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Worley, Walchhofer emerge triumphant
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November 29, 2010, Monday
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TESSA Worley outclassed the seemingly invincible Germans to win a giant slalom on her favorite slope in Aspen, Colorado, on Saturday and confirm France's superb start to the season.
Having claimed her maiden World Cup victory on the same course two years ago, the 21-year old daughter of an Australian father beat Olympic champion Vicktoria Rebensburg and world champion Kathrin Hoelzl but it was the closest of calls.
Rebensburg, winner of the season-opener in Soelden, Austria, finished 0.01 seconds behind Worley while Hoelzl was a further hundredth of a second behind. "I guess the hundredths were on my side today," said Worley, who also won a giant slalom in Are, Sweden, last season.
The petite Frenchwoman from Le Grand Bornand was only eighth after the morning run but in the second she took advantage of her keen knowledge of the course to overtake her rivals.
"It's a very technical piste which suits me perfectly. It's one of the hardest courses but I love to ski on it," she said.
France, which failed to win a medal at the Winter Olympics, is fighting back in the early season - Jean-Baptiste Grange won the opening men's slalom while teammate Cyprien Richard was leading the season-opener in Soelden a month ago before it was canceled for lack of visibility.
Three-time overall World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn of the United States failed to finish the first run after taking a wide turn and skiing off the course.
In the meantime, three Germans are leading the World Cup standings, Rebensburg, Maria Riesch and Hoelzl.
In Lake Louise, Alberta, Michael Walchhofer led a strong Austrian showing on Saturday to win the first men's downhill of the World Cup season.
The 35-year-old Walchhofer is competing in his last World Cup season. He won in 1 minute, 47.78 seconds in Canada, the first downhill victory by an Austrian man since March 2009.
Mario Scheiber of Austria and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway tied for second in 1:48.33. Austria's Klaus Kroell was sixth in 1:48.89.
This was the 12th downhill victory of Walchhofer's career and it came on the course where in 2003 he won his first downhill.
"It couldn't be better," he said. "I hope it's not the last victory of my career. I felt good, but not perfect before the race. That I can be so fast today, it gives me a lot of self confidence for the next races."
Having claimed her maiden World Cup victory on the same course two years ago, the 21-year old daughter of an Australian father beat Olympic champion Vicktoria Rebensburg and world champion Kathrin Hoelzl but it was the closest of calls.
Rebensburg, winner of the season-opener in Soelden, Austria, finished 0.01 seconds behind Worley while Hoelzl was a further hundredth of a second behind. "I guess the hundredths were on my side today," said Worley, who also won a giant slalom in Are, Sweden, last season.
The petite Frenchwoman from Le Grand Bornand was only eighth after the morning run but in the second she took advantage of her keen knowledge of the course to overtake her rivals.
"It's a very technical piste which suits me perfectly. It's one of the hardest courses but I love to ski on it," she said.
France, which failed to win a medal at the Winter Olympics, is fighting back in the early season - Jean-Baptiste Grange won the opening men's slalom while teammate Cyprien Richard was leading the season-opener in Soelden a month ago before it was canceled for lack of visibility.
Three-time overall World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn of the United States failed to finish the first run after taking a wide turn and skiing off the course.
In the meantime, three Germans are leading the World Cup standings, Rebensburg, Maria Riesch and Hoelzl.
In Lake Louise, Alberta, Michael Walchhofer led a strong Austrian showing on Saturday to win the first men's downhill of the World Cup season.
The 35-year-old Walchhofer is competing in his last World Cup season. He won in 1 minute, 47.78 seconds in Canada, the first downhill victory by an Austrian man since March 2009.
Mario Scheiber of Austria and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway tied for second in 1:48.33. Austria's Klaus Kroell was sixth in 1:48.89.
This was the 12th downhill victory of Walchhofer's career and it came on the course where in 2003 he won his first downhill.
"It couldn't be better," he said. "I hope it's not the last victory of my career. I felt good, but not perfect before the race. That I can be so fast today, it gives me a lot of self confidence for the next races."
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