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Giant Slalom - Super
G - Combined Champs
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Baxter and Sharp
Win British Title
With a second place in the slalom, finishing just behind his brother
Alain, Noel Baxter, 22 (Aviemore) retained the Men's Combined Championship
title today while Lynn Sharp, 18, (Glasgow) completed a dream week
as she lifted not only the Women's Combined Championship but also
the Victrix Ludorum Cup for the best overall championship score.
Baxter brothers
Baxter could not conceal his smiles after what he admitted has been
a physically tough week, skiing all four events. After lying a close
second in the first run of today's slalom championship, only 14
hundredths of a second behind his elder brother Alain, Noel confessed
later that he had nothing in reserves to take it right to the edge
in his attempt to retain the slalom crown, and skied the second
run for the overall title.
"I just had no gas left. Under normal circumstances here at The
British Land National Championships you would risk everything because
it usually marks the end of the season but I have a few races left
I would not want to miss, and I was thinking also of making sure
of winning the overall again. And it's worth it. It's a good feeling
to have won it twice in a row now" said Noel.
There was a successful end to the championships for Alain Baxter,
30 (Aviemore) who extended his record haul of British Slalom championship
wins to seven with two solid runs on Meribel's sun drenched Du Corbey
piste.
"It's quite a tough hill, certainly not easy. I did not think I
skied my best but it is always a difficult one at The British. It
is one of those things that there is not pressure on to win, there
is more pressure on not to lose. People also make an awful lot of
the rivalry here with Noel and I but after here it is over. They
make much more of it than we do." Comments Alain.
Women's title
Lynn Sharp (18, Glasgow) could not quite rise to beat the very much
on form Jo Greig (22, Weybridge) who also composed two good runs
to win the Women's Slalom title. Greig reported afterwards that
her confidence has been high this week since her third in the French
Championships Slalom and that the first glimpse of the sun this
week also made a big difference to her confidence.
" I knew I was skiing pretty good when I cam here and winning the
Super G was great and I felt sure that I could win today, but the
sunshine today just seemed to make it perfect. It's the first time
I have won the Women's Slalom title and it feels great." Greig explained.
But it was Lynn Sharp who pipped Greig for the title by 60 points.
Sharp won the downhill and GS titles and finished third in today's
slalom while Jo did not ski the downhill.
"This is something I have wanted to win for years. I came here for
the first time and thought then that it might take a couple of years
to do, but I am absolutely ecstatic" said Sharp, " It is a shame
Chemmy (Alcott) was not here because she has had such a good season.
This has been a great championship on a good hill." Said Sharp.
Results - The British Land National Ski Championships - Slalom,
Men
1 A Baxter (Aviemore/The British Land Alpine Ski Team) 50.48 49.80
1 min 40.28
2 N Baxter (Aviemore/The British Land Alpine Ski Team) 50.62 50.95
1:41.57
3 E Drake (Kingston Upon Thames) 53.97 52.15 1:46.12
4 R Green (Falkirk/The British Land Alpine Ski Team) 54.51 53.25
1:47.76
Results - The British
Land National Ski Championships - Slalom, Women
1 J Greig (Weybridge/The British Land Alpine Ski Team) 42.82 42.43
1:25.25
2 P Thorburn (Strathven/The British Land Alpine Ski Team) 44.83
44.15 1:28.98
3 L Sharp (Glasgow/The British Land Alpine Ski Team) 45.40 45.46
1:30.86
4 M Piper (Auchterarder/The British Home Nations Development Team)
46.26 46.06 1:32.32
5 M Craig (Duved, Sweden) 49.58 48.79
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