Austria's Herbst triumphs on home course
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January 28, 2010, Thursday
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REINFRIED Herbst of Austria mastered the icy Planai course in Schladming, Austria, for a second straight year in winning the World Cup night slalom on Tuesday.
Herbst earned his third win of the season and eighth overall in a combined 1 minute, 45.91 seconds.
Silvan Zurbriggen of Switzerland was 0.56 seconds back in second. Austria's Manfred Pranger, who led Herbst after the first run, finished third, 0.82 behind his countryman.
Following wins in Levi, Finland, and Alta Badia, Italy, Herbst regained the lead in the discipline standings. He has 405 points, just 3 more than Julien Lizeroux of France, who finished seventh.
Herbst was determined to make up for squandering a strong lead in the second run of Sunday's slalom at Kitzbuehel. "I was very focused for my second run," he said. "I desperately wanted to win today and just went for it in the final run. I took the risk that I might go out again."
Herbst said he was relieved to have two clean runs after Sunday's disappointment.
"The course was excellent, though a bit more icy, as I expected," said Herbst.
World slalom champion Pranger held a commanding 0.59-second lead going into the final run but soon fell behind Herbst's time.
"I slipped at the start and had another mistake shortly afterward," Pranger said. "I am happy my advantage was big enough to still finish on the podium. Obviously you want to win, but I went out many times this season so it was not easy to fully charge and take too many risks."
Benjamin Raich of Austria was fourth and extended his lead over Carlo Janka of Switzerland in the overall World Cup standings to 903-829.
However, Raich was not happy with missing out on the podium.
"Fourth is better than nothing. It's OK but not what I want," said Raich, whose fiancee and former World Cup slalom champion Marlies Schild was one of the forerunners.
American Bode Miller, who skipped the slalom two days ago to rest a sore ankle, had similar mistakes in both runs as he lost balance in left turns going into the steeper middle section of the course.
Miller finished 8.84 seconds back in 26th and was too far off the winning time to earn World Cup points.
Felix Neureuther of Germany, who won his first World Cup title on Sunday, had a fast start but was disqualified for straddling a gate. Japan's Naoki Yuasa, who had starting number 39, posted the third-fastest time in the final leg and finished eighth for his second career top-10 finish.
Herbst earned his third win of the season and eighth overall in a combined 1 minute, 45.91 seconds.
Silvan Zurbriggen of Switzerland was 0.56 seconds back in second. Austria's Manfred Pranger, who led Herbst after the first run, finished third, 0.82 behind his countryman.
Following wins in Levi, Finland, and Alta Badia, Italy, Herbst regained the lead in the discipline standings. He has 405 points, just 3 more than Julien Lizeroux of France, who finished seventh.
Herbst was determined to make up for squandering a strong lead in the second run of Sunday's slalom at Kitzbuehel. "I was very focused for my second run," he said. "I desperately wanted to win today and just went for it in the final run. I took the risk that I might go out again."
Herbst said he was relieved to have two clean runs after Sunday's disappointment.
"The course was excellent, though a bit more icy, as I expected," said Herbst.
World slalom champion Pranger held a commanding 0.59-second lead going into the final run but soon fell behind Herbst's time.
"I slipped at the start and had another mistake shortly afterward," Pranger said. "I am happy my advantage was big enough to still finish on the podium. Obviously you want to win, but I went out many times this season so it was not easy to fully charge and take too many risks."
Benjamin Raich of Austria was fourth and extended his lead over Carlo Janka of Switzerland in the overall World Cup standings to 903-829.
However, Raich was not happy with missing out on the podium.
"Fourth is better than nothing. It's OK but not what I want," said Raich, whose fiancee and former World Cup slalom champion Marlies Schild was one of the forerunners.
American Bode Miller, who skipped the slalom two days ago to rest a sore ankle, had similar mistakes in both runs as he lost balance in left turns going into the steeper middle section of the course.
Miller finished 8.84 seconds back in 26th and was too far off the winning time to earn World Cup points.
Felix Neureuther of Germany, who won his first World Cup title on Sunday, had a fast start but was disqualified for straddling a gate. Japan's Naoki Yuasa, who had starting number 39, posted the third-fastest time in the final leg and finished eighth for his second career top-10 finish.
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