Interviews & Snow Footage For Charles Schwab Birds of Prey World Cup
December 01 2007 - 12:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
BEAVER CREEK RESORT (Nov. 29-Dec. 2) BEAVER CREEK, Colo., Dec. 1
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Heavy snowfall forced postponement
Saturday of the Men's Super-G at the Charles Schwab Birds of Prey
World Cup races at Beaver Creek Resort. Race schedule will resume
Sunday with the FIS Audi World Cup Giant Slalom. The Super-G race,
originally slated for an 11 a.m. start on Saturday, will now be
rescheduled on Monday, December 3, at 10 a.m. The decision extends
the original Birds of Prey race schedule by one day. Yesterday, the
U.S. Ski Team's Steven Nyman (Provo, UT; pronounced NIGH- man)
finished second in the downhill race keeping alive the U.S. podium
string of six consecutive seasons of top-3 finishes in the downhill
at Beaver Creek. News feed footage includes: * interviews about the
weather and postponement of today's race with U.S. Ski Team's
Steven Nyman and Birds of Prey chief of course Greg Johnson *
scenic shots of snow and course workers clearing snow off the race
course The Charles Schwab Birds of Prey race week schedule: -
Sunday, Dec. 2 Giant Slalom The storm dropped seven inches of new
snow on the Birds of Prey race course by 7 a.m. MT. Beaver Creek
has received 17 inches of new snow this week at mid-mountain and
opened additional terrain for skiers and snowboarders Saturday. For
more race or athlete information visit http://www.usskiteam.com/
(alpine section) and http://www.bcworldcup.com/. For information on
snow conditions or Beaver Creek Resort, call (800) 404-3535 or
visit http://www.beavercreek.com/. SATELLITE COORDINATES Please
Note: Galaxy 17 K12 is 74 degrees west and it is in between
satellite AMC 6 and AMC 5. Phone to Uplink truck: 970.748.6950
Press Center for race results: 970.845.0406 Media contacts for
information: - Juliann Fritz/U.S. Ski Team - 435.640.8379 -
Christina Schleicher/Beaver Creek - 970.331.7366 NEW TIME &
COORDINATES Saturday, Dec. 1 12:30-12:45 MT (14:30-14:45 ET TIME)
Location and Coordinates: Satellite: GALAXY 17K/10 - Slot "A" U/L
Freq: 14186.5 Horizontal D/L Freq: 11886.5 Vertical MPEG: 4:2:0
Symb.Rate: 6.6665 FEC: 7 / 8 Racing resumes tomorrow with the giant
slalom. Sunday, Dec. 2 15:00-15-15 MT (17.00 - 17.15 EST) What:
Men's giant slalom Location and Coordinates: Galaxy 17 K12C 74
degrees west (former SBS6) UL Freq: 14244.5 H DL Freq: 11944.5 V
MPEG 4:2:0 Sym: 6.6665 FEC 7/8 Data Rate: 10.7513 DATASOURCE: Vail
Resorts CONTACT: Juliann Fritz, U.S. Ski Team, +1-435-640-8379, or
Christina Schleicher, Beaver Creek, +1-970-331-7366 Web site:
http://www.snow.com/ http://www.beavercreek.com/
http://www.bcworldcup.com/
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