Sporting Digest: Skiing
ALPINE WORLD CUP (Stoneham, Can) Men's slalom: 1 A Tomba (It) 1min 47.57sec; (first leg 52.62sec, second leg 54.96sec); 2 T Stangassinger (Aut) 1:47.69 (52.69, 55.00); 3 J Kosir (Slov) 1:48.47 (52.90, 55.57); 4 F C Jagge (Nor) 1:49.04 (53.24, 55.80); 5 K A Aamodt (Nor) 1:49.30 (53.60, 55.70); 6 B Gstrein (Aut) 1:49.31 (54.04, 55.20). Leading World Cup slalom standings: 1 Stangassinger 180pts; 2 Kosir 140; 3 Jagge 110. Leading overall World Cup standings: 1 G Mader (Aut); 2 Aamodt 205; 3= Stangassinger and Tomba 180. Nations Cup leading standings: 1 Austria 1,786; 2 Germany 759; 3 Italy 730. (Tignes, Fr) Women's downhill: 1 K Pace (Can) 1min 16.56sec; 2 K Seizinger (Ger) 1:16.70; 3 R Hausl (Ger) 1:16.77; 4 A Loedemel (Nor) 1:16.84; 5 M Turgeon (Can) 1:16.85; 6 W Zelenskaja (Rus) 1:16.89. Leading World Cup downhill standings: 1 Pace 100pts; 2 Seizinger 80; 3 Hausl 60. Giant slalom: 1 D Compagnoni (It) 2min 15.43sec (first leg 1:10.47, second leg 1:04.96); 2 A Wachter (Aut) 2:15.67 (1:10.03, 1:05.64); 3 P Wiberg (Swe) 2:16.45 (1:11.45, 1:05.00); 4 M Kjoerstad (Nor) 2:17.34 (1:11.28, 1:06.06); 5 H Voelker (US) 2:17.50 (1:11.81, 1:05.69); 6 V Schneider (Swit) 2:17.53 (1:12.23, 1:05.30). Leading World Cup giant slalom standings: 1 Wachter 360pts; 2 Maier 224; 3 Schneider 215. Leading overall World Cup standings: 1 Wachter 440pts; 2 Schneider 322; 3 Maier 259.
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