Ski history made
NZPA-Reuter Schladming. Austria
Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark made ski-ing history yesterday when he wen the slalom gold medal at the world championships at Schladming in Austria. Stenmark. aged 25, had a combined time of 1 min 48.48 s and clinched an unprecedented third consecutive
world title. He was first in the 1978 championships and collected another gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Bojan Krizaj of Yugoslavia achieved his country's best ever result by taking the silver medal with 1:48.90. while Bengt Fjaellberg showed the Swedes have more than Stenmark to offer by grabbing the bronze medal in 1:49.32.
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Press, 9 February 1982, Page 32
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