had been planned by the FIS Board for the winter of 1971/72, was also considered, which, according to the now amended guidelines, would be a parallel slalom with three runners (two amateurs, one professional - the professional should compete against the professional of the competing team ), whereby these competitions take place after a World Cup race in the same place (quarter-finals in Val-d'Isère or St. Anton am Arlberg , semi-finals in St. Moritz or Val Gardena , possibly Madonna di Campiglio , final with the personal and financial approval of the US Organizers in Heavenly Valley , otherwise Madonna di Campiglio), should be organized. (However, the project ultimately remained in the planning stage.)

New lineups at various ski associations

• On June 17, 1972, Heini Messner , who had just retired from racing, was appointed the new coach of the women's team by the ÖSV racing commission in Kitzbühel , while his predecessor Karl Kahr took over the men's B squad. Overall, the association, especially in the men's area, faced the new racing winter with an excessive amount of uncertainty, as the previous winning runners (Schranz, Messner) had stopped, so Karl Cordin and Josef Loidl were considered to be the bearers of hope in the downhill. Several runners were unavailable due to injuries during the preparations for the women. Another measure was taken in the form of stricter measures against runners who violate discipline; not only were reprimands, warnings, temporary or unlimited exclusions from training and competitions possible, but also fines of up to 10,000 schillings (1,500 DM). It was questionable, however, to what extent the racers, who were considered amateurs, could be sentenced to fines.
• In mid-July, the technicians had flown to Australia, the downhill riders left for Chile on August 16. Both the women's A and B squads went to Cervinia on the morning of August 1st for intensive slalom and giant slalom training that lasted until August 13th.

Although the association asserted that “everyone would pull together”, an advertising war developed behind the scenes in the “Austria Racing Team” (“ART”), and it was after the downhill summer training in Portillo and those of the technicians in Australia (cost 10 million shillings) it can be seen from "open letters" from the ski manufacturers Kneissl and Fischer that the company's interests dominated. At an invitation from the Salzburg press club in the Hotel “Europa” in Salzburg on November 20, Toni Sailer, the technical director of the ÖSV , admitted that Chile was controversial and not necessary because the conditions at home would have been abnormally good. Association President Schlick stated that two previously controversial points were now clearly defined, namely the selection of the teams by the sports supervisor in agreement with the technical director and the waxing of the skis by the coach.

• In the SSV men's team, Edmund Bruggmann and Werner Mattle started the season convalescently after having survived meniscus operations. However, Manfred Jakober was missing, who sustained a ligament injury during training.
• At the general meeting of the German Ski Association held in Bruchsal , the top management was expanded by a third vice-president, alpine sports warden Heinz Krecek was entrusted with the management of the economic department, while Oskar Fischer ( Oberstdorf ) took over its previous position. The coaching staff remained unchanged with Harald Schönhaar (men) and Klaus Mayr (women) as well as Kuno Meßmann (technical director).
• In view of the unsuccessful successes at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo , the French federation installed a new team of coaches for men in Alpe d'Huez with Georges Jaubert, born in Grenoble in 1923, and Jean Vuarnet , with Jaubert speaking from the practices of the previous supervisors Jean Beranger and Rene Sulpice deviated and spoke out in favor of a more scientific method (among other things, fewer training days should make the team more enjoyable skiing).
• The new director of the women's team was Gaston Perret , who had previously not been very successful as a men's coach and who, due to a major restructuring (career end of several captain girls ( Florence Steurer , Annie Famose , Jocelyn Périllat ), recently a little unexpectedly Françoise Macchi ; the younger generation with Fabienne Serrat was too inexperienced, Jacqueline Rouvier seemed for a leading role "too delicate", a question mark standing over Isabelle Mir ) and also by thoughts of revenge on the part of Ingrid Lafforgues facing major problems was.
• The Italian federation FISI had to accept the departure of the alpine director who had returned to France (and obviously not very popular with racers) Jean Vuarnet; Mario Cotelli followed suit. A ban imposed on downhill skiers Stefano Anzi and Giuliano Besson until December 31 was lifted. You had criticized the work of the new team boss Mario Cotelli. (Please refer to the source for Manfred Jakober;> “Jakober not yet fit either”. In “Salzburger Nachrichten” No. 276 of November 29, 1972, page 11; POS .: columns 2 and 3, below) The criticism was that there was no new beginning was initiated in the women's department, in which - after the resignations of Clotilde Fasolis and Maria Roberta Schranz - only Elena Matous was left, but she was described as just acceptable for international skiing . However, before the start of the season, Matous switched to the San Marino Association together with another promising racer, namely Roberta Quaglia . As a previous member of the FISI, this miniature state became the 50th member of the FIS.
• Nine runners, including the Thöni cousins, Herbert Plank and Marcello Varallo - after a final fitness training session in Madonna di Campiglio - went to a training session in Chile on August 1 that lasted until August 23.

Other events

• The ÖSV runners suddenly had problems with their ski boots, because the US company Lange , whose products were mainly in use, had withdrawn from the Austrian ski pool. This was justified with rationalization measures, but in the initiated circles one spoke of a targeted action directed against the ÖSV , because Lange continued to belong to the pool at the SSV , DSV and the FISI .
• Before the start of the season, Karl Schranz was awarded a ring of honor by his ski company on November 30th
• In Val-d'Isère, the "Golden Ski 1971/72" was presented to Bernhard Russi .
• Defending champion Annemarie Pröll ushered in an unprecedented series with her victory in the first race of the season by winning all eight season runs (and three more in the following season) - and with a total of three victories in the giant slalom eleven times.
• Both the Canadian Laurie Kreiner and the Austrian runner Sigrid Eberle were allowed to repeat their runs on this descent due to disabilities, but still did not get any World Cup points with ranks 13 and 14. In addition, the French Jacqueline Rouvier on rank 2 and Isabelle Mir on rank 7 prevented a seven-fold victory for the ÖSV women
• It was not a debut victory , but his first and only downhill victory and also with start number 45: Reinhard Tritscher won the descent from Val-d'Isère on December 10, 1972, with David Zwilling with a high start number 39 already having the »victory party «By Marcello Varallo (start no. 02) ahead of Roland Collombin (no. 13) and Karl Cordin (no. 12) when he took the lead with a lead of 0.63 seconds. Tritscher was then again 14 hundredths of a second faster than his teammate. Varallo had won on February 9, 1971 in the downhill at the Olympic dress rehearsal in Sapporo, but this was not comparable to a victory in the World Cup.
• At the women's slalom in Maribor (January 2nd), the later winner Patricia Emonet was allowed to repeat the second run laid out by Heini Messner because she was hindered by a spectator. The race was marked by an enormous number of failures, including Annemarie Pröll and Monika Kaserer (from Switzerland only Rita Schnider came in ninth, from Austria Helene Graswander in tenth; in contrast, the German team shone with three runners in the top field). After the first run, only 23 were classified and ultimately only 14 were classified.
• In the Lauberhorn Slalom, none of the ÖSV men made it into the points (David Zwilling was the best in 11th place) - and for Germany even a double victory would have been possible, because after the first run, Max Rieger had a superior lead, but slowed down the second run . But winner Christian Neureuther also had to fight hard for success because he was hindered by a goal judge in the first run, which is why he was allowed to repeat - and after the second run there was talk of a goal error, but a protest was made the Garmisch-Partenkirchener included in the rating again (source please see below)
• The women's descent in Grindelwald on January 16 was a “new snow race”, with fog obstructing the view and the time differences not being normal - “normal” was only another victory for Annemarie Pröll, only the runner-up Wiltrud Drexel was 0 , 58 sec. Difference, already the third, Brigitte Totschnig tore open 5.33 sec. - the tenth, Riittal Olikka from Finland, was 10.24 sec. Back. Downhill ace Isabelle Mir was shocked - the French woman who (like some other runners had probably also applied the wrong wax) came in 47th and penultimate place with 24.34 seconds behind. The start numbers may have had a small influence: While the winner wore the number 14, the runners-up had entered the race with 8, 9, 4 and 5. Measured against the times (Pröll: 2: 27.92), it was one of the longest descents in recent years.
• The races from France suffered again from the lack of interest from ORTF ; the television showed the men's giant slalom in Megève, but the name and time overlays were sometimes missing - and there were no lines for foreign commentators. Both the men's slalom in Megève and the women's giant slalom in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains and Les Contamines were not shown, and telephone lines were not even set up for direct radio broadcasts. The ORF was only able to report with a time delay as part of the “Ö3 magazine”.
• The women's giant slalom in St. Gervais was exceptionally run in two runs; The reason was the short run (winner Pröll drove 1: 13.61 and 1: 13.69).
• The Kandahar races were held at two different locations: the women had their turn in the second race period in Chamonix (January 25), while the men did not do so until a week later (and thus in the third period) in St. Anton (February 3).

This Kandahar downhill run in St. Anton on February 3rd showed several anomalies: At the request of the Swiss FIS delegate Fuchs, the finish had been moved 25 m upwards (route length therefore 3,875 m), which means a larger run-out Should safety be guaranteed, then she was at risk because of the fog. The Italian team wanted to prevent the start because the mandatory "non-stop procedure" threatened to fail (and actually failed) and tactical strategies seemed to be behind it, because it was about the overall World Cup lead Gustav Thöni against Roland Collombin (the Swiss failed, however Fall out); the planned start time at 12.30 p.m. has been postponed to 1 p.m. It was also the first podium finish for Franz Klammer, who with start no. 22 and 0.09 seconds behind on rank 2 drove. The departure attracted a lot of media interest, because 350 reporters, photo reporters and commentators had gathered in the press office, the ORF provided 102 technicians and provided a color television train and helicopter. For the departure alone, 30,000 sheets of paper were used for results, start lists and other items, and the journalists “chattered” around 36,000 units during the telephone calls. The total financial expenditure for the organizer was 1.6 million schillings. With regard to the fall of Roland Collombin, suspicions of sabotage during his binding were even raised, but investigations have shown that the function of the automatic heel was flawless in the fall. The reconstructions suggested that the runner had drifted off the piste and got into potholes in the unprepared part.

• At the Moritz downhill run for women (February 10th), the first three starting numbers (Christine Rolland, Rosi Mittermaier - as non-stop second she was fortieth, Kathy Kreiner) were at a disadvantage because the slope was still filled with fresh snow (the race was compared to the Training 10 seconds slower), and the ÖSV women generally had fast skis. The improving visibility made the race exciting again from No. 41 (Sigrid Eberle came in 6th) - Giordani (42), Schnider (43) and Paola Hofer (46) also benefited in 5th, 8th and 9th. The situation before the race was strange because the Austrians were missing. They were still in the hotel 30 minutes before the start because they believed it would be canceled again. With 200 radiotelephones in use, a special police escort and the stopping of the Suvretta ski lift, it was possible to meet the start time with just a ten-minute delay; only the first ÖSV runner, No. 4 Brigitte Totschnig, went into the race a little unprepared.
• Werner Grissmann's maiden victory in St. Moritz, mentioned elsewhere, featured an Austrian four-fold victory with another Walcher (start no.35), Klammer (no.25) and Zwilling (no.28) - and only Franco Bieler ( No. 38) on rank 5 prevented a 7-fold success. The high starting numbers had drawn luck. The Italian Marcello Varallo (N ° 06), initially considered the winner, was ultimately washed back to 15th place (it would have been his first and, in retrospect, his only World Cup victory). Even the Finn Pertti Ruuskanen (N ° 63) came 14th. René Berthod , who started with N ° 01, had no chance and was ranked 58th out of 61 runners (had a time of 2: 24.94; compared to Grissmann: 2: 06.06). At first it seemed that with N ° 17 Reinhard Tritscher, who had already been the surprise winner on December 10, 1972 in Val-d'Isère, he could win the race; then Franz Klammer took over the leadership and afterwards Sepp Walcher; Werner Grissmann definitely went one step further, was 1.62 seconds faster than Walcher.
  And Varallo was unlucky again in the current racing winter: Again he seemed to be close to victory - the winner Grissmann was ultimately an unbelievable 5.40 seconds faster than the Italian.
• Overall, blatant slalom weakness at the ÖSV : the men did not make it onto the podium (since March 17, 1969 they had no win at all), the women at least one victory (also the first Kaserer victory in Grindelwald mentioned above) and a third place. In contrast, the women's team left the competition (that was France in each case) only three of 24 possibilities in the descent
• The 2.96 seconds with which Annemarie Pröll won the downhill run over her teammate Wiltrud Drexel on January 25th in Chamonix is ​​the biggest advantage with which a women's downhill has been won in the World Cup to date (end of the 2018/19 season).

The amateur paragraph

The topic of “amateur paragraphs” could not be avoided:
FIS President Marc Hodler expressed the idea of ​​a dichotomy between such racers (at that time it was probably only the masters of creation) who take money and those who don't - with only the latter category being eligible to start in the Olympic Games. The new IOC President Lord Killanin , who had previously spoken about the negative referendum for the 1976 Winter Olympics in Denver that “the days of the Winter Games are numbered”, but now in an interview with the Soviet sports newspaper “Sovetski Sport” for the Was still in existence, spoke out in favor of a new version of the relevant "Paragraph 26".

Injuries

Men's:

• Patrick Russel reported that he had to undergo another operation, otherwise his career was in jeopardy; During the training sessions in Val-d'Isère, he had felt severe pain in his broken leg in Berchtesgaden.
• Erwin Stricker collapsed after the first run of the giant slalom in Val-d'Isère (circulatory collapse) and was taken to hospital in the evening. This dates back to 1969 when he sustained a serious injury while training on the Stelvio when a broken slalom pole pierced his lungs.
• During downhill training on January 4th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Josef Loidl overlooked a bump in the fog, fell and broke his left spoke.
• A premature end of the season for Karl Cordin , who had been injured on the Kitzbühel downhill run (fall on the Hausbergkante), had already been reported. Injections administered by Murr are prevented.
• The fall of Roland Collombin on the descent in St. Anton (in the upper part of the route he had lost his bond) is dealt with in detail in the article below about the World Cup decisions and under "Other events".

Women:

• During downhill training in Schruns on January 30th, there were numerous falls, of which Hanni Wenzel was hit hardest. The Liechtenstein woman fell shortly after the “Hubertus junction” (about 1 km after the start) and hit the adjacent picket fence. She suffered strains in both calf muscles and was unable to start the race. The races were initially planned for Tschagguns, but the lack of snow and the guarantee of TV broadcasts by Eurovision meant that the race was relocated to the Kapall downhill run between Sennigrat and the Kropfen.

World Cup decisions

Men:
After the second period, Roland Collombin was in the lead with 131 points from the downhill runs, ahead of Gustav Thöni and David Zwilling (ex aequo 104 points), Bernhard Russi (81), Piero Gros (69), Henri Duvillard (67) and Christian Neureuther (65), but in view of the following program, in which there were only two downhill runs, but with four giant slalom and four slalom each on the program, defending champion Gustav Thöni was clearly the favorite. Since the South Tyrolean did not go as he wanted, Collombin could actually have won the overall World Cup (with a second and third place in the runs in St. Anton and St. Moritz he could have achieved the same number of final points as Thöni), but the French-speaking Swiss was very unlucky: the fall in St. Anton resulted in an injury, due to which he could not start the week later in the home race in St. Moritz and he announced the end of the season early. So the decision-making was reduced to a duel between Thöni and David Zwilling.

After the giant slalom in Anchorage, where the Salzburg resident, twelfth after the first run, was able to advance to 9th place and get two points (Gustav Thöni fell from 10th place to 11th and remained without points), there was an intermediate result of 154 139 in favor of the South Tyrolean. and because Zwilling came in 7th in the giant slalom in Naeba (Thöni had been disqualified in the first round because of a peat error), the gap was reduced to 7 points.

The men's slalom on March 14th had to be postponed due to a snowstorm, so there was both this and women's giant slalom on March 15th. The decision was postponed because both Thöni and Zwilling were eliminated. After the slalom in Naeba, Zwilling even came up to four points on the South Tyrolean with 6th place, but in the giant slalom Thöni got the full number of points with his fourth place, which made him almost impossible to catch (it didn't matter that Zwillings 8th place was a discarded result , because he would have needed at least rank 2) - but already after the first run Thöni had a lead of 1.36 seconds over Zwilling (intermediate rank 4), so that a controlled second run was enough for him. Zwilling could only catch up 0.08 seconds, but fell back - u. a. because Cochran, who was in 6th place, still drove to victory with a clear fastest time; Zwilling would have needed this "exploit" to oust Thöni, but - as the "Kurier Wien" wrote in its March 25, 1973 issue under the heading "World Cup for the third time to Gustav Thöni" - "he had a nervous battle already too worn down to win the World Cup ”.

Zwilling was most likely to have missed the points he was missing on the “Kitzbühel weekend” when he fell both in the downhill and in the slalom; however, in the nine races of the second period he only scored five times out of seven possibilities, u. between 22 points (8/8/6/0) in the downhill, 11 in the giant slalom (0/11) and also 11 in the slalom (0/11/0). - On the other hand, Thöni only scored points in giant slalom and slalom, where he won 40 points in giant slalom (25/15) and 40 points in slalom (0/20/20) in the second period, which earned him a plus of 36 points had - in practice it was certainly the well-endowed top positions that tipped the balance in favor of the overall winner.

Downhill:
Roland Collombin had already won the second place in Grindelwald with 106 points, because team-mate Bernhard Russi only had 57 points - and after the Hahnenkamm downhill (victory Collombin ahead of Russi) all theoretical possibilities were gone - 120 points Collombin, 77 Russi, who with two wins (St. Anton, St. Moritz) could only have got 29 points because of the cancellation points.

Giant slalom:
After two racing periods (half of the workload) everything was still open: Hansi Hinterseer led with 46 points ahead of Henri Duvillard and Gustav Thöni (44 each), Helmut Schmalzl (41), David Zwilling (36), Erik Håker (35 ), Piero Gros (33) and Adolf Rösti (20), but anyone with zero points so far could have won this discipline World Cup. Hinterseer then showed his dominance overseas with one victory and two second places, while the immediate pursuers were unable to increase or not significantly: Thöni (4th place in the final race) as well as Duvillard (9th place in Naeba) and Schmalzl (6th place in Naeba; his brother Eberhard had finished seventh in Anchorage ...) otherwise remained without points. The other series of twins (retirement in Mont Sainte-Anne and then only ranks 9, 5 and 8) and Gros (ranks 5, 8 and 4 and retirement in Heavenly Valley) were mated. Håker was able to win in Naeba, but rank 4 before in Anchorage brought him to rank 2 in the final bill. Due to his relatively good series with ranks 4, 2 and 3, Rösti came in third place - it could at least have been rank 2, but he couldn't take advantage of Håker's failure in Heavenly Valley because he didn't get into the points himself either.

Slalom:
As in the giant slalom, at the end of the second period half was completed - and Christian Neureuther was ahead of Gustav Thöni (60), Walter Tresch (65), Piero Gros (36) and Jean with all his 65 points -Noël Augert (25), who scored points with his Kitzbühel victory for the first time (after his injury break). Here, too, there was theoretically a chance for all competitors to win the “little ball”. However, an exciting head-to-head race developed between Neureuther and Thöni, whereby the German could not quite take advantage of the chance in the finish: Neureuther probably took second place in Anchorage and got 103 points (the gap to the fallen Thöni was 7 points), but in Naeba (again failure of Thöni) he had practically no chance in second place against the accurate Augert, who had regained his strength after the settled French disputes, who distanced him by 1.90 seconds - in Heavenly Valley Augert won again, but Garmischer himself should have won.

Women:

Overall:
Annemarie Pröll was ahead with exactly 200 points after the second period - in the third period 150 points could be gained from eleven races, so Irmgard Lukasser , who is currently 8th, had a theoretical chance with 55 points, while Pamela Behr (45) was already out of the race in 9th place. The “most promising” pursuer was Monika Kaserer (133); there was then again a stage with Jacqueline Rouvier (86), Rosi Mittermaier (75) and Hanni Wenzel (65). The obviously not entirely smooth duel between Pröll and Kaserer naturally also provided material for the media. Even though Annemarie Pröll was eliminated from the giant slalom in Anchorage (where theoretically 6th place would have been enough for her), she was decided ahead of time as the World Cup winner; at this point she had 278 points and her team mate Monika Kaserer (second in this race) 182

Departure:
Annemarie Pröll had already made the decision to Grindelwald - the three other victories made her dominance clear

Giant slalom:
Monika Kaserer achieved “only” two wins (compared to Pröll with three), she was also the only one to get into the points in all eight races. However, Pröll had only received a “zero” (Anchorage), but in total it was Kaserer's many “big points” (one of the other four second places was already excluded) that made Kaserer the superior winner. Hanni Wenzel and Patricia Emonet were also quite consistent, but they were just as unable to intervene in the Austrian duel as Traudl Treichl, who was briefly in focus with her two second places in Les Contamines and Abetone. However, the final women's giant slalom on March 23rd in Heavenly Valley was badly organized because the organizers did not consider it necessary to give the runners priority lift, so that they had to queue up like the other tourists before the ascent to the start. In addition, the system suddenly failed. Several runners, including Annemarie Pröll, were affected. There was a break in the race, it was reported about Pröll that her masseur Köstler took her down from the lift with a ladder, but he was no longer able to "warm her up" properly (by waiting at lofty heights) that she only reached rank 7. The matter had a great sporting impact. Pröll with 93 points was able to get 22 points, Kaserer remained without points in second place, she could only have gained 5 points if she had won. So Pröll could actually have won the “little ball” - theoretically ex aequo with Kaserer.

Slalom:
After the victory in Schruns, Rosi Mittermaier was 80 points ahead of Patricia Emonet, who came second there (61 points), but she could not score after that. She was injured while bathing in Honolulu and had to fly home. With her victory in Mont Sainte-Anne, the Frenchwoman already passed the Chiemgauerin. Monika Kaserer and Pamela Behr, who had ranks 2 and 3 after the second period with 48 and 45 points, put a weak third racing period in the snow, with the Salzburg woman thanks to ranks 5 (Naeba) and 4 (Heavenly Valley) won at least one medal in the discipline evaluation. With her failure in Heavenly, Annemarie Pröll missed starting group 1 for the coming season.

Resignations

• Eberhard Schmalzl
• Isabelle Mir
• Bernadette Rauter

Race outside the World Cup

General:

• From March 23 to 25, 1973, the Alpine Ski Championships of the German Ski Association in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the Austrian Ski Association in Lienz and the Swiss Ski Association in Crans-Montana were scheduled.

With regard to the ÖSV championships , which began on February 21, the giant slaloms for women and men on the Hochstein were the first competitions; that of the men, however, was driven in 2 races, the 2nd run only took place on February 22nd. The women’s title went to Pröll before Gfölner and Drexel. In the men’s category, Hansi Hinterseer caught Tritscher, who was the leader at half time (third place to Bleiner); on February 22nd, Kaserer became slalom champion ahead of Gfölner and Ranner (Pröll retired after peat errors in the first run). The slalom on February 23rd brought a triple victory for Tyrol with Matt in front of Hauser and Hinterseer. In the men's downhill, defending champion Walcher won ahead of Grissmann and Peter Feyrsinger, the women's downhill race was canceled for safety reasons.

At the start of the Italian championships in Ponte di Legno there was a surprise in the men's downhill on February 22nd, because Roland Thöni won ahead of favorite Marcello Varallo, 3rd place to Herbert Plank. In the women's category, too, there was an unexpected result with the title of the young rider Maddalena Silvestri (ahead of Giordani and Clotilde Fasolis). Gustav Thöni was slalom Ilario Pegorari combination winner and Giordani was giant slalom and combination winner.

Men's:

• On August 4th, a giant slalom for men was already held on Mount Buller (Victoria, Australia), in which Sepp Heckelmiller (he was only sixth after the first run in which Helmuth Schmalzl had led ahead of Hans Hinterseer ) and Max Rieger gave a German one-two; Hinterseer fell back to 7th place.
• A giant slalom on November 25th on the Kitzsteinhorn with an Austrian double victory by Werner Bleiner ahead of Harald Rofner and the Norwegian Erik Håker could only be described as a typical preparatory race .
• In Neustift im Stubaital , Hans Hinterseer was able to win both the giant slalom ahead of David Zwilling and Reinhard Tritscher and the slalom (December 1st / 2nd) for the "ice ax" (although the Italian runners suspected a "shift" to the slalom, it was still missing here Gustav Thöni , who trained downhill). In Courchevel on December 2nd there was a giant slalom (part of the European Cup) with victory for Jean-Noël Augert and in Montgenèvre a men's downhill with a triple Italian victory (with the surprise winner Enzi with No. 52).
• The Lauberhorn combination was won by Henri Duvillard ahead of Reinhard Tritscher and David Zwilling.
• The Hahnenkamm combination went to Bob Cochran ahead of Reinhard Tritscher and Roland Thöni
• The Kandahar combination was won by Gustav Thöni ahead of Henri Duvillard and David Zwilling.

Women:

• Jacqueline Rouvier , who had been injured since January, was back in the races and won the combination of the "first snow criterion" (not yet part of the World Cup).
• The victory in the two-man combination of the gold key races in Schruns went relatively clearly to Wiltrud Drexel (thanks to 2nd place in the downhill and 7th in the slalom) ahead of Bernadette Zurbriggen and Irmgard Lukasser.

The postponed "French Revolution"

The French downhill championships in La Foux d'Allos were overshadowed by an exclusionary wave. For the time being, it was only reported that the championship took place in strong winds, with Henri Duvillard being 26 seconds behind the winner, Bernard Grosfilley. As far as the crisis was concerned, it had already started the previous season when the men's team had no medals. 17 runners, including Jean-Noël Augert, were excluded from the association's board of directors. This was equivalent to the dissolution of the men's national team. This decision was taken on the evening of February 23rd. The main reasons were the poor relationship between the runners and the association (after Bonnet's departure there was no leader who could compensate for all the problems), different remuneration and the runners' dissatisfaction with the FIS point regulations. An attempt by the disciplinary committee to settle the dispute failed on February 26th, the association in Albertville under its president Maurice Martel, who came specially from Sweden, spoke against nine runners (in addition to Augert, Orcel, Roger Rossat-Mignod, Michel and Gerard Bonnevie, Bernard Chavin, Henri Brechu, Bernard Grosfilley and Henri Duvillard) were banned, five each were warned or reprimanded. Vice-President Jean Vuarnet said the association sanctioned those who call themselves the elders because they took an absolute stance and rejected any compromise. On the evening of February 27, three men (Roche, Sanson, Perrot) and eight women flew from Geneva to the overseas races.

Ultimately, there was a 15-day ban on March 5th, which expired on March 9th, after which they were allowed to start again for the races in Naeba. However, the crisis was not over, there were still reports of differences - and ultimately, at the start of the 1974 season, there was a big break.

Web links

World Cup men

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

World Cup women

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

Individual evidence

1. ↑ below: “IOC doping list applies to racers” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 13, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ top right: “New FIS ranking: Pröll twice ahead” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 15, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ↑ "Most of the ground made up on the descent". In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 39 of February 16, 1973, page 9; POS .: columns 1 to 3, below
4. ↑ “The big leap forward. World class on the descent ” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 16, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
5. ↑ "The great guesswork is now over". In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 283 of 7./8. December 1972, page 9
6. ↑ Middle: “World Cup opener with all aces” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 26, 1972, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
7. ↑ «Sailer: happiness is part of it» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 6, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
8. ↑ Columns 2 and 3, middle: "Snow storm prevented races" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 15, 1973, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
9. ↑ "Swiss double victory in the downhill duel with Austria, but the World Cup challenge from the broad ÖSV peak is sure to come". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 11 from January 15, 1973, page 10
10. ^ «Pröll:" No Suicide "»; Middle right . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 4, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
11. ↑ "Fear drove Annemarie to victory"; last paragraph, from line 3 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 21, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
12. ↑ "Maloja snake prevented women's downhill skiing". In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 34 of February 10, 1973, page 38
13. ^ "Neither race nor training" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 10, 1973, p. 20 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
14. ↑ "First the car hunt to Abetone, then the hunt through the flag forest". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 35 of February 12, 1973, page 14
15. ↑ «sports interview» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 10, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
16. ↑ see photo below left . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 19, 1972, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
17. ↑ "New names in the giant slalom elite". In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 284 of 9./10. December 1972, page 11; POS .: columns 1 to 3, below
18. ↑ “World Cup races in Canada: Klammer, Hinterseer already set for victory, then Rieger struck. Girls heavy defeat ”. In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 53 of March 5, 1973, page 10
19. ↑ "World Cup for the third time to Gustav Thöni" in "Kurier Wien" from March 25, 1973
20. ↑ ^{a b} "That was the day of the Germans" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 10, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
21. ↑ «It's over, I believed» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 18, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
22. ↑ "The Alpine World Cup comprises three periods". In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 279 of 2/3 December 1972, special supplement “Wintersport”, page 17
23. ^ "Qualification slalom abolished" and "FIS is still tinkering with the 'Open Cup'" in "ski - Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Wintersport" (Verlag Wilhelm Röck, Weinsberg), Volume 25, Issue No. 3–4 / 1972 (special issue) pages 94 and 95
24. ↑ Heini Messner is a ladies trainer . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 18, 1972, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
25. ^ "Optimists warn of optimism" in "ski - Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Wintersport" (Verlag Wilhelm Röck, Weinsberg), Volume 25, Issue No. 5 from December 1, 1972, page 44
26. ^ "Fines for racers?" In "ski - Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Wintersport" (Wilhelm Röck Verlag, Weinsberg), Volume 25, Issue No. 3–4 / 1972 (special issue), page 97
27. ↑ "ÖSV-Damen nach Cervinia" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 177 of August 2, 1972, page 9, POS .: box on the right
28. ↑ "Who makes the better downhill skis?" In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 267 of 18./19. November 1972, page 11
29. ↑ "Sailer: 'Chile could have been saved'". In: "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 270 of November 22, 1972, page 9
30. ↑ Column 3: “Sport in Brief”, last article . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 29, 1972, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
31. ↑ "Jakober not yet fit either". In “Salzburger Nachrichten” No. 276 of November 29, 1972, page 11; POS .: columns 2 and 3, below
32. ^ " Top management of the DSV expanded" in "ski - Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Wintersport" (Verlag Wilhelm Röck, Weinsberg), Volume 25, Issue No. 1, September 1972, page 7
33. ^ "With small teams on the hunt for points" in "ski - Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Wintersport" (Verlag Wilhelm Röck, Weinsberg), Volume 25, Issue No. 3–4 / 1972 (special issue), page 8
34. ^ "Jaubert / Vuarnet are rebuilding" in "ski - Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Wintersport" (Verlag Wilhelm Röck, Weinsberg), Volume 25, Issue No. 1, September 1972, page 33
35. ↑ “Who replaces Françoise Macchi?” In “ski - Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Wintersport” (Verlag Wilhelm Röck, Weinsberg), Volume 25, Issue No. 5 from December 1, 1972, pages 47 and 48
36. ^ "How does it go on without Vuarnet" in "ski - Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Wintersport" (Verlag Wilhelm Röck, Weinsberg), Volume 25, Issue No. 2, October 1972, Pages 46 and 47
37. ^ "The Exodus to San Marino" in "ski - Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Wintersport" (Verlag Wilhelm Röck, Weinsberg), Volume 25, Issue No. 3–4 / 1972 (special issue), pages 96 and 97
38. ^ "Thöni and Co. to Chile" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 176 of August 1, 1972, page 9; POS .: Column 4, middle
39. ↑ “Austria's Alpine Pinch the Shoe” in Salzburger Nachrichten of August 5, 1972, page 11; POS. Columns 4 and 5
40. ^ "Farewell with diamonds" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 1, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
41. ↑ "Ski splinters". In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 284 of 9./10. December 1972, page 11; POS .: column 5, middle
42. ↑ «Annemarie Pröll struck again» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 8, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
43. ↑ «Happiness is part of it» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 12, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
44. ↑ Gloss: “On the grain” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 16, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
45. ↑ "'Coupe Henri Oreiller' to Reinhard Tritscher". In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 284 of December 11, 1972, page 9
46. ↑ «Happy whoever drove a snowplow» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 3, 1973, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
47. ↑ ^{a b} «Slalom weakness - Austria without a point» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 16, 1973, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
48. ↑ «Annemarie: It was too slow» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 17, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
49. ↑ column 5; Glossary "taken seriously" and columns 1 and 2, middle: "Pröll, Kaserer in good form" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 20, 1973, p. 20 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
50. ^ Column 2, middle: "Megève on the radio" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 21, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
51. ↑ «Fear drove Annemarie to victory» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 21, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
52. ↑ "Kapall descent shortened". In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 27 of February 2, 1973, page 9; POS .: Column 1, second heading
53. ↑ "Herrenabfahrt endangered - fog prevents non-stop" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 3, 1973, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
54. ↑ "Italians didn't want to start" and "Bracket blew Swiss duo" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 4, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
55. ^ "Review of the AK World Cup races in St. Anton: Records everywhere". In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 29 of February 5, 1973, page 5
56. ↑ “But no sabotage”. In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 34 of February 10, 1973, page 38; POS .: first box in column 1
57. ^ Glossary “in st. Moritz noted ”, first contribution, and“ Pröll also broke Killy's last World Cup record ”. In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 35 of February 12, 1973, page 7
58. ↑ "Our girls are huge" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 11, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
59. ↑ Box below, gloss: «taken seriously» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna October 20, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
60. ↑ below, columns 2 and 3: «Killanin:“ I'm for the winter games ”» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 24, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
61. ^ "New names in the giant slalom elite" with the subtitle "Russel must be operated". In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 284 of 9./10. December 1972, page 11; POS .: columns 1 to 3, below
62. ↑ "'Coupe Henri Oreiller' to Reinhard Tritscher" with subtitle "'Aus' für Erwin Stricker". In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 285 of December 11, 1972, page 9
63. ↑ "Loidl injured again" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 5, 1973, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
64. ↑ Columns 2 to 5, middle: “Team doctor forbids Cordin's start” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 27, 1973, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
65. ↑ Column 4, middle: “Continue without Cordin” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 30, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
66. ↑ Columns 3 and 4, a little deeper: “Cordin is on the downhill team” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 31, 1973, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
67. ↑ “With Cordin in St. Anton”. In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 25 of January 31, 1973, page 10; POS .: box in column 3
68. ^ "World Cup descent in Schruns without H. Wenzel". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 25 of January 31, 1973, page 10
69. ↑ "Montafon expects a World Cup preliminary decision" with the subtitle "Television 'dictated' slopes". In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 25 of January 31, 1973, page 9
70. ^ "Brackets blew Swiss duo" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 4, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
71. ↑ Column 5, middle: "Collombin gives up" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 9, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
72. ↑ Column 1, middle: table of results from the 1st round of the giant slalom . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 9, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
73. ↑ «Hansi:“ I risked everything ”» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 10, 1973, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
74. ↑ «Haker beat the world's elite. Zwilling continued to catch up » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 13, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
75. ↑ Columns 2 and 3, middle: "Snow storm prevented races" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 15, 1973, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
76. ↑ Columns 2 and 3, middle: “Zwilling saw Thöni's fall. Then he risked too much » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 16, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
77. ↑ "David Zwilling attacks - race director yelled at him" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 25, 1973, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
78. ↑ Columns 3 to 5, middle: "Downhill best discipline - weakness only in slalom" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 27, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
79. ↑ Columns 3 and 4, middle: gloss: «taken seriously» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 18, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
80. ↑ Columns 4 and 5, middle: gloss: «taken seriously» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 21, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
81. ↑ Column 5, second article: "Pröll before World Cup victory" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 7, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
82. ^ Columns 1 and 2, middle: "Eliminated, but winner" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 9, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
83. ↑ “Kaserer won the RTL World Cup” in “Kurier Wien” on March 24, 1973, page 14
84. ↑ "Pröll in slalom no longer in group one". In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 70 of 24./25. March 1973, page 11
85. ↑ Columns 3 and 4, a little below: "Emonet won the Slalom World Cup" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 24, 1973, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
86. ^ "The big dates 1972/73" in "ski - Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Wintersport" (Verlag Wilhelm Röck, Weinsberg), Volume 25, Issue No. 5 from December 1, 1972, pages 42 and 43
87. ↑ "First Tiel for Pröll". In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 44 of February 22, 1973, page 9
88. ↑ "Hans Hinterseer before Tritscher - Zwilling dropped out" and "Graswander once best time, Kaserer 1.". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 45 of February 23, 1973, page 16
89. ^ "'Tyrolean Friday' in Lienz: TSV runners dominated". In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 46 of February 23, 1973, page 38
90. ^ "Walcher again downhill champion, this time 108 km / h" and "ÖSV President Dr. Schlick: Human appointment calendar ". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 47 of February 26, 1973, page 9
91. ↑ "R. Thöni defeated Varallo ”. In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 45 of February 23, 1973, page 16; POS .: Column 3, middle
92. ↑ "Thöni Slalom Winner". In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 47 of February 26, 1973, page 9; POS .: box in column 1
93. ↑ Column 4, last article: «SKISPORT» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna August 5, 1972, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
94. ^ "German RTL double victory"; “Volkszeitung Kärnten” of August 5, 1972, page 8, columns 3 and 4, penultimate article
95. ↑ Middle: "Bleiner won the premiere" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 26, 1971, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
96. ↑ Column 1, middle: “sport in short”; 11th contribution . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 1, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
97. ↑ Column 3 below: "Hinterseer winner?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 2, 1978, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
98. ↑ "Was the gate there yet?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 3, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
99. ↑ "Hope for better times - little to get in slalom", column 3 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 30, 1983, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
100. ↑ "Gustav Thöni won dramatic slalom and AK combination". In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 29 of February 5, 1973, page 14
101. ↑ "First win of the season for Mittermaier - Drexel won combination". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 28 of February 3, 1973, page 35; POS .: last article below
102. ↑ "A turning point in French skiing". In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 47 of February 26, 1973, page 9
103. ↑ "Duvillard - 26 seconds behind ...". In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 46 of February 24, 1973, page 39; POS .: Columns 2 and 3, second heading
104. ↑ "Huge row in the French ski camp: criticism, dissatisfaction and financial problems led to the breakup of the men's team". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 47 of February 26, 1973, page 10
105. ^ "The French dispute postponed again". In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 48 of February 27, 1973, page 9; POS .: Column 4
106. ↑ "Nine French blocked - JN Augert: A terrible blow". In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 49 of February 28, 1973, page 9
107. ↑ "The first round went to the officials". In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 49 of February 28, 1973, page 9
108. ↑ "Result of the scandal: Will Augert become a professional?"; Column 5, and glossary “taken seriously” with the subtitle “Wedge in the front”, column 4 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 25, 1973, p. 20 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
109. ^ "Parties to the dispute in separate rooms"; Column 1 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 27, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
110. ↑ Columns 3 and 4, middle: "Also Beranger against lock" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 6, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
111. ^ "Franzosen-Theater" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 54 of March 6, 1973, page 10; POS .: Column 4, box above