ALPINE SKI WORLD CUP 1997/98
Kitzbuhel (AUT) Men's 6th Slalom. 25.Jan.1998
Austria Sets Team Mark With 19th World Cup Win

KITZBUEHEL, Austria (Jan. 25) -- Reigning Olympic slalom champion Thomas Stangassinger, trying to ignore the pressure from Austrian downhillers' weekend struggles, Sunday won the slalom concluding 58th Hahnenkamm Weekend.
His victory in 1:44.27 -- the 19th of the season, one more than Switzerland's mark set in 1987 -- was a bare .08 ahead of countryman Thomas Sykora with Norwegian Ole Kristian Furuseth in third place, at 1:44.42. No American reached the second run; Italy's alberto Tomba, looking for his 50th World Cup SL win, straddled a gate in the first run.
Stangassinger's performance also blunted some of the disappointment among Austrians, who watched their speed skiers fizzle in the two downhills of the weekend. Stangassinger conceded there was plenty of pressure to succeed but he tried to focus on his own race, not worry about the DHers troubles.
Kjetil Andre Aamodt of Norway won the weekend combined event, more than three seconds ahead of Austrian Werner Franz. Matt Grosjean (Aliso Viejo, CA) had hoped to compete in the combined but lost his chance Saturday when fog forced an early end to the 58th Hahnenkamm DH after 42 racers.
Men's 6th Slalom, 25.01.1998
Rank Name Nat. Total
 1 STANGASSINGER Thomas  AUT   1:44.27
 2 SYKORA Thomas  AUT   1:44.35
 3 FURUSETH Ole Christian  NOR   1:44.42
 4 BURAAS Hans-Petter  NOR   1:45.01
 5 MIKLAVC Andrej  SLO   1:45.13
 6 VOGL Alois  GER   1:45.23
 7 MAYER Christian  AUT   1:45.36
 8 SCHILCHEGGER Heinz  AUT   1:45.38
 9 KOSIR Jure  SLO   1:45.48
 10 KIMURA Kiminobu  JPN   1:45.49
 11 BOURGEAT Pierrick  FRA   1:45.54
 12 GRANDI Thomas  CAN   1:45.59
 13 WEISS Angelo  ITA   1:45.65
 14 PLASCHY Didier  SUI   1:45.74
 15 EBERLE Markus  GER   1:45.75
 16 STIANSEN Tom  NOR   1:45.99
 17 DIMIER Yves  FRA   1:46.03
 18 TESCARI Fabrizio  ITA   1:46.12
 19 VOGLREITER Siegfried  AUT   1:46.17
 20 MARILA Mika  FIN   1:46.23
 21 VON GRUENIGEN Michael  SUI   1:46.56
 22 VIOLON Pierre  FRA   1:46.82
 23 AMIEZ Sebastien  FRA   1:47.04
 24 LLORACH Gaetan  FRA   1:47.55
 25 AAMODT Kjetil Andre  NOR   1:48.50

Did not finish 1st run:
TRITSCHER Michael (AUT), MOESGAARD Jacob (DAN), PALANDER Kalle (FIN), CHENAL Joel (FRA), TOMBA Alberto (ITA), ISHIOKA Takuya (JPN), WYSSEN Koebi (SUI), CASANOVA Marco (SUI), GROS Sacha (USA), VRHOVNIK Matjaz (SLO), GRUBELNIK Drago (SLO)

Did not finish 2nd run:
GRAVIER Richard (FRA), SIMOND Francois (FRA), NANA Matteo (ITA), JAGGE Finn Chr. (NOR)

Disqualified 1st run:
KNIGHT Chip (USA)

Disqualified 2nd run:
REITER Mario (AUT)

Did not qualify 2nd run:
ESCODA Gerard (AND), ALBRECHT Kilian (AUT), FRANZ Werner (AUT), MADER Guenther (AUT), STROBL Fritz (AUT), PODIVINSKY Ed (CAN), HAYER Stanley (CAN), PAGE Kevin (FRA), ROLLAND Eric (FRA), ERTL Andreas (GER), ARNORSSON Haukur (ISL), BJORNSSON Kristinn (ISL), BELFROND Matteo (ITA), CATTANEO Luca (ITA), VICQUERY Simone (ITA), BERGAMELLI Sergio (ITA), CASTELLANO Christian (ITA), GIRARDI Walter (ITA), HIRASAWA Gaku (JPN), HANSSON Martin (SWE), NYBERG Fredrik (SWE), BRUGGE Jesper (SWE), CUCHE Didier (SUI), KERNEN Bruno Ii (SUI), IMBODEN Urs (SUI), GROSJEAN Matthew (USA), MILLER Bode (USA), KUNC Mitja (SLO), VALENCIC Mitja (SLO)

 Men's 3rd Combined
Rank Name Nat. Total
 1 AAMODT Kjetil Andre  NOR   3:54.51
 2 FRANZ Werner  AUT   3:57.12
 3 PODIVINSKY Ed  CAN   3:58.23
 4 STROBL Fritz  AUT   4:00.02
 5 NYBERG Fredrik  SWE   4:01.75
 6 CUCHE Didier  SUI   4:02.77
 7 CATTANEO Luca  ITA   4:06.72