Friday, Jan. 19, 2001


Second Downhill Added to Snowbasin

PARK CITY, Utah (Jan. 19) - U.S. Ski and Snowboard (USSA) and
International Ski Federation officials Friday reached agreement to add a
second downhill to the already-scheduled World Cup at Snowbasin in
February. USSA and Salt Lake Organizing Committee officials announced
that the second downhill would take place on Friday, Feb. 23 at
Snowbasin. The additional downhill was a replacement for the World Cup
downhill cancelled at Wengen, Switzerland on Sat., Jan. 13.

"We're excited to add a second downhill to give our athletes yet another
opportunity on what we believe will truly be one of the greatest
downhill courses on the World Cup," said USSA Vice President of
Athletics Alan Ashley, who is attending the World Freestyle Ski
Championships in Canada.

Rescheduling of cancelled races is a normal procedure on the World Cup.
The FIS will formally announce the schedule change Saturday in
Switzerland, according to Men's World Cup Director Gunther Hujara, who
was in Kitzbuehel, Austria.

USSA and SLOC officials made the announcement at the Visa U.S. Nordic
Ski Festival in Park City.

"From an organizing committee perspective, this is OK for us as we
already had planned on downhill training that day," said SLOC Alpine
Sport Director Herwig Demschar.

"For the same reasons, this won't be a problem for our athletes who will
be very excited to have another downhill opportunity on Grizzly," said
U.S. Ski Team spokesperson Tom Kelly.

The revised schedule for Snowbasin will be:

Wed. Feb. 21 - Downhill Training
Thu. Feb. 22 - Downhill training
Fri. Feb. 23 - Men's World Cup Downhill (replacement from Wengen)
Sat. Feb. 24 - Men's World Cup Downhill
Sun. Feb. 25 - Men's World Cup Super G

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