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DARON RAHLVES WINS 76TH LAUBERHORN DOWNHILL
Victory marks career win No. 12, ninth in DH

WENGEN, Switzerland (Jan. 14) - Daron Rahlves (Sugar Bowl, CA), looking to give his wife a special gift for her birthday, took her suggestion Saturday, nailed the bottom of the longest World Cup downhill and collected his ninth World Cup DH victory and third of the season. He won the 76th running of the fabled Lauberhorn DH by four-tenths of a second.

OLN will broadcast Lauberhorn coverage Sunday at 5 p.m. ET as part of its 10 Weeks to Torino programming leading to the Olympics in Italy next month.

Sullivan’s 16th was a gold medal for him
Sullivan, a 2002 Olympian, tore knee ligaments in a race early in the 2004 season and then reinjured his knee a year ago. This is his first season back and his 16th place “was a showing that he’s making a move back. He’s not back,” Mcichol said, “but he’s definitely popped to the surface...and that was pretty cool to see.”

Earlier this season, Rahlves won the VISA Birds of Prey downhill at Beaver Creek, Colo., and ended the old year with a win in Bormio, Italy. He is the first American to win in Wengen since Kyle Rasmussen in 1995. The first U.S. men's World Cup downhill win also came in Wengen when Bill Johnson - battling to stay on-course - won the 1984 Lauberhorn, then went on to take Olympic gold a couple of weeks later in snowy Sarajevo, then-Yugoslavia.

The Lauberhorn festivities conclude Sunday with a slalom before the men move to Kitzbuehel, Austria, for Hahnenkamm Weekend. The U.S. Alpine Ski Team will be announced Jan. 25. following the annual night slalom Jan. 24 in Schladming, Austria.

MEN’S ALPINE WORLD CUP
76th Lauberhorn Downhill
Wengen, SUI - Jan. 14, 2006v 1. Daron Rahlves, Sugar Bowl, Calif., 2:30.54
2. Michael Walchhofer, Austria, 2:30.94
3. Fritz Strobl, Austria, 2:31.60
4. Hermann Maier, Austria, 2:31.83
5. Kjetil Andre Aamodt, Austria, 2:32.55
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11T. Bode Miller, Bretton Woods, N.H., 2:32.95
16. Marco Sullivan, Squaw Valley, Calif., 2:33.61
26. Scott Macartney, Redmond, Wash., 2:34.57
42. JJ Johnson, Park City, Utah, 2:35.93
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Did not finish:
Steve Nyman, Orem, Utah

For complete results:

FIS SKI

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JASON SMITH, JAYSON HALE JOIN OLYMPIC SBX PICTURE, 1-3 IN ITALY KRONPLATZ, Italy (Jan. 14) - The 2006 U.S. Olympic snowboarding picture added two new faces Saturday as Jason Smith (Basalt, CO) tatooed his Olympic eligibilty with a win at the final World Cup snowboardcross event before the Olympic Games. On Smith's heals and on the podium was '05 world championship bronze medalist Jayson Hale (Sugarbowl, CA) taking third.

ALEX DEIBOLD, ALLYSON CARROLL TAKE OPENING REVOLUTION TOUR STOP Wins secure World Cup starting spots for Lake Placid
DULUTH, Minn. (Jan. 13) – The 2006 Chevrolet Revolution Tour got underway Friday with snowboardcross action at Spirit Mountain. Alex Deibold (Manchester, VT) won the men’s event, while Allyson Carroll (Truckee, CA) took top honors among the women.
By virtue of their wins, Deibold and Carrroll earned start spots in the Lake Placid World Cup March 9-12. In addition, Carroll and Jarod Minghini (South Lake Tahoe, CA), who placed second in the men’s race, were the top junior finishers and earned a spot on the U.S. team for the 2006 Junior World Championships, to be held Feb. 3-6 in Korea.

“I’ve been so close to getting a World Cup spot before, so I am really excited,” said Deibold, who will be making his first World Cup start at Lake Placid. “I was really impressed with the course. It had good rollers, tight turns, and a good hip.”

Deibold, 19, will be participating in the Winter X Games Jan. 28-31 in Aspen.
For complete details:
USSA SNOWBOARDING

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RYAN ST. ONGE, JOE PACK FINISH 1-2 IN DEER VALLEY AERIALS
Fourth World Cup win marks Deer Valley repeat


DEER VALLEY, Utah (Jan. 13) - Ryan St. Onge (Steamboat Springs, CO) and Olympic silver medalist Joe Pack (Park City, UT) shrugged off any bad Friday the 13th karma to finish 1-2 in a World Cup aerials event, repeating their success of a year earlier at Deer Valley resort.

NBC will broadcast coverage of the Chevrolet Freestyle International competitions Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. RYAN ST. ONGE, JOE PACK FINISH 1-2 IN DEER VALLEY AERIALS Fourth World Cup win marks Deer Valley repeat
The Chevrolet Freestyle International, part of the 10 Weeks to Torino series of major Olympic qualifying events, concludes Saturday night with another aerials contest before the tour heads for Lake Placid, N.Y., and the Nature Valley Freestyle Cup with its two moguls events and one aerials meet.
FREESTYLE WORLD CUP
Chevrolet Freestyle International
Deer Valley, UT - Jan. 13, 2006
Aerials (12 make finals)
Men
1. Ryan St. Onge, Steamboat Springs, Colo., 243.59 points
2. Joe Pack, Park City, Utah, 241.49
3. Dmitri Dashinski, Belarus, 240.93
4. Ryan Blais, Canada, 240.32
5. Xiaotao Ou, China, 236.27
6. Dmitri Arkhipov, Russia, 233.63
7. Xiaopeng Han, China, 233.19
8. Anton Kushnir, Belarus, 231.64
9. Kyle Nissen, Canada, 223.68
10. Warren Shouldice, Canada, 218.13
11. Jeret Peterson, Boise, Idaho, 214.71
12. Vladimir Lebedev, Russia, 194.26
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Women
1. Lydia Ierodiaconou, Australia, 196.51
2. Manuela Mueller, Switzerland, 185.76
3. Nina Li, China, 183.65
4. Xinxin Guo, China, 182.38
5. Olga Volkova, Ukraine, 174.43
6. Liz Gardner, Australia, 173.59
7. Alisa Camplin, Australia, 171.97
8. Anna Zukal, Russia, 171.13
9. Evelyne Leu, Switzerland, 168.48
10. Jana Lindsey, Black Hawk, S.D., 156. 65
11. Olga Koroleva, Russia, 154.78
12. Bree Munro, Australia, 143.46

For complete results:
FIS SKI

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LINDSEY KILDOW HOLDS ON TO WORLD CUP DOWNHILL LEAD IN AUSTRIA
BAD KLEINKIRCHHEIM, Austria (Jan. 13) - World Cup downhill leader Lindsey Kildow (Vail, CO) was ninth Friday in a downhill and held onto her lead in the standings with Kirsten Clark (Raymond, ME) 11th as Sweden’s Anja Paerson won the second DH of her glittering career.
OLN televises World Cup race coverage Sunday at 5 p.m. ET (with a rebroadcast Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET) as part of its ongoing 10 Weeks to Torino pre-Olympic programming.
Paerson’s winning time was 1:37.70 with Michaela Dorfmeister second in 1:37.74 to climb closer to Kildow in the points. Kildow, who has won two downhills this winter, finishws in 1:38.59 and leads the downhill points with 274 while Dorfmeister has 252. Clark, the only other American to break into the top 30, had a time of 1:38.77.
“Lindsey didn’t ski well; she just didn’t ski that well in a couple of turns. She cleans it up for [Saturday’s DH] and she’ll be right in there again,” said DH/SG Head Coach Alex Hoedlmoser. “And Kirsten skied pretty well. This is a very difficult course - there’s a top chute, the Franz Klammer Chute, that leads into a flat and it’s almost like cross country at that point...30 seconds, or more, and if you get behind, you don’t have a chance because you can’t make up the time after that.
“And then there’s a very critical turn from the flat and...well, it’s tough.”
The women’s run another DH Saturday, then have a super G Sunday before a downhill, super G and one-day super combined Jan. 20-22 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The alpine Olympic Team will be named Jan. 25.
WOMEN’S ALPINE WORLD CUP
Bad Kleinkirchheim, AUT - Jan. 13, 2006
Women’s Downhill-1
1. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 1:37.70
2. Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria, 1:37.74
3. Fraezi Aufdenblatten, Switzerland, 1:37.78
4. Janica Kostelic, Croatia, 1:37.79
5. Sylviane Berthod, Switzerland, 1:38.03
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9. Lindsey Kildow, Vail, Colo., 1:38.59
11. Kirsten Clark, Raymond, Maine, 1:38.77
33. Julia Mancuso, Olympic Valley, Calif., 1:39.93
34. Stacey Cook, Truckee, Calif., 1:39.96
35. Bryna McCarty, Concord, Vt., 1:40.25
40. Jonna Mendes, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., 1:40.70
42. Caroline Lalive, Steamboat Springs, Colo., 1:40.86
48. Libby Ludlow, Bellevue, Wash., 1:41.76

For complete results:
FIS SKI


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