Sarka Zahrobská eleventh
After first round and promising second place in giant slalom in Are. Ania Person felt in the midle of the second round.
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Nicole Hosp won the giant slalom title in Are on Tuesday to save an otherwise disappointing world championships for the Austrian power-team as twice-defending champion Anja Paerson crashed dramatically and Olympic champion Julia Mancuso ceded her first-run lead.
Hosp - the Olympic silver medallist in the slalom from last year's Turin Games - was even with Sweden's Anna Ottosson at fourth after the first run, but blazed to the fastest time on the second run to claim her first gold medal at a major championship.
The 23-year-old finished in a combined time of two minutes and 31.72 seconds.
Sweden's Maria Pietilae-Holmner salvaged some pride for the host-nation by claiming the silver medal at 0.85 seconds behind Hosp after Paerson's dramatic wipe-out.
Italian Denise Karbon took the bronze a further 0.12 seconds back.
American number one Mancuso, who had a 0.25-second advantage over Hosp after the first run, skied a cautious second effort to drop to fifth a full 1.24 seconds behind the new world champion.
Starting from seventh-place after the first run, Paerson built a full 0.63 second lead over then-leading Karbon just prior to flying face-forward into the snow in a display reminiscent of her patented penguin belly-flop, normally reserved for victories.
The 25-year-old Olympic slalom champion had won the first three events at the Are world championships (super-G, downhill and super-combined) to become the first person to win world titles in all five Alpine disciplines.
Prior to Hosp's victory the normally dominant Austria were languishing at seventh in the medal table without a gold.
full coverage from: http://www.eurosport.com/alpineskiing/are/2006-2007/sport_sto1086261.shtml
Nicole Hosp won the giant slalom title in Are on Tuesday to save an otherwise disappointing world championships for the Austrian power-team as twice-defending champion Anja Paerson crashed dramatically and Olympic champion Julia Mancuso ceded her first-run lead.
Hosp - the Olympic silver medallist in the slalom from last year's Turin Games - was even with Sweden's Anna Ottosson at fourth after the first run, but blazed to the fastest time on the second run to claim her first gold medal at a major championship.
The 23-year-old finished in a combined time of two minutes and 31.72 seconds.
Sweden's Maria Pietilae-Holmner salvaged some pride for the host-nation by claiming the silver medal at 0.85 seconds behind Hosp after Paerson's dramatic wipe-out.
Italian Denise Karbon took the bronze a further 0.12 seconds back.
American number one Mancuso, who had a 0.25-second advantage over Hosp after the first run, skied a cautious second effort to drop to fifth a full 1.24 seconds behind the new world champion.
Starting from seventh-place after the first run, Paerson built a full 0.63 second lead over then-leading Karbon just prior to flying face-forward into the snow in a display reminiscent of her patented penguin belly-flop, normally reserved for victories.
The 25-year-old Olympic slalom champion had won the first three events at the Are world championships (super-G, downhill and super-combined) to become the first person to win world titles in all five Alpine disciplines.
Prior to Hosp's victory the normally dominant Austria were languishing at seventh in the medal table without a gold.
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