Wengen slalom win for Kostelic
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January 18, 2010, Monday
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FORMER world champion Ivica Kostelic bounced back from last month's knee surgery to win a World Cup slalom on the Jungfrau course in Wengen, Switzerland, yesterday.
The Croatian, who underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in December, led after the first of the two runs and held off a spirited challenge from Sweden's Andre Myhrer.
The 30-year-old Kostelic, who notched up the tenth World Cup win of his career, also won at Wengen eight years ago.
Kostelic had a time of one minute, 40.34 seconds. Myhrer was 0.29 back in second and Austria's Reinfried Herbst trailed Kostelic by 0.51 in third.
Herbst extended his lead in the World Cup slalom standings over Julien Lizeroux of France, who placed fifth.
Benjamin Raich of Austria finished fourth and closed the gap in the overall standings to 18 points behind Switzerland's Carlo Janka, who skipped the race after winning Saturday's Lauberhorn downhill.
In Maribor, Slovenia, Kathrin Zettel won her second World Cup race in two days yesterday, to put pressure on her rivals ahead of next month's Vancouver Olympics.
The Austrian won the last women's slalom before the February 12-28 Games, her first victory in the sport's shortest discipline, after triumphing in the giant slalom on the same hill on Saturday.
"Winning yesterday gave me so much confidence I could relax in the second run today," said Zettel after setting a combined time of 1:42.98.
"I knew I had to give it my all if I wanted to be on the podium, especially after Marlies Schild's performance in the morning."
Fellow Austrian Schild had looked set for her third slalom win this season after beating the field by more than a second in the first leg but she straddled a gate in the afternoon.
Tina Maze, ninth after the first run, was fastest in the second leg to snatch second place, her first podium in the discipline.
"I was so frustrated and there were so many fans expecting me to do well that I really went for it," said the Slovenian, who was 0.71 seconds behind Zettel.
World champion Maria Riesch was third, 1.28 off the pace, a result which allowed the German to take back the overall World Cup lead from American Lindsey Vonn.
Vonn, who has been below par in technical events this season, was unable to qualify for the second run and now trails Riesch by 28 points overall.
The Croatian, who underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in December, led after the first of the two runs and held off a spirited challenge from Sweden's Andre Myhrer.
The 30-year-old Kostelic, who notched up the tenth World Cup win of his career, also won at Wengen eight years ago.
Kostelic had a time of one minute, 40.34 seconds. Myhrer was 0.29 back in second and Austria's Reinfried Herbst trailed Kostelic by 0.51 in third.
Herbst extended his lead in the World Cup slalom standings over Julien Lizeroux of France, who placed fifth.
Benjamin Raich of Austria finished fourth and closed the gap in the overall standings to 18 points behind Switzerland's Carlo Janka, who skipped the race after winning Saturday's Lauberhorn downhill.
In Maribor, Slovenia, Kathrin Zettel won her second World Cup race in two days yesterday, to put pressure on her rivals ahead of next month's Vancouver Olympics.
The Austrian won the last women's slalom before the February 12-28 Games, her first victory in the sport's shortest discipline, after triumphing in the giant slalom on the same hill on Saturday.
"Winning yesterday gave me so much confidence I could relax in the second run today," said Zettel after setting a combined time of 1:42.98.
"I knew I had to give it my all if I wanted to be on the podium, especially after Marlies Schild's performance in the morning."
Fellow Austrian Schild had looked set for her third slalom win this season after beating the field by more than a second in the first leg but she straddled a gate in the afternoon.
Tina Maze, ninth after the first run, was fastest in the second leg to snatch second place, her first podium in the discipline.
"I was so frustrated and there were so many fans expecting me to do well that I really went for it," said the Slovenian, who was 0.71 seconds behind Zettel.
World champion Maria Riesch was third, 1.28 off the pace, a result which allowed the German to take back the overall World Cup lead from American Lindsey Vonn.
Vonn, who has been below par in technical events this season, was unable to qualify for the second run and now trails Riesch by 28 points overall.
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