“I never did post the fastest time so I was really struggling and every day I was getting slower and slower and slower. Klammer said the title of the film was well chosen as he had been chasing the right line all week in training ahead of the big day. Klammer’s skiing is courtesy of the American former alpine racer, Daron Rahlves.įranz Klammer at the London premiere of Klammer Chasing the Line – photo © PlanetSKI Klammer and his then girlfriend – now wife – Eva are played by Julian Waldner and Valerie Huber. It had its UK premiere in central London on Monday, hosted by the Austrian National Tourist Office. The race and the tense week-long build-up, when things did not go well for the Austrian, are the focus of the feature film, Klammer Chasing the Line. The defending champion, Bernhard Russi of Switzerland, had set an astonishingly fast time and led by more than half a second when Klammer entered the start gates.įew then believed he could do it, but he did, cementing his place in ski racing history. NEWĪnyone who watched it will never forget it.įranz Klammer, a 22-year-old Austrian ski superstar, who had won every one of his races the previous season, clinched Olympic downhill gold. Klammer was there and so was PlanetSKI’s Chief Reporter. The race is the subject of a feature film that had its UK premiere this week. But the greatest moment of Franz Klammer’s career was that brilliant downhill gold at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics in front of a home crowd. He is a legend in ski racing with 26 World Cup wins.
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