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SATURDAY 19 DECEMBER 1998 (EUROSPORT - ENGLISH VERSION)
10:30 Xtrem Sports: YOZ Action - Youth Only Zone
(Repeated)
11:30 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup in Davos, Switzerland
Live
Today: Women's 15 km Classic
13:00 Alpine Skiing: Women's World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland
Live
Fourth downhill of the season
14:30 Biathlon: World Cup in Osrblie, Slovak Republic
Live
Today: Sprint Men (10 km)
In the sprint event, men typically race 10 km and women typically race 7.5 km.
In this race you shoot only two times (once in each position), but you must ski
a 150-meter penalty loop for each missed target.
15:45 Bobsleigh: World Cup in La Plagne, France
Four-Man Competition
16:30 Biathlon: World Cup in Osrblie, Slovak Republic
Sprint Women (7,5 km)
17:30 Alpine Skiing: Men's World Cup in Val Gardena, Italy
Today: Third downhill of the season
There was no downhill event last year in Val Gardena.
18:30 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup in Davos, Switzerland
Men's 30 km classic
19:30 Ski Jumping: World Cup in Liberec, Czech Republic
Liberec is the fifth venue in the World Cup calendar (after Lillehammer,
Chamonix, Val di Fiemme and Oberhof). It was not part of the calendar last
season.
21:00 Luge: World Cup in Winterberg, Germany
Fourth round of the World Cup
Last season's winnners in Winterberg were: - Men's singles: Wilfried Huber
(Italy) - Men's doubles: Mark Grimmette (USA) - Ladies' singles: Sylke Otto
(Germany)
22:00 Equestrianism: The Olympia International Show Jumping Championships in
London
Live
Tonight: World Cup Qualifier
0:30 Superbike: Indoor Superbiker - 'Guidon d'Or' at Paris-Bercy
Live
The Superbiker is a 20 years old discipline, born in the United State. Indeed,
in the 70's, there was every year a motorcycling race in Carlsbad, gathering the
best bikers of every discipline. This race was supposed to underline the best
rider of the year and was very spectacular. A part of the track was in asphalt
and the rest was a dirt track.
The machines were hybrid motorcycles. In fact, the bikers used cross motorcycles
with slick tyres. This event was purely televisual as there were no spectators
around the circuit. Then it became a real discipline with its own national
championshipsall over the World. The 'Guidon d'Or' (Gold Handlebar) was born 10
years ago in France on the same concept. Great bikers participated in this
competition. We can name for example Eddie Lawson (4 times World Champion in
500cc) or Wayne Rainey (3 times World Champion in 500cc). Both won this event
organised every year at Carole's circuit, near Paris. After a three year break,
the Guidon d'Or comes back this evening at Bercy's sports tadium in Paris and is
indoor for the first time. Bikers from every discipline are present: Jean-Michel
Bayle (500cc), S‚phane Chambon (Supersport, 3rd at the World Championship),
Fabrizio Pirovano (Supersport), R‚gis Laconi (500cc), Yves Demaria, Fr‚d‚ric
Bolley (both Motocross competitors) and also endurance riders such as Christian
Lavielle or William Costes. To conclude, the famous rider Carl Fogarty could
come but his presence is still conditional. The victory should smile at the
specialists of Superbiker. This race is, according to the organisers, a
competition as well as a festival gathering the motorcycling family.
2:00 Fitness: Miss Fitness Europe 1998 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
3:00 Bowling: 1999 Golden Bowling Ball in Hamburg, Germany
Today: First round held on 8-11 October. Women's event
The 1999 Golden Bowling Ball Brunswick Tour includes five legs: - 8-11 October
'98: Hamburg, Germany - 26-29 November '98: Dresden, Germany - 25-28 February
'99: Vienna, Austria - 22-25 April '99: Frankfurt/Main, Germany - 24-27 June
'99: 'The Masters' in Lille, France
The overall prize money is 532,000 DM, including 110,000 DM for each of the
first four stops and 92,000 DM for the Masters. Some of the world's best
competitors will take part in the Series. The final rankings of the '97-'98
Golden Bowling Ball Tour were: - Men: Karl-Peter Greulich (Germany) ahead of
Lasse Lintil„ (Finland), Tore Torgersen (Norway), Stefan Yngstr”m (Sweden) and
G”ran Carlsson (Sweden). - Women: Paulina Aalto (Finland) ahead of Yvonne Berndt
(Sweden), Iben Tchu (Denmark), Andrea Mirschel (Germany) and Martina Beckel
(Germany).
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