Sporting Digest: Skiing
ALPINE WORLD CUP (Val d'Isere) Men: Super-giant slalom: 1 G Mader (Aut) 1min 28.25sec; 2 K-A Aamodt (Nor) 1:28.42; 3 T Moe (US) 1:28.61; 4 J-E Thorsen (Nor) 1:28.63; 5 D Mahrer (Swit) 1:28.86; 6 A Skaardal (Nor) 1:28.92; 7 M Wasmeier (Ger) 1:29.11; 8 W Besse (Swit) 1:29.13; 9 F Piccard (Fr) 1:29.14; 10 A Fattori (It) 1:29.15. British placings: 49 M Bell 1:30.41; 59 G Bell 1:30.89. (Veysonnaz, Swit) Women: Giant slalom: 1 D Compagnoni (It) 2min 29.86sec (1:14.31, 1:15.55); 2 M Ertl (Ger) 2:32.78 (1:15.05, 1:17.73); 3 V Schneider (Swit) 2:33.83 (1:17.20, 1:16.63); 4 H Zeller-Baehler (Swit) 2:33.89 (1:16.57, 1:17.32); 5 K Seizinger (Ger) 2:35.02 (1:17.49, 1:17.53); 6 E Twardokens (US) 2:35.04 (1:17.70, 1:17.34); 7 U Maier (Aut) 2:35.14 (1:17.13, 1:18.01); 8 U Hrovat (Sloven) 2:35.63 (1:17.80, 1:17.83); 9 H Voelker (US) 2:35.82 (1:17:30, 1:18.52); 10 S Panzanini (It) 2:36.14 (1:17.13, 1:19.01). Leading World Cup giant slalom positions: 1 A Wachter (Aut) 360pts; 2 Compagnoni 295; 3 Schneider 275. Slalom: 1 P Wiberg (Swe) 1min 26.16sec; 2 M Gallizio (It) 1:26.94; 3 C von Gruenigen (Swit) 1:27.05; 4 B Perez (It) 1:27.07; 5 M Ertl (Ger) 1:27.74; 6 K Andersson (Swe) 1:27.78; 7 G Zingre (Swit) 1:27.86; 8 A Wachter (Aut) 1:28.08; 9 L Magoni (It) 1:28.27; 10 A Plank (It) 1:28.49. Leading World Cup slalom positions: 1 Wiberg 150pts; 2 Wachter 112; 3 Gallizio 109; 4 V Schneider (Swit) 100. Leading World Cup overall (after eight races: five giant slaloms, two slaloms and one downhill): 1 Wachter 472pts; 2 Schneider 382; 3 Wiberg 330; 4 Maier 309; 5 Compagnoni 295.
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