05/01/2004 13:00

Paerson wins fourth World Cup slalom race this season
MEGEVE, France (AP) _ Sweden's Anja Paerson made a brilliant second run Monday to win her fourth World Cup slalom race of the season, leaving Marlies Schild of Austria in second place. Paerson clocked a winning time of one minute, 42.25 seconds, with Schild behind at 1:42.59.


05/01/2004 10:31

Schild leads slalom after first leg
MEGEVE, France (AP) _ Austria's Marlies Schild took provisional lead of a women's World Cup slalom race Monday, clocking the fastest first leg time ahead of countrywoman Nicole Hosp and Germany's Annemarie Gerg. Schild is third in the World Cup slalom standings.


04/01/2004 14:49

Palander wins slalom despite cast on his arm. Miller's struggle continues
FLACHAU, Austria (AP) _ Ignoring the cast on his arm, Finland's Kalle Palander continued to dominate the men's slalom field, winning a World Cup race Sunday by more than half a second over his nearest rival.


04/01/2004 13:33

Palander wins slalom
FLACHAU, Austria (AP) _ Finland's Kalle Palander made up valuable lost ground Sunday, winning a men's World Cup slalom by more than half a second over his nearest rival.


04/01/2004 11:45

Meissnitzer wins Super-G, leading Austrian 1-2-3
MEGEVE, France (AP) _ Alexandra Meissnitzer won the women's World Cup super giant slalom on Sunday, leading an Austrian shutout of the podium in taking her her first race since 1999. Meissnitzer raced down the twisting, treelined course in Megeve, France, in 1 minute, 24.98 seconds.


04/01/2004 10:54

Miller DNF But Retains GS Lead
Miller, third in the first run, was leading the season's fifth GS by .7 at the last split when he crashed out in the final section. He leads with 340 points in GS while his nearest competitor, Finn Kalle Palander, failed to reach the second run.


03/01/2004 13:46

Janica Kostelic to miss whole season due to health problems
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) _ Olympic ski champion Janica Kostelic will miss the entire World Cup season due to thyroid and knee problems, her spokesman said Saturday. "Janica won't be back this season," Ozren Mueller told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.


03/01/2004 13:43

Raich wins on home snow, Miller headed for win before falling
FLACHAU, Austria (AP) _ Austria's Benjamin Raich won a men's giant slalom on home snow Saturday to collect his first World Cup victory in over two years. The cherub-faced Austrian delighted the 15,000 screaming home fans, twisting his way down the "Hermann Maier Weltcupstrecke" course.


03/01/2004 11:11

Maier fails to reach top 30, Blardone leads after first run
FLACHAU, Austria (AP) _ Local hero Hermann Maier failed to qualify for the second run of a World Cup giant slalom on his home slope Saturday. Italian Massimiliano Blardone held the lead after the first run, 0.55 seconds ahead of Benjamin Raich of Austria.

29/12/2003 10:19

Snowfall wipes out Bormio downhill
BORMIO, Italy (AP) _ A men's World Cup downhill was canceled Monday due to heavy snowfall and low visibility. The race was originally scheduled for Sunday, then postponed to Monday before being completely called off early Monday morning as snow continued to fall on the Stelvio course.


28/12/2003 15:00

Bormio : race canceled
The men's World Cup downhill race in Bormio, Italy scheduled for Sunday has been canceled due to heavy snowfall and low visibility. Team officials will decide shortly whether to hold the race Monday.


28/12/2003 14:30

Paerson wins third slalom and stays atop in World Cup
LIENZ, Austria (AP) _ Sweden's Anja Paerson won her third World Cup slalom this season, fighting off Austria's Nicole Hosp by 0.34 seconds on Sunday. Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer of Germany came third, 0.35 seconds behind the winner.


28/12/2003 09:24

Podium provides confidence boost
Clark's won in downhill and been top-3 in super G, so this podium gives her a huge confidence boost, she said. In her eighth season on the U.S. Ski Team, she originally made the Ski Team as a GS skier and she worked hard during the summer to reclaim some of those technical skills.


27/12/2003 18:22

Rahlves injures knee in downhill training
BORMIO, Italy (AP) _ Daron Rahlves injured his right knee in a downhill training run Saturday and may not recover in time for Sunday's World Cup race. Rahlves, who won one downhill here last season and finished third in another, was listed as a pre-race favorite.


27/12/2003 14:21

Hosp, Goetschl make it 1-2 finish for Austria
LIENZ, Austria (AP) _ Austria's women's ski team celebrated a one-two home triumph Saturday when Nicole Hosp won her first giant slalom this season, outpacing Renate Goetschl by 0.65 seconds. Kirsten Clark of the United States placed a career-best and surprising third, 0.93 seconds behind the winner.

Alpine Skiing: Hosp Wins Women's Giant Slalom
Sat Dec 27, 7:56 AM ET, Sports - Reuters,
LIENZ, Austria (Reuters) - Nicole Hosp of Austria won a women's World Cup giant slalom race on Saturday in a time of two minutes 06.24 seconds, according to provisional results. Fellow Austrian Renate Goetschl was second in 2:06.89 with American Kirsten Clark third in 2:07.17.


27/12/2003 13:56

Bormio:Results Downhill Men Training 2

1 ( 9) RZEHAK Peter AUT 2:01.36
2 ( 19) KERNEN Bruno SUI 2:01.44 + 0.08
3 ( 29) SULZENBACHER ITA 2:01.47 + 0.11
4 ( 12) EBERHARTER S. AUT 2:01.60 + 0.24
5 ( 21) CUCHE Didier SUI 2:01.73 + 0.37
6 ( 11) HOFFMANN A. SUI 2:01.91 + 0.55
7 ( 24) MILLER Bo ...


26/12/2003 09:19

Bumpy downhill course greets World Cup skiers
BORMIO, Italy (AP) _ The steep and bumpy Stelvio course jolted the world's fastest skiers back into competition mode Friday after the World Cup circuit's Christmas break. Following the first training run for Sunday's downhill, the consensus was that the Stelvio course is bumpier then ever.


22/12/2003 09:31

Spencer routed his Alta Badia "demons"
"I skied a clean run; I wasn't particularly attacking but it was a nice surprise to watch the guys come down and not catch me for a while... "Alta Badia hasn't always been good for me, so it's kind of nice to exorcise the demons on this hill. It's the first time I've scored here." ...


22/12/2003 09:29

Miller: podium means a good race
"Any time I'm on the podium, it's a good race," Miller said. "That's my goal in GS. This one was my focus all week. ...When guys ski the way they did today and they put down an unbelievably aggressive run like they did, they deserve to beat me... "I didn't attack with the same aggression ...


22/12/2003 02:20

Miller returns to World Cup podium
ALTA BADIA, Italy (AP) _ He had a rough stretch, but Bode Miller says he never went off track. The American returned to the World Cup podium Sunday after finishing third in a giant slalom. Miller also won the season's first two giant slaloms, then went through a rough period where he failed.


21/12/2003 13:40

Simoncelli wins giant slalom on Gran Risa; first Italian since Tomba
ALTA BADIA, Italy (AP) _ Davide Simoncelli did Sunday what no Italian man had done since Alberto Tomba. He won a giant slalom race on the steep and twisting Gran Risa course, where Tomba stormed to four victories, the last coming in 1994. It was Simoncelli's first World Cup victory.

Simoncelli Enjoys First World Cup Win
Sun Dec 21, 8:16 AM ET, By Simon Evans

ALTA BADIA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian Davide Simoncelli took up the mantle of Alberto Tomba when he won his first World Cup race on Sunday in a giant slalom.
Simoncelli, who led after the first leg, held his nerve in the second run to beat Finland's Kalle Palander and world champion Bode Miller of the United States. The 24-year-old Simoncelli, who clocked two minutes 33.90 seconds, had shown his potential with second places last week and last season in Alta Badia, where former Olympic champion Tomba won four races in the 1980s and 1990s.
Although he made some slips on the early part of the icy course, Simoncelli recovered well to power over the line to the roars of the home crowd.
The aggressive Palander, who won here a week ago, was 1.03 seconds behind, with Miller, the victor in the season's first two giant slaloms, a further 0.18 seconds back.
The home team had four men in the top 10, with Massimiliano Blardone fourth, Arnold Rieder seventh and Alberto Schieppati celebrating a career-best eighth place.
Tomba, now working for television, was among the first to congratulate a beaming Simoncelli at the finish line as a large crowd celebrated a rare moment of success for Italy in what has been a poor season so far.
"I was really nervous before the second run and I just couldn't wait to get started," said Simoncelli. "I made a few mistakes in the top section but that really woke me up and I knew I had to go for it then.
"I was aiming for top three here but I never expected to win -- it's wonderful."

21/12/2003 11:10

Simoncelli leads giant slalom
ALTA BADIA, Italy (AP) _ Local favorite Davide Simoncelli of Italy led Kalle Palander and Bode Miller after the first run of a World Cup giant slalom Sunday Simoncelli covered the steep and twisting Gran Risa course in 1 minute, 15.62 seconds.

21/12/2003 10:10

Women's World Cup super-G scrapped due to fog, winds
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) _ High winds and fog wiped out a women's World Cup super-G Sunday. Organizers had planned to possibly lower the start but because strong gusts and heavy fog affected the middle section of the Corviglia course, there was no option but to cancel the race.


21/12/2003 08:30

Val Gardena: interwievs
Rahlves, first in the opening training run Wednesday and fourth Thursday, tied Austrian Klaus Kroell for seventh in 1:54.27. Friedman, who was fourth and second in his two training runs, is in his first season on the tour fulltime; he finished 19th in 1:55.26.


20/12/2003 14:23

Deneriaz wins downhill
VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) _ It was looking like another Austrian sweep of the downhill podium until Antoine Deneriaz left the starting gate Saturday. The Frenchman exited a mid-mountain restaurant where he was keeping warm before his run with only one thing on his mind. "There was nothing to do ...


20/12/2003 12:58

Goetschl wins downhill
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) _ Austria's Renate Goetschl settled her score with the Corviglia mountain Saturday, posting her 15th career World Cup downhill victory Saturday, but nearly saw her plans upset by technical specialist Anja Paerson.


20/12/2003 09:33

Rahlves 4th in Val Gardena SG
It was the fourth time in Rahlves career he has finished fourth in a World Cup super G, despite winning the 2001 World Championship. "It's definitely a good start for me in super G," said Rahlves. "My best in World Cup is fourth -- I've won World Champinoships but never been on the podium in WC..


20/12/2003 09:29

Kjus, Eberharter and Maier prove super-G is a race for veterans
VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) _ Super giant slalom requires the most intuition and guesswork of all the skiing disciplines. In the slower and more technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom, skiers can gauge their final run from what they saw on the first...


20/12/2003 07:35

Bode Miller after the race
"I made some stupid mistakes," said Miller. "I felt I was going on the right line. But I was going too direct on the top and lost some speed. From the Ciaslat to the finish I thought I skied pretty well, but I still lost a lot of time. I'll look at the video and figure it out.


19/12/2003 14:13

Kjus leads star-studded podium
VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) _ Norwegian veteran Lasse Kjus won a World Cup super giant slalom race Friday, edging Austrians Stephan Eberharter and Hermann Maier on a star-studded podium. It was the first victory in two seasons for the two-time overall World Cup leader.


19/12/2003 13:37

Paerson upsets pecking order with best time by far in downhill training
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) _ Technical specialist and World Cup overall leader Anja Paerson stunned the field by posting the best time by far Friday in a downhill training session. Paerson, who will be competing in her first ever World Cup downhill on Saturday, blitzed down the 2,828-meter course.


19/12/2003 13:28

Results from women's downhill training
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) _ Top results from a women's downhill training session Friday on the Corviglia course:
1 ( 31) PAERSON Anja SWE 1:39.72
2 ( 21) BERTHOD S. SUI 1:40.44 + 0.72
3 ( 52) SCHNEIDER T. AUT 1:40.59 + 0.87
4 ( 15) BRYDON Emily CAN 1:40.68 + 0.96
...


19/12/2003 10:25

Goetschl posts fastest time on new downhill run. Paerson decides to race downhill
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) _ Olympic downhill bronze medalist Renate Goetschl of Austria posted the fastest time during training Thursday on a newly formatted World Cup downhill course.


19/12/2003 10:21

Maier has low expectations for Val Gardena
VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) _ Hermann Maier leads the overall World Cup standings, but he says he's still not in top "Herminator" form. Still regaining his strength after nearly losing a leg in a motorcycle accident, Maier finished 15th in Thursday's second training session for a World Cup downhill.


18/12/2003 18:23

Result from women's downhill training
1 ( 12) GOETSCHL R. AUT 1:41.32
2 ( 4) BRYDON Emily CAN 1:42.09 + 0.77
3 ( 11) GERG Hilde GER 1:42.13 + 0.81
4 ( 17) OBERMOSER B. AUT 1:42.39 + 1.07
5 ( 10) MONTILLET C. FRA 1:42.62 + 1.30
6 ( 13) BORGHI C. SUI 1:42.86 + 1.54
7 ( 22) DORFMEISTER M. AUT 1:4 ...


18/12/2003 17:26

World Cup downhill practice results
VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) _ Fastest times Thursday from the second practice session for Saturday's men's World Cup downhill race at the 3,446-meter long Saslong course, with a vertical drop of 839 meters:
1 ( 14) DENERIAZ A. FRA 1:55.01
2 ( 39) FRIEDMAN Bryon USA 1:55.29 + 0.28 < ...


17/12/2003 13:50

Austria's Hosp wins her first slalom
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy (AP) _ Austria's Nicole Hosp held onto a first-run lead to win her first World Cup slalom race Wednesday, canceling Anja Paerson's bid for consecutive-day wins. Hosp was the fastest skier in both runs on the steep Canalone Miramonti course.

Austria's Hosp Wins Her First Slalom
Wed Dec 17, 9:30 AM ET, By ANDREW DAMPF, Associated Press Writer

MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy - Austria's Nicole Hosp was the fastest skier in both runs and won her first World Cup slalom race Wednesday.
Hosp finished with a combined time of 1 minute, 37.97 seconds on the steep Canalone Miramonti course, 0.29 seconds ahead of Sweden's Anja Paerson, who won Tuesday's race.
Marlies Schild, another Austrian, was 0.53 seconds back in third place.
"I heard Paerson was leading when I was at the start and I said to myself I've really got to win this race," said Hosp, who finished third Tuesday.
It was Hosp's second career victory. Last season, she won a giant slalom on the Austrian glacier of Soelden.
Hosp attributed a large part of her success to a change of boots.
The win moved her up to second place in the overall World Cup standings, 190 points behind Paerson.
Paerson looked slightly unstable in her second run, with her arms and poles flailing out beside her.
She said she was tired and still getting her energy back from a successful North American trip.
"It's mentally tough always to be on the podium," she said. "I'll be very happy on Christmas to stay in bed. I thought I could have won today too. Both runs I was perfect on the top part, but I made some mistakes on the bottom. I'm happy for my second place."
The race was originally scheduled for the Slovakian resort of Vratna, but was moved due to a lack of snow.
Last season's overall winner Janica Kostelic canceled her appearance as a forerunner because of knee pain, which could lead to surgery.
Kostelic, who has yet to compete this season because of a thyroid problem, was a forerunner Tuesday. Kostelic also has a history of knee problems.

17/12/2003 11:27

Hosp leads after first slalom run
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy (AP) _ Nicole Hosp of Austria led after the first run of Wednesday's World Cup slalom race. Hosp covered the steep Canalone Miramonti course in 48.71 seconds, 0.12 seconds faster than countrywoman Marlies Schild.

17/12/2003 09:21

Koznick:Happy for second shot at the hill
"All in all, it was a good day," said women's SL/GS Head Coach Wolfi Erharter. "And they're psyched to be racing here [Wednesday in a race shifted from Vratna, Slovakia because of no snow...
"We're pretty happy about today but the girls are also angry because they say, 'I can achieve more.' ...


17/12/2003 08:50

Hermann Maier's hometown names slope after the star skier
FLACHAU, Austria (AP) _ Hermann Maier's hometown named a ski slope after the triple World Cup winner on Tuesday. The alpine town of Flachau, located near Salzburg, named a challenging slope on the Griessenkar mountain the "Hermann Maier World Cup Slope," ahead of World Cup races.


17/12/2003 08:37

Ivica Kostelic to undergo medical exam on injured knee
SCHRUNS, Austria (AP) _ Croatian skier Ivica Kostelic only suffered a minor injury during a World Cup race that he won a day earlier in Madonna di Campiglio, according to the Austrian doctor who treated him Tuesday. Kostelic traveled to the clinic in Schruns earlier in the day to undergo medical exam on injured knee.


17/12/2003 08:29

Female skiers seeking more races on tougher courses
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy (AP) _ The world's best female skiers want more challenging World Cup courses. The women competed for the third time in a slalom on the steep Canalone Miramonti course _ usually reserved for men _ and the top three finishers were not impressed on Tuesday.

16/12/2003 11:49

Miller and Kostelic compete in unlikely role
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy (AP) _ Bode Miller and Janica Kostelic participated in the unlikely role of forerunners for a women's slalom race Monday. Miller is trying to regain his form after failing to finish four of his last five races and Kostelic is preparing to return from a thyroid problem.


16/12/2003 08:22

Seeking to regain form, Miller to be forerunner in women's race
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy (AP) _ Lately, Bode Miller has been unable to finish a race. So on Tuesday, he's testing himself in a women's race. After falling in the first run of Monday's men's slalom, the American signed up to be a forerunner in a women's slalom.


16/12/2003 00:23

Kostelic wins, then doubles over in pain
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy (AP) _ It was a bittersweet victory for Ivica Kostelic. The Croatian skier won a night slalom race Monday in thrilling fashion, then doubled over in pain with a knee injury that may end his season.


15/12/2003 16:58

Pranger leads slalom after first run; Miller falls
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy (AP) _ Austria's Manfred Pranger led after the first run of a World Cup night slalom race Monday. Bode Miller fell and failed to qualify for the second run. Pranger's time of 44.78 seconds was 0.49 seconds faster than France's Pierrick Bourgeat.

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05/01/2004 13:00

General Standing

World cup Leader
Maier Hermann
07.12.1972 (Flachau)
Sci: Atomic

Maier Hermann 515
Raich Benjamin 469
Palander Kalle 451
Knauss Hans 440
Kjus Lasse 438
Solbakken Bjarne 383
Walchhofer Michael 376
Schifferer Andreas 373
Eberharter Stefan 356
Miller Bode 337

World cup Leader
Paerson Anja
25.04.1981 (Tarnaby)
Sci: Salomon

Paerson Anja 739
Hosp Nicole 506
G?tschl Renate 473
Ertl Martina 406
Montillet Carole 374
Meissnitzer Alexandra 330
Gerg Hilde 310
Dorfmeister Michaela 309
Poutiainen Tanja 284
Clark Kirsten 257

Next Races

09.01.2004 Chamonix (FRA) DH
10.01.2004 Chamonix (FRA) DH
10.01.2004 Veysonnaz (SUI) DH
11.01.2004 Chamonix (FRA) SL
11.01.2004 Veysonnaz (SUI) SG
16.01.2004 Cortina (ITA) SG
17.01.2004 Wengen (SUI) DH