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Great Sporting Events
Famous characters and occasions in the world of sport Selected by Derek Parker
5: The Cresta Run
Abridged from Lord Brabazon of Tara's autobiography The Brabazon Story
The Cresta Run at St. Moritz is about six feet wide and about three-quarters of a mile long. It has an average gradient of one in seven, with bits as steep as one in two. It is solid ice from start to finish.
Read by CARLETON HOBBS

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Source: Radio Times

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