Interviews & Snow Footage For Charles Schwab Birds of Prey World Cup

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 [phone] 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, [phone], or Christina

Schleicher, Beaver Creek, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.snow.com/

http://www.beavercreek.com/

http://www.bcworldcup.com/ 

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