Subject: Nef
Wins, Koznick 20th in Sestriere GS
Date: Tuesday,
December 19, 2000 3:13 PM
U.S. Ski Team
News Bureau
http://www.usskiteam.com
Tuesday, Dec.
19, 2000
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NEF WINS,
KOZNICK 20TH AT SESTRIERE GS
SESTRIERE,
Italy (Dec. 19) - Swiss racer Sonja Nef earned the sixth win
of her career
and her second this season Tuesday with a solid second run
in a giant
slalom moved from Slovakia because of no snow. Kristina
Koznick
(Burnsville, MN), the only U.S. skier to qualify for a second
run, finished
20th.
Nef, who won
the second GS of the season a month ago at the Chevy Truck
America's
Opening in Park City, Utah, had been second behind Anja
Paerson of
Sweden in the first run. Her winning time was 2:21.67 with
Paerson -
who'd been third in Park City and on the podium in every GS
this season -
dropping a .27 lead after the morning run as she settled
for second in
2:21.91.
Third place
went to Renate Goetschl of Austria, the defending World Cup
champion who
finished in 2:22.02. Completing the top five: World Cup
leader Martina
Ertl of Germany in fourth (2:22.20) and Michaela
Dorfmeister of
Austria in fifth (2:22.21).
Koznick, 13th
in the first run, was 20th with a time of 2:24.22. Fastest
second run
went to Britt Janyk of Canada, who jumped 21 spots to eighth
place for her
first World Cup top-10.
Sarah Schleper
(Vail, CO) was 32nd on the first run, followed by Kirsten
Clark
(Raymond, ME) in 41st place (1:13.81) and Caroline Lalive
(Steamboat
Springs, CO) 54th in the field of 69 (1:15.24).
The race was
the first of two moved from Jasna, Slovakia, because of no
snow. The
women will complete their pre-Christmas schedule Wednesday
with a slalom,
also in Sestriere. Tasha Nelson (Mound, MN) will join
Koznick,
Schleper and Lalive in the slalom.
CAFE de
COLOMBIA WORLD CUP
Sestriere, ITA
- Dec. 19
Women's GS
(from Jasna, SVK)
1. Sonja nef,
Switzerland, 2:21.67
2. Anja
Paerson, Sweden, 2:21.91
3. Renate
Goetschl, Austria, 2:22.02
4. Martina
Ertl, Germany, 2:22.20
5. Michaela
Dorfmeister, Austria, 2:22.21
6. Denise
Karbon, Italy, 2:22.44
7. Maria Jose
Rienda Contreras, Spain, 2:23.02
8. Britt Janyk,
Canada, 2:23.49
9. Regine
Cavagnoud, France, 2:23.62
10. Janica
Kostelic, Croatia, 2:23.68
11. Alexandra
Meissnitzer, Austria, 2:23.77
12. Karen
Putzer, Italy, 2:23.80
13. Brigitte
Obermoser, Austria, 2:23.86
14. Stina
Hofgard Nilsen, Norway, 2:23.89
15. Tina Maze,
Slovenia, 2:23.97
16. Evelyne
Rohregger, Austria, 2:24.01
17. Petra
Haltmayer, Germany, 2:24.02
18. Christiane
Mitterwallner, Austria, 2:24.17
19. Anna
Ottosson, Sweden, 2:24.18
20. Kristina
Koznick, Burnsville, Minn., 2:24.22
21. Tanja
Poutiainen, Finland, 2;24.46
22. Isolde
Kostner, Italy, 2:24.53
23. Allison
Forsyth, Canada, 2:24.57
24. Silvia
Berger, Austria, 2:24.60
25. Christel
Saioni, France, 2:24.66
26. Ylva Nowen,
Sweden, 2:24.71
27. Kumiko
Kashiwagi, Japan, 2:24.89
28. Silke
Bachmann, Italy, 2:25.38
29. Stefanie
Schuster, Austria, 2:25.61
30. Birgit
Heeb, Liechtenstein, 2:25.73
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Did not
qualify for 2nd run: Sarah Schleper, Vail, Colo.; Kirsten Clark,
Raymond,
Maine; and Caroline Lalive,
Steamboat
Springs, Colo.
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Cafe de
Colombia World Cup
Women's
Overall (14 races)
1. Ertl, 610
points
2. Cavagnoud,
538
3. Dorfmeister,
523
4. Goetschl,
499
5. (tie)
Kostner and Kostelic, 419 each
7. Obermoser,
401
8. Paerson,
370
9. Nef, 332
10. Corinne
Rey-Bellet, Switzerland, 320
11. Carole
Montillet, France, 301
12. Haltmayer,
247
13. Tanja
Schneider, Austria, 191
14. Mojca
Suhadolc, Slovenia, 186
15. Putzer,
173
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20. Koznick,
146
21. Jonna
Mendes, Heavenly, Calif., 142
26. Schleper,
106
35. Clark, 90
46. Megan
Gerety, Anchorage, Alaska, 56
51. Lalive, 49
54. Alison
Powers, Winter Park, Colo.
95. Picabo
Street, Park City, Utah, 7
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Women's GS (4
races)
1. Paerson,
280
Nef,
276
3. Ertl, 236
4. Dorfmeister,
231
5. Obermoser,
181
6. Putzer, 115
7. Andrine
Flemmen, Norway, 109
8. Cavagnoud,
108
9. Kostelic,
103
10. Rienda
Contreras, 90
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22. Koznick,
40
45. Clark, 5
46. Schleper,
4
- Best in the World! -