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competition of the

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, was held at

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on Friday, February 11. The defending

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was Ingrid Lafforgue of France, while her sister Britt Lafforgue was the defending

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downhill champion and France's

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led the 1972 World Cup.

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was the winner, edging

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by a scant two hundredths of a second; the two had the fastest times in both runs and were well ahead of the field. It was the first gold medal for the

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