Monday, February 02, 2009

Italians Moelgg and Rocca are Top Two Men's Skiers in the World Cup Slalom

The ANNOTICO Report

 

Manfred Moelgg and Giorgio Rocca surprised the field, fans, and defied the odds by giving Italians the two top spots in the Men's World Cup Slalom Sunday in Germany.

 

Italy's Moelgg Edges Countryman for Ski Win

 

CBS News

February 1, 2009 

Italians Manfred Moelgg and Giorgio Rocca were the top two men's skiers in the World Cup slalom Sunday in Germany.

Moelgg, last year's World Cup winner in the discipline, won his first race of the season. He finished the course at Garmisch-Partenkirchenin in a two-run time of one minute, 46.77 seconds....

Rocca's combined time of 1:47.06 put him second, slipping past Herbst who finished third. Manfred Pranger of Austria and Jean-Baptiste Grange of France were tied for fourth....

Last year's overall World Cup champion, Bode Miller of the United States, was sixth, with American Ted Ligety 16th.

Ivica Kostelic of Croatia finished a disappointing 24th, but still leads the overall World Cup standings, 36 points ahead of Grange. Austria's Benjamin Raich - who was 13th in Sunday's race - is in third place.

In the slalom standings, the order is Grange, Kostelic and Herbst....

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/alpineskiing/story/2009/02/01/alpine-men.html

 

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