{"id":5883,"date":"2019-01-20T13:57:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T13:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=5883"},"modified":"2019-01-21T10:30:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T10:30:40","slug":"slalom-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=5883","title":{"rendered":"Slalom"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final race of the weekend is the slalom. There are 2 runs down the steep, icy piste that leads from Allmend down to the stadium at Innerwengen. Lancashire’s Dave Ryding will be racing and we expect him to do well. Here he is drawing his start number in the village last night.<\/p>\n

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Val and Ali have their Dave Ryding fan club hats.<\/p>\n

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There are 74 racers, of whom 33 crashed on the first run – that’s how tough this course is. The second run provides more excitement, with the top 30 competitors going in reverse order. Every time a Swiss racer comes down the hill the crowd goes crazy.<\/p>\n

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In the end Dave finished in a creditable 8th place. That’s the end of the Lauberhorn weekend for another year, it’ll be nice to get our peaceful village back again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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