1.
MS LODGE, SKIERS OUTSIDE
0.06

2.
LS MOUNTAIN
0.15

3.
MS SKI LIFT
0.18

4.
MS PEOPLE AT TOP
0.21

5.
SKIER SETS OFF
0.23

6.
LS SKIERS SLALOM DOWNHILL (6 SHOTS)
0.47

7.
LS SKIERS TO FINISH
0.54

8.
MS OTHER SKIERS WAIT
0.58

9.
MS ANOTHER SETS OFF
1.04



Initials JHS/S/CT/BB


SPORT: SKIING

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Background: CANADA IS MAKING A BID TO STAGE THE 1972 WINTER OLYMPICS. TO BACK THIS BID, AN INTERNATIONAL SKI MEETING THAT FEATURED SOME OF THE WORLD'S TOP SKIERS WAS HELD ON MOUNT NORQUAY NEAR BANFF IN ALBERTA LAST WEEKEND.

THE BANFF NATIONAL PARK, VENUE OF THE MEETING, INCLUDES SOME OF THE FINEST SCENERY IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES. IT ATTRACTS MORE THAN 750,000 TOURISTS EACH YEAR.

COMPETITORS FOR THE SKI MEETING CAME FROM AUSTRIA, FRANCE, ITALY, NORWAY, POLAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, THE UNITED STATES AND WEST GERMANY.

CANADIAN OFFICIALS SAW THE MEETING AS A PRIME OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEIR OWN SKIING STARS EXPERIENCE AGAINST REALLY TOUGH COMPETITION.

THE SKIERS FROM THE TEN COUNTRIES TOOK PART IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SLALOM AND GIANT SLALOM EVENTS CLOSELY WATCHED BY OFFICIALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION, THE RULING BODY OF WORLD SKIING.

THE COMPETITION WAS THE FIRST STAGED IN CANADA UNDER THE FEDERATION'S SANCTION. NEXT WEEKEND, A SIMILAR EVENT WILL BE HELD ON MONT STE. ANNE, 30 MILES FROM QUEBEC CITY IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC.