01/03/01  SNOWBASIN TO ANNOUNCE NAME OF MEN'S OLYMPIC DOWNHILL COURSE

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2000

What:  Unveiling of the new name of the 2002 Olympic downhill course at
Snowbasin U.S. Men's Alpine Team members, Chad Fleischer, Chris Puckett
and Jason Rosener will take inaugural run down newly-named 2002 men's
downhill course

When:  Thursday, Jan. 4 at Noon, top of the men's Olympic downhill
course
Lift access to the top - please arrive no later than 11:30 a.m.

Where:  Snowbasin Ski Area - meet in the lower parking lot at the John
Paul quad chair lift

Photo/Interview Opportunities:  Snowbasin personnel and athletes will be
available for interviews following the announcement:

· Footage of World Cup winner Chad Fleischer and Goodwill Games silver
medalist Chris Puckett skiing the 2002 Olympic downhill course
· Interviews with the public that are skiing the same course Olympians
will in 2002
· Fantastic photo opportunity from the top of the men's downhill course
with a view from the Ogden Valley to the Great Salt Lake


Recently returned from Europe, members of the U.S. Men's Alpine Team
will be taking to the slopes before the World Cup comes to Snowbasin.
Three members of the team, Chad Fleischer, Chris Puckett and Jason
Rosener, will free ski the downhill course at Snowbasin to inaugurate
the newly-named run and get a first look at the never-before raced
course. This will give the athletes the chance to study the turns and
drops the course has to offer before they compete on it in just over a
month. Final preparations for the 2001 Chevy Truck Downhill World Cup at
Snowbasin are under way and the men's Olympic downhill course finally
has a name. During Feb. 24-25, the world's fastest athletes will compete
on Snowbasin's highly-rated downhill course.

You are invited to join the U.S. Alpine Team and Snowbasin officials at
the top of the men's downhill to unveil the name of the course. For
additional information, please contact Karen Vardeny at (801) 487-4800
(work) or (801) 209-8633 (cell) or Juliann Fritz at (435) 647-2061.

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