ALPINE SKI WORLD CUP 1997/98
Lake Louise (AB, CAN) Women's 1st Downhill. 04.Dec.1997
LL98_WDH1/1st^Seizinger
1st / Katja Seizinger(GER)		 LL98_WDH1/3rd-Goetschl
3rd / Renate Goetschl(AUT)
LL98_WDH1/Podio
Downhill 1 Podium. 3rd Goetschl, 1st Seizinger, 2nd Gutensohn(GER)
Second Win a Row for Katja Seizinger
SkiNet Report by Patrick Lang

Germany's Katja Seizinger and it's team are on a roll. The reigning@Olympic Champion scored her second win in a row this season at Lake@Louise, Alberta, in Canada, where she dominated the first downhill of the winter.
The 25-year-old speed specialist beat by 36/100 her teammate Katrin Gutensohn while Austria's Renate Goteschl, the 1997 Downhill World Cup champion, was third at 57/100. Two other Austrian finished behind Goetschl while Italy's Isolde Kostner was sixth at 1.16 seconds. The best Swiss finisher, Heidi Zurbriggen was only ninth and the best French, Regine Cavagnoud was 14th.
It was a very disappointing day for the strong Russian team : none of them could ski among the top-20 while Slovenia's Spela Bracun had a great 15th place despite her start number 45. In the absence of Picabo Street, who is training hard to get back in top shape for the races at Val d'Isere next week, the best US skier was Kristen Clark in 32nd position.
It's Seizinger's 30th success on the World Cup tour since she entered the major ski league in 1990, and her 13th downhill victory. She won on this same demanding course at Lake Louise a year ago. This success moved her up in the lead in the Overall World Cup ranking which is her main goal this season, along with a medal at the Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
For the moment, however, she is content to have won another World Cup event, after placing first in the super-G at Mammoth Mountain, CA, last week. "It's great to have done so well on this challenging course" she said. "The snow was really hard and fast. I really enjoy competing in North America. I can concentrate very well on the races over her. This result in downhill is very important because I can't focus on speed during training, since I have become an all arounder. You need good skis and good feeling for the speed to do so well on such a course."
Seizinger does not intend to slack of after her two victories or become over-confident. "Now my goal is to be more consistent in the speed events than last year, but don't ask me about my chances for the Overall World Cup before next March. There are still so many races on the schedule. The season is only beginning now".
Another downhill and a super-G race are planned for the weekend at Lake Louise, where the weather has been gorgeous these last days.
Women's 1st Downhill, December 04,1997
Rank Name Nat. Total
 1 SEIZINGER Katja  GER   1:38.36
 2 GUTENSOHN Katharina  GER   1:38.72
 3 GOETSCHL Renate  AUT   1:38.93
 4 DORFMEISTER Michaela  AUT   1:39.29
 5 MEISSNITZER Alexandra  AUT   1:39.47
 6 KOSTNER Isolde  ITA   1:39.52
 7 OBERMOSER Brigitte  AUT   1:39.55
 8 HAEUSL Regina  GER   1:39.70
 9 ZURBRIGGEN Heidi  SUI   1:39.75
 10 PEREZ Bibiana  ITA   1:39.86
 11 MERLIN Alessandra  ITA   1:39.89
 12 GERG Hilde  GER   1:39.93
 13 BORGHI Catherine  SUI   1:40.10
 14 CAVAGNOUD Regine  FRA   1:40.11
 15 BRACUN Spela  SLO   1:40.14
 16 SUCHET Melanie  FRA   1:40.23
 17 MONTILLET Carole  FRA   1:40.36
 18 SCHUSTER Stefanie  AUT   1:40.40
 19 SUHADOLC Mojca  SLO   1:40.41
 20 MARKEN Ingeborg Helen  NOR   1:40.46
 21 ERTL Martina  GER   1:40.47
 22 MASNADA Florence  FRA   1:40.54
 23 PACE LINDSAY Kate  CAN   1:40.91
 24 BRECHU Marianne  FRA   1:41.02
 25 MERLIN Barbara  ITA   1:41.03
 26 ZELENSKAJA Warwara  RUS   1:41.12
 27 BASSIS Patrizia  ITA   1:41.14
 28 CECCARELLI Daniela  ITA   1:41.16
 29 KRISTIANSEN Kristine  NOR   1:41.17
 30 BERTHOD Sylviane  SUI   1:41.25
 30 MICKELSON Jennifer  CAN   1:41.25
 32 CLARK Kirsten L  USA   1:41.28
 33 GIMLE Trude  NOR   1:41.41
 34 BRESCIANI Elena  ITA   1:41.48
 35 BRANDNER Elisabeth  GER   1:41.57
 36 GLADISHIVA Svetlana  RUS   1:41.63
 37 PUTZER Karen  ITA   1:41.64
 38 CLEMENT Marie Joelle  CAN   1:41.71
 39 MENDES Jonna  USA   1:41.93
 39 SCHNEIDER Tanja  AUT   1:41.93
 41 STOECKL Ingrid  AUT   1:41.97
 42 MONAHAN Kathleen  USA   1:42.17
 43 REY BELLET Corinne  SUI   1:42.23
 44 LARIONOVA Anna  RUS   1:42.53
 45 VOGT Miriam  GER   1:42.55
 46 SALCHINGER Marianna  AUT   1:43.23
 47 NOVIKOVA Svetlana  RUS   1:43.29
 48 NESTERENKO Ekaterina  RUS   1:43.44
 49 NORHEIM Tonje  NOR   1:43.52
 50 GUARAGLIA Amber  USA   1:43.63
 51 ROHREGGER Eveline  AUT   1:44.32
 52 DUNN Katie  CAN   1:45.30

Did not finish:
TURGEON Melanie (CAN), DALLOZ Leatitia (FRA), ROBERTS Lindsey (CAN), WELF Sovrana (ITA)

Disqualified:
BRAUNER Sibylle (GER)