00:00Music
00:50I'm falling down the mountain
00:54And I'm getting hurt
01:11The start of the 1989-90 World Cup season
01:15Will be remembered as the year of the crash
01:18A combination of poor snow conditions and bad luck
01:21Has sidelined 15 of the world's best ski racers
01:24In both the men's and women's events
01:27Some skiers will recover in time for this winter
01:30For others, it may mean the end of their skiing career
01:36The infamous camel bumps in Val Gardena
01:39The first men's downhill event of the season
01:41Were to claim four victims
01:44The most dramatic and potentially serious accident
01:47Occurred on race day
01:48When Italy's Giorgio Piantanida
01:51Fell on the first camel bump
01:53The crowd hushed as Piantanida
01:55Bounced over the hard icy piste
01:57The severity of the fall
01:59Left officials in no doubt
02:01As to the seriousness of the accident
02:02And the helicopter was alerted
02:04Almost before Piantanida
02:06Had slid to a stop
02:08Piantanida suffered a broken shoulder
02:10Broken ribs
02:11Heavy facial bruising
02:13And concussion
02:14His condition remained uncertain
02:16Throughout the remainder of race day
02:18After a week of intensive care
02:20In Bolzano hospital
02:21Piantanida was taken off the danger list
02:24But the accident has put an end
02:26To his World Cup season
02:27The veteran Austrian
02:29Gerhard Pfaffenbichler
02:30Fell victim to the camel bumps
02:31On training day
02:32After a week in Innsbruck hospital
02:34And a delicate knee operation
02:36The Austrian giant must now sit out the winter
02:38And review his future in the spring
02:41Val Gardena's most famous victim
02:43Was Switzerland's Peter Müller
02:45Müller fell on training day
02:47On the camel bumps
02:48Which were beginning to cause
02:49The technical delegate concern
02:51Müller chipped a bone in his left leg
02:53And tore the ligaments in his knee
02:55Müller sidelined for the remainder of the winter
02:57And will return to training in the spring
03:01Italy's Alberto Tomba
03:02Met with disaster
03:03On the first race of the European circuit
03:06In Val d'Isere
03:07A mistake which cast some doubt
03:09Over the wisdom of Tomba
03:11Entering disciplines
03:12Other than the slalom
03:13The super G accident
03:14And the resultant broken collarbone
03:16Has put Tomba out for weeks
03:18And he may return to competition
03:20At the slalom in Kitsbill next week
03:22After weeks of solitary
03:24And dedicated training
03:26Mark Girardelli
03:27Started the Sestriere Super G
03:28With confidence
03:31But one slip
03:32And his fitness was tested to the limit
03:35Girardelli's accident in Sestriere
03:37Was controversial
03:38And potentially the most dangerous accident
03:40So far this winter
03:42Some speculate that Girardelli's ski
03:45Slipped on plastic
03:46Which had blown onto the course
03:47But the fall could have ended in disaster
03:51Fortunately Girardelli suffered
03:53Nothing more serious
03:54Than heavy bruising
03:55And some internal bleeding
03:56Miraculously
03:58He avoided any broken bones
03:59And has returned to competition
04:02Girardelli will not compete in downhill
04:04Until all his injuries
04:05Have healed 100%
04:13Yugoslavia's Veronica Saric
04:14Was going for glory in the GS
04:17Her drive and determination
04:19Is looking good down here
04:21She's working hard
04:23Right the last final phase of Gates now
04:26The time on the left will appear
04:28That's what she's got to do
04:291.10.71 to take it away from
04:31Oh and the skis come off
04:32Now the other ski stayed on
04:35Now the rules say
04:36If you keep a ski on
04:37The count
04:38The time counts
04:39But I think she missed the last gate
04:42I think
04:43She looks as if she's alright
04:45Which is
04:45The first piece of good news
04:47Now watch this again
04:51She comes round this gate
04:56Ski just comes off
04:59And what about the last blue gate
05:01It looks as though
05:02She can't get back over for it
05:04And I think that
05:06That's an unfortunate disqualification
05:08For Saric
05:09Now it should be easier for her
05:11But that's what we thought yesterday
05:12Keep concentrating
05:14All the way
05:14Saric
05:15She's done it again
05:17Unbelievable
05:19Unbelievable indeed
05:28The best thing in my life
05:30She's small
05:32Dark
05:33Quick-witted
05:33And she's not home
05:36The next best thing
05:40Meet the new Fiesta XR2i
05:43110 horsepower
05:44Electronic fuel injection
05:46Sports suspension
05:48And ventilated discs
05:49It's a road car
05:51With a track record
05:54Could it be the next best thing
05:56In your life?
05:59He's waiting
06:02For the school kids to fall
06:08Everybody's excited
06:12It's like the rainbow of gold
06:17Let your hands up together
06:22It's a scoop
06:24It's a pool
06:32On Monday nights on Eurosport
06:34We pick the most thrilling
06:36Most dramatic
06:37Most amusing moments
06:38From the past seven days
06:40And pack them into
06:41Eurosport
06:42What a week
06:43The show
06:44With the most
06:49So join us
06:50For Eurosport
06:52What a week
06:52Monday nights at nine
06:54Eight
06:54UK
07:03Picard on the left
07:04For France
07:05On the right
07:06Zabrigan
07:06Zabrigan
07:07Zabrigan
07:07Zabrigan
07:08The man who won
07:08In Valgadena
07:11They start
07:12The top
07:12Of the Planei
07:14Stripe
07:14On our picture
07:16Exactly equal
07:18Over the midpoint
07:19Jump
07:22And the clock
07:23Tells the story
07:24Between the two of them
07:25As they come past
07:26The red control gate
07:31Nothing between
07:32The two men
07:33But watch
07:34Zabrigan
07:35And Picard
07:37As Zabrigan
07:38Comes round
07:39On the lower
07:40Control gate
07:41With a small advantage
07:42Watch the difference
07:43As Zabrigan
07:44Goes low
07:46To his left
07:47And Picard
07:48Holds the tuck
07:50It's Zabrigan
07:52Who loses
07:52The advantage
07:53And Zabrigan
07:55Who gains
07:55The pace
08:00Swings round
08:01The right hander
08:02Then he has to change
08:03As do they both
08:04On to their right hand ski
08:06To drive round
08:08And the traverse
08:14The final turn
08:15Coming up
08:16Into the finish
08:17Just
08:18After this traverse
08:20Picard
08:21On the left
08:22Zabrigan
08:23On the right
08:24Both men
08:25Getting into the tuck
08:27The final jump
08:29And Picard
08:30You can see here
08:32Taking off
08:33That fraction
08:34Of a second
08:35Before
08:35And it's Picard
08:37Who gets
08:38To the bottom
08:38First
08:40A couple of metres
08:42Separating
08:43The Frenchman
08:44Who scores
08:45The first victory
08:46For France
08:47In 19 years
08:48But a few moments
08:50Later
08:50Picard
08:51Held his breath
08:52As Adi Skardel
08:53Of Norway
08:54Came into view
08:57So now the comparison
08:59Between Skardel
09:00And Picard
09:03Again
09:04Both men
09:04Synchronously
09:05Out of the start gate
09:06On our special
09:08Eurosport view
09:13Something
09:14That we'll show you
09:15Throughout the season
09:16Whenever we can
09:17So there's the difference
09:19So there's the difference
09:23So as they start
09:26Watch those clocks
09:27And they'll be
09:28Exactly equal
09:29For you
09:30And there they are
09:31Both men
09:32Equal at this point
09:33Skardel
09:34Carrying a little bit
09:36Of extra speed
09:36Although looking ragged
09:40But he's ahead
09:41Of Picard
09:42Something like
09:43Half a second
09:44Quicker
09:44Than the Frenchman
09:49Through that control gate
09:50With something like
09:51Three metres to spare
09:52Over the Frenchman
09:55Turning
09:56Two seconds
09:57Quicker
10:00But now Picard
10:03The man who was
10:04Better on this section
10:05Holding his breath
10:06He had already finished
10:07As Skardel
10:08Comes down to the final
10:09Travis
10:09And that's where
10:10Skardel runs into trouble
10:11Just catching the edge
10:13In the soft snow
10:14Off to his right
10:15Sliding out
10:16His chance of scoring
10:18The first victory
10:19For Norway
10:20Gone
10:21The first victory
10:22For 12 years
10:24So Picard
10:26The man who survives
10:27At the bottom
10:28Records
10:29The first victory
10:31For France
10:31In 19 years
10:39And came away
10:41The overall winner
10:44The Wh flashing
10:45Ones
10:46The Wh renewed
10:49The Wh直
10:50The Wh inn
10:52The Wh
10:52The Whizione
10:53The Whисл
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