FRANCE: AUSTRIAN SKIIER HERMANN MAIER IS DISQUALIFIED FROM WORLD CUP GIANT SLALOM RACE FOR EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT DURING PRE RACE INSPECTION
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FRANCE: AUSTRIAN SKIIER HERMANN MAIER IS DISQUALIFIED FROM WORLD CUP GIANT SLALOM RACE FOR EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT DURING PRE RACE INSPECTION
- Title: FRANCE: AUSTRIAN SKIIER HERMANN MAIER IS DISQUALIFIED FROM WORLD CUP GIANT SLALOM RACE FOR EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT DURING PRE RACE INSPECTION
- Date: 17th December 2000
- Summary: VAL D'ISERE, FRANCE (DECEMBER 17, 2000) 1. (Soundbite) HERMANN MAIER (German) "From my point of view I wasn't too late. I am just about the only person who keeps wearing his watch during the race. I arrived on time at 12.45 and don't have a second hand on my watch so I don't know if I was 30 or 40 seconds over. But this is not so tragic. But I know that this was being monitored and so it is logical that I pay attention. It is important that they should have an official clock running on the track otherwise the skiers can't get a feeling of the time. It always happens that someone else's watch is two minutes fast or slow. I think that is quite normal don't you think." 2. MAIER GETS INTO CAR AND IS DRIVEN AWAY FROM THE COURSE 3. (Soundbite) FIS RACE DIRECTOR GUENTER HUJARA (German) "The first thing is that Hermann Maier was disqualified because he went over the time when he was on the course. Before the first run Hermann Maier went into the closed race track area unauthorised, went out onto the course through the start gate and then skied along the whole track. He endangered some of the workers who were on the piste. The security director of the Val d'Isere organiser has already lodged an official complaint with the police against Hermann Maier. Because he endangered people the decision of the jury against Maier is to apply the following sanctions. He has to pay 25,000 Swiss Francs within eight days to FIS and he's going to be banned from the next World Cup giant slalom. Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: ORF - EDIT 855 SPORTS4 DEC 18, 2000 VAL D'ISERE, FRANCE
- Country: France
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