Dramatic winter sports action featuring the world's top ski racers in high-speed competition in the World Cup:
The Men's Downhill from Val Gardena
Harti Weirather , from the Austrian Tyrol, has been winning races since he was six. He's known as one of the quieter men of the circuit, although he's reputed to be a mad car driver! He won last year's Men's Downhill in an exciting finish just five points ahead of Podborski.
High in the Italian Dolomites, the ' Saslonch ' course with its famous Camels Humps is one of the most spectacular in the World Cup calendar.
Last year, two races here produced victories for Switzerland's Peter Mueller , third in the downhill championship, and Austrian Harti Weirather , the eventual champion, but this season the twin Canadian challenge of Steve Podborski and Ken Read could take the 1982 title across the Atlantic.
Commentator DAVID VINE
Television presentation by the ITALIAN TV SERVICE Producer JIM RESIDE