KITZBUEHEL, Austria -- Some of the races at this weekends classic Hahnenkamm
World Cup event are under threat as mild weather and fog are softening the snow,
organizers said Tuesday.
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critical with the high temperatures and the moisture," FIS mens race director
Guenter Hujara said. A key problem is the Hausbergkante, the lower section of
the 3.3-kilometre Streif course which is one of the marquee parts of the
downhill race. Organizers have been transporting 1,800 tons of snow down from
the mountains by helicopter to get the section covered. "Snow on the race line
for the downhill is there, enough snow," said Hujara, adding that now freezing
temperatures were needed to make the surface hard enough. "Well have to wait for
how the weather behaves," Hujara said. "We need cooler temperatures and clear
skies." Organizers have already prepared an alternative bottom section to the
downhill course, using the final part of the slalom course instead. "We have not
an easy problem to solve," race chief Peter Obernauer said. With Tuesdays first
downhill training having already been cancelled last week and Wednesdays second
session now doubtful after days of rain and fog, organizers could be forced to
change the schedule. The weekend comprises a super-G and a combined event on
Friday, the downhill on Saturday and a slalom on the final day. Hujara said the
organizers main priorities are with the downhill and the slalom, and that they
might have to sacrifice the other two races. "If we have no good conditions we
will not damage the race course," Hujara said about Wednesdays training. "We
will then focus on one good training Thursday." Organizers are reluctant to open
the event as scheduled with the super-G because that race also uses the downhill
slope and could severely damage the course. Alternatively, the FIS could swap
Fridays races with Sundays slalom, which is on a different piste. And, if no
downhill training is possible before Friday, the super-G and the combined event
will be called off. The slalom would then take place on Friday, with the
downhill training and the race on the following two days. The mild temperatures
in central Europe have been affecting the Alpine skiing calendar for the last
three weeks. Several races in Germany, Croatia, Slovenia and Italy have been
cancelled or moved to other resorts.
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subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated
him to folk-hero status.INDIANAPOLIS -- Once Tavon Austin broke free, the
Indianapolis Colts couldnt even slow down the rookie, much less catch him.
Austin, the first-round draft pick with uncanny speed and unlimited potential,
scored on a 98-yard punt return and grabbed two long TD passes Sunday as the St.
Louis Rams ended a three-game losing streak with a stunning 38-8 victory over
the AFC South-leading Colts. "Ive been patient for eight weeks and, hopefully,
its my time right now," Austin said. "I knew the day was going to come. It was
just me being patient and me being true to myself and to keep working. Im just
glad that I had an opportunity." Nobody did more against Indy (6-3) this season
-- or any time recently. Austin returned four punts for 145 yards and scored on
touchdown passes of 57 and 81 yards, his only two catches of the day. He also
returned one kickoff for 27 yards while making the Colts look foolish all day.
Hes the first player with a punt return of 95 yards or more and two 55-yard or
longer TDs receiving in a game. Austins one-man show started when he backed up
and waved off teammates as Pat McAfees punt sailed deep into Rams territory. But
as the Colts moved into position to down the bouncing ball, Austin reached out
and dangerously grabbed it at his own 2-yard line. The Colts didnt react
immediately, apparently believing the play had stopped, and Austin sprinted down
the right sideline, avoided one defender and picked up a block on McAfee and
reached the end zone to give the Rams (4-6) a 21-0 lead. Even Rams coach Jeff
Fisher couldnt believe it. "I went from saying, Get away, get away, get away, to
Go, go, go!" Fisher said. Austin later caught a short pass on a drag route over
the middle, turned upfield and avoided two defenders with an inside cut for the
81-yard score. That made it 35-0 -- too big a deficit even for the masterful
Andrew Luck to overcome. The Colts just couldnt get a handle on the 5-foot-8,
176-pound receiver who finished with 310 total yards and three TDs. "That was a
lot of fun to watch. Tavon, hes lightning in a bottle when he gets the ball in
his hands," quarterback Kellen Clemens said. "His performance tonight is
certainly going to be one for the books." Clemens went 9 of 16 for 247 yards
with two scores and no interceptions, hooking up with Austin on the two longest
completions of his eight-yeear NFL career.
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long was 56 yards in 2007 with the Jets. The defence was good right from the
start, too, opening the game with a strip-sack from Robert Quinn. Chris Long
scooped up the loose ball and returned it 45 yards for a score. Until scoring
their only touchdown, late in the third quarter, Indy had just 181 yards in
offence. Luck was sacked three times and the Rams picked off four passes --
three of them from Luck -- to win for the first time since Sam Bradford went
down with a season-ending knee injury Oct. 20. For the Colts, it was a miserable
performance. "We just didnt do anything," coach Chuck Pagano said. "I take full
responsibility for it as the football coach, we did not have this team ready to
play." Luck finished 29 of 47 for 353 yards with one TD, though most of that
came after the Colts dug themselves into a 38-0 deficit. Indy ran 14 times for a
measly 18 yards, 1.3 yards per carry. The defence couldnt get a handle on Austin
or his teammates, resulting in Indys worst loss at Lucas Oil Stadium -- and its
worst home loss since San Diego hung a 31-0 shutout at the RCA Dome on Nov. 29,
1993. Robert Mathis did have two sacks to retain the league lead (13 1/2). The
loudest cheers, and most tears, came during a halftime ceremony when Army Sgt.
1st Class Jeremy Inocencio surprised his family by stepping out of an SUV in one
of the end zones at halftime. His wife, Christin, and children, Dominique and
David, ran toward him to give him a hug, drawing both cheers and tears.
Inocencio had been serving in Afghanistan. Austin provided the rest of the
highlights on a day the Colts would like to forget. "It is what it is, we got
our butts kicked, weve got to move on," said Pagano, who will take the Colts to
Tennessee on Thursday night. NOTES: Mathis also broke the franchise record for
mutli-sack games in a season (six) and has a new single-season career-high, too.
... The Rams played without starting right guard Harvey Dahl (knee) and second
tight end Lance Kendricks (broken finger) and lost linebacker James Laurinaitis
late in the game with a head laceration. ... Indy had won two straight overall
and five straight over NFC opponents before Sunday. ... Indy, which had only six
turnovers all year, had four Sunday. ... It was the Rams first regular-season
trip to Lucas Oil Stadium.
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