Poutiainen, Neureuther sizzle on ice
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January 25, 2010, Monday
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TANJA Poutiainen won a World Cup giant slalom by a large margin in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, yesterday, showing that the technical specialist from Finland has fully recovered from a back problem just in time for the Vancouver Olympics.
Poutiainen posted a two-run time of 2 minutes, 26.51 seconds on the Olympia delle Tofane course.
Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany finished a distant 1.05 seconds behind for the first podium result of her career, and giant slalom world champion Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany placed third, 1.45 behind.
Lindsey Vonn of United States came 19th to retain her overall lead ahead of Maria Riesch, who finished eighth. Vonn holds a 56-point lead over the German.
First-run leader Kathrin Zettel of Austria lost control and got caught on a gate midway down the second leg, throwing her off-course. Zettel won both technical races last weekend in Maribor, Slovenia.
Poutiainen hadn't won since taking the season-opening GS in October at Soelden, Austria.
This weekend's speed races in St Moritz, Switzerland, are the final women's events before the Vancouver Games open on February 12. This, however, was the final GS before the Olympics, and only one more GS remains on the World Cup calendar, at the finals in March at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
In Kitzbuehel, Austria, Germany's Felix Neureuther won his first World Cup victory yesterday when he took the slalom, helped by a mistake from Austria's Reinfried Herbst.
Herbst, the fastest man in the first leg, was still leading halfway down the second run when he missed a gate to the despair of the home crowd.
The Austrians, who failed to get on the podium for Saturday's downhill here, were again left without a top-three finish as Frenchman Julien Lizeroux took second place and Italy's Giuliano Razzoli was third.
Poutiainen posted a two-run time of 2 minutes, 26.51 seconds on the Olympia delle Tofane course.
Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany finished a distant 1.05 seconds behind for the first podium result of her career, and giant slalom world champion Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany placed third, 1.45 behind.
Lindsey Vonn of United States came 19th to retain her overall lead ahead of Maria Riesch, who finished eighth. Vonn holds a 56-point lead over the German.
First-run leader Kathrin Zettel of Austria lost control and got caught on a gate midway down the second leg, throwing her off-course. Zettel won both technical races last weekend in Maribor, Slovenia.
Poutiainen hadn't won since taking the season-opening GS in October at Soelden, Austria.
This weekend's speed races in St Moritz, Switzerland, are the final women's events before the Vancouver Games open on February 12. This, however, was the final GS before the Olympics, and only one more GS remains on the World Cup calendar, at the finals in March at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
In Kitzbuehel, Austria, Germany's Felix Neureuther won his first World Cup victory yesterday when he took the slalom, helped by a mistake from Austria's Reinfried Herbst.
Herbst, the fastest man in the first leg, was still leading halfway down the second run when he missed a gate to the despair of the home crowd.
The Austrians, who failed to get on the podium for Saturday's downhill here, were again left without a top-three finish as Frenchman Julien Lizeroux took second place and Italy's Giuliano Razzoli was third.
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