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PEOPLE, Page 92If You Can't Beat 'Em . . .By Howard G. Chua-Eoan
It was an upset, and Peter Muller, Switzerland's legendary
downhill racer, decided to go with the flow. Last week at the World
Alpine Championships in Beaver Creek, Colo., in temperatures of 9
degrees below, the 31-year-old veteran came in runner-up by a
minuscule nineteen hundredths of a second behind West Germany's
Hansjorg Tauscher, 21. To make matters worse, Tauscher, who works
as a border guard, had never placed better than fifth in World Cup
competition. Still, while picking up his award, Muller took the
reversal in stride -- or rather, with a headstand. "I am happy
enough with a silver," said an uncharacteristically magnanimous
Muller, who has been described as a Rambo of the ski slopes. He
relished beating all the other top contenders, including his
nemesis and chief rival, fellow Swiss Pirmin Zurbriggen, 27, who
came in 15th. Said Muller: "Better old and fast than young and
slow."