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| FIRST TRACKS - JANUARY 23, 2005 |
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Bode Hooks Tip on Gate as Austrian Wins Kitz Slalom
Kitzbuehel, Austria (Sunday, January 23, 2005) - Austrian Manfred Pranger won the World Cup slalom ski race here today, his career first, while World Cup leader Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) hooked a tip in the first run and did not make the top-30 cut from a second run. American Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) had the fastest second run Sunday and moved up to 12th place in a World Cup slalom with Tom Rothrock (Cashmere, WA) 18th. Pranger led the first run and finished in 1:31.51 with teammate Mario Matt second (1:31.63). Ligety, who tied Benjamin Raich of Austria for the fastest second time, had a two-run time of 1:32.80 while Rothrock finished in 1:33.14. With temperatures in the mid-20s, it was the first day of racing on the 65th Hahnenkamm Weekend after snow and rain forced cancellation of Friday's super G and a downhill Saturday. Miller survived the hooked tip but his time put him in 35th place. Chip Knight (Stowe, VT) was 31st in the first frun, missing the cut by .02. "After 5 o'clock [Saturday], I thought this would be the worst conditions for slalom, but it dropped down to about 11 below during the night," U.S. Head Coach Phil McNichol said, "and it set up beautifully, and Kitz did a great job preparing things. "It certainly wasn't our best day in slalom," he said, "but that's slalom...and we did have a couple of shining moments, especially Ted's second run, which was pretty cool. He was blazing. And Tom's first run was good, but he never found the rhythm of the second run and dropped back." Raich, his nearest challenger, shaved 32 points off Miller's lead by finishing eighth; with a super G Monday in Kitzbuehel and a slalom Tuesday night in Schladming before the World Championships begin Saturday in Bormio, Italy, Miller has 1,048 points to 882 for Raich. Canadian Thomas Grandi finished fifth on the steep and inconsistent Ganslern course for his best slalom result since a second place on this same hill last year. "It's a a great race. I'm glad I charged both runs and I have no regrets," Grandi said. "Fifth place is a very respectable result. I was shooting for the win but it was a great day. I skied well and I know I can do better. "I'm excited for this slalom and I'm going to try to make it for the worlds." MEN'S ALPINE WORLD CUP 65th Hahnenkamm Weekend Kitzbuehel, AUT - Jan. 23, 2005 Men's Slalom 1 PRANGER Manfred 1978 AUT 44.32 47.19 1:31.51 2 MATT Mario 1979 AUT 44.92 46.71 1:31.63 3 KOSTELIC Ivica 1979 CRO 44.91 46.84 1:31.75 4 SCHOENFELDER Rainer 1977 AUT 44.80 47.04 1:31.84 5 GRANDI Thomas 1972 CAN 44.86 47.30 1:32.16 6 MOELGG Manfred 1982 ITA 45.33 47.09 1:32.42 7 BOURGEAT Pierrick 1976 FRA 45.54 46.96 1:32.50 8 RAICH Benjamin 1978 AUT 45.98 46.60 1:32.58 9 LARSSON Markus 1979 SWE 45.24 47.38 1:32.62 10 VOGL Alois 1972 GER 45.46 47.20 1:32.66 11 THALER Patrick 1978 ITA 46.08 46.66 1:32.74 12 LIGETY Ted 1984 USA 46.20 46.60 1:32.80 13 VIDAL Jean-Pierre 1977 FRA 45.21 47.62 1:32.83 14 ALBRECHT Kilian 1973 AUT 45.11 47.80 1:32.91 15 PALANDER Kalle 1977 FIN 44.82 48.21 1:33.03 - 18. Tom Rothrock, Cashmere, Wash., 1:33.14 - Did not qualify for 2nd run: Bode Miller, Franconia, N.H.; Chip Knight, Stowe, Vt.; Jesse Marshall, Pittsfield, Vt. - DNF-1: Erik Schlopy, Park City, Utah; Jimmy Cochran, Keene, N.H.; Paul MacDonald, Bellevue, Wash. |
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