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Australian Steggal surprise slalom winner
Unheralded Australian Zali Steggall turned the World Cup upside down Sunday, winning the women's slalom Sunday for her first World Cup victory in the closing race of this week's Alpine ski meeting.
In a spectacular finish that saw each of the last five skiers briefly hold first place, Steggall overcame Ylva Nowen of Sweden by 0.78 of a second and slalom specialist Claudia Riegler of New Zealand by 1.05 seconds.
Leading with a first-run time of 48.18 seconds, Steggall laid down a brilliant final run to win with a combined time of 1:36.30. Nowen clocked 1:37.08 with Riegler at 1:37.35.
Steggall entered this World Cup season ranked 65th, her best previous result a fourth-place finish in the Sestriere, Italy, slalom in 1996. Born in France, she moved to Australia at age 6 and has spent the past summer training with the German National Team.
It is the second consecutive year that a skier from Oceania has won the women's slalom in Park City, as Steggall succeeded four-time World Cup winner Riegler on the top podium spot and moves into the early lead in women's slalom standings.
American Kristina Koznick thrilled the home fans by skiing to a fourth-place finish in 1:37.75 and holding onto a podium spot until Steggall crossed the finish line.
The challenging Clementine Race Course continued to wreak havoc on the world's top racers as six of the final 30 skiers did not finish the second run. Most noteworthy victims during the final leg were Ingrid Salvenmoser of Austria and Leila Piccard of France.
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Women's 1st Slalom, Novenber,23,1997
| Rank |
Name |
Nation |
Total time |
| 1 |
STEGGALL Zali |
AUS |
1:36.30 |
| 2 |
NOWEN Ylva |
SWE |
1:37.08 |
| 3 |
RIEGLER Claudia |
NZE |
1:37.35 |
| 4 |
KOZNICK Kristina |
USA |
1:37.75 |
| 5 |
BAKKE Trine |
NOR |
1:38.12 |
| 6 |
ACCOLA Martina |
SUI |
1:38.51 |
| 7 |
SEIZINGER Katja |
GER |
1:38.83 |
| 8 |
BOKAL Natasa |
SLO |
1:38.86 |
| 9 |
GERG Hilde |
GER |
1:39.06 |
| 10 |
HROVAT Urska |
SLO |
1:39.20 |
| 11 |
BERGMANN Monika |
GER |
1:39.23 |
| 12 |
ERTL Martina |
GER |
1:39.68 |
| 13 |
HAELLDAHL Sandra |
SWE |
1:39.90 |
| 14 |
HALTMAYR Petra |
GER |
1:39.97 |
| 15 |
NELSON Tasha |
USA |
1:39.98 |
| 16 |
ROTEN MEIER Karin |
SUI |
1:40.01 |
| 17 |
GALINDO SANTOLARIA Ana |
SPA |
1:40.20 |
| 18 |
NEF Sonja |
SUI |
1:40.24 |
| 19 |
FLEMMEN Andrine |
NOR |
1:40.27 |
| 20 |
GERG Annemarie |
GER |
1:40.33 |
| 21 |
TICHY Katerina |
CAN |
1:40.42 |
| 22 |
OESTER Marlies |
SUI |
1:40.52 |
| 23 |
BIAVASCHI Elisabetta |
ITA |
1:40.65 |
| 24 |
GALLIZIO Morena |
ITA |
1:41.46 |
Did not start 1st run:
JACQUEMOD Ingrid (FRA)
Did not finish 1st run:
KOELLERER Karin (AUT), WAIDHOFER-DUMMER Carolina (AUT), EGGER Sabine (AUT),
DUVILLARD Kristina (FRA), VIDAL Vanessa (FRA), VIALLET Carole (FRA), WOLF
Stefanie (GER), CARRICK-ANDERSON Emma (GBR), ROBERTSON Shona (GBR), MAGONI Lara
(ITA), COMPAGNONI Deborah (ITA), YAMAKAWA Junko (JPN), BOSCH FORRELLAD Monica
(SPA), ANDERSSON Kristina (SWE), OTTOSSON Anna (SWE), KUMMER Lilian (SUI),
BORGHI Catherine (SUI), KOREN Katja (SLO)
Did not finish 2nd run:
SALVENMOSER Ingrid (AUT), WACHTER Anita (AUT), PICCARD Leila (FRA), BRAUNER
Sibylle (GER), YDESKOG Linda (SWE), SCHLEPER Sarah (USA)
Did not qualify 2nd run:
ROZSA Edith (CAN), BARTLOVA Petra (CZE), PEQUEGNOT Laure (FRA), PASCAL-SAIONI
Christel (FRA), MILANI Barbara (ITA), PUTZER Karen (ITA), PLANK Astrid (ITA),
IKEDA Kazuko (JPN), GIMLE Trude (NOR), HANSSON Erika (SWE), FORTKORD Martina
(SWE), NEUENSCHWANDER Katrin (SUI), SHEINBERG Carrie (USA), SHAFFER Alexandra
(USA), LALIVE Caroline (USA), DOVZAN Alenka (SLO), KVOPKOVA Maria (SVK)
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