Back tearing it up ; Christianson,healthy again, leads Williams

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: March 6, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

Charles Christianson was having a stellar slalom run under dicey conditions. He was 50 feet from the finish, and could tell by the throaty surge of the crowd that he was about a second away from winning the prestigious 2007 World University Games in Bardonecchia, Italy.

Christianson broke over the final steep pitch and aggressively dug in his left ski. He careened forward and gunned for the finish. His leg didn't.

"My downhill ski just caught," the Williams College senior captain said. "It's like time slowed down. I could literally feel individual things tearing in my knee. Before I even hit ...

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