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

    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 www.usskiteam.com (alpine
 section) and www.bcworldcup.com. For information on snow conditions or
 Beaver Creek Resort, call (800) 404-3535 or visit 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
 
 

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