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The Men's Downhill Races from Garmisch.
As a result of the early-season weather problems this lively Bavarian resort plays host to the fourth and fifth events in the ten-race men's calendar. No one will be more delighted than Switzerland's Pirmin Zurbriggen who has made an unsteady start in downhill this time but who won in 1987, the last time the race was held here.
David Vine reports on the first of the sport's classic weekends. Television presentation ZDF/ARD. West Germany ORF. Austria
Producer GRAHAM FRY