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Bagpipes make skier feel at home
Reuters

SESTRIERE, Italy, Feb 18 - Above the clanging cowbells and blaring air horns, the skirling sound of Scottish bagpipes briefly filled the air at the men's Olympic Alpine skiing venue on Saturday.

"That's my dad playing the pipes. My brother plays as well and so do I. It's nice to have him out here," said Briton Finlay Mickel after racing down the Kandahar Banchetta super-G piste to finish equal 22nd.

"I've played them since school, I travel around with them, it's a nice icebreaker," added the Scot. "Meeting people and travelling the world, its nice to have something that's your own."