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Updated at 5:54 a.m., Sunday, January 18, 2009

Skiing: Pranger wins World Cup slalom; Miller DNF

Associated Press

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Austria's Manfred Pranger speeds past a pole on his way to clock the fastest time during the first run of a men's Ski World Cup slalom race Sunday in Wengen, Switzerland.

ALESSANDRO TROVATI | Associated Press

MEN'S WORLD CUP SLALOM

1. Manfred Pranger, Austria, 1 minute, 40.36 seconds (48.10-52.26).

2. Reinfried Herbst, Austria, 1:40.70 (48.44-52.26).

3. Ivica Kostelic, Croatia, 1:40.75 (48.80-51.95).

4. Marcel Hirscher, Austria, 1:40.84 (49.25-51.59).

5. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 1:41.29 (48.60-52.69).

6. Jean-Baptiste Grange, France, 1:41.38 (48.66-52.72).

7. Mattias Hargin, Sweden, 1:41.39 (49.90-51.49).

8. Michael Janyk, Canada, 1:41.69 (50.10-51.59).

9. Julien Cousineau, Canada, 1:41.71 (49.50-52.21).

10. Giorgio Rocca, Italy, 1:41.75 (50.01-51.74).

11. Cristian Deville, Italy, 1:41.80 (49.66-52.14).

12. Ted Ligety, United States, 1:41.85 (49.12-52.73).

13. Julien Lizeroux, France, 1:41.90 (48.98-52.92).

14. Wolfgang Hoerl, Germany, 1:41.97 (49.52-45).

15. Marc Gini, Switzerland, 1:41.99 (49.46-52.53).

16. Johan Brolenius, Sweden, 1:42.00 (49.89-52.11).

17. Thomas Grandi, Canada, 1:42.32 (49.83-52.49).

18. Jimmy Cochran, United States, 1:42.45 (49.83-52.62).

19. Bernard Vajdic, Slovenia, 1:42.56 (49.79-52.77).

20. Natko Zrncic-Dim, Croatia, 1:42.58 (49.84-52.74).

21. Manfred Moelgg, Italy, 1:43.02 (48.90-54.12).

22. Mitja Valencic, Slovenia, 1:44.99 (49.84-55.15).

22. Trevor White, Canada, 1:49.83 (49.95-59.88).

23. Andre Myhrer, Sweden, 1:51.85 (49.40-1:02.45).

Also

Bode Miller, United States, 49.86, did not finish second run.

Tim Jitloff, United States, 51.19, did not qualify for second run.

Cody Marshall, United States, 53.07, did not qualify for second run.

Tim Kelley, United States, 55.42, did not qualify for second run.

Paul McDonald, United States, did not finish first run.

World Cup Slalom Standings

(After five races)

1. Jean-Baptiste Grange, France, 349 points.

2. Ivica Kostelic, Croatia, 305.

3. Manfred Pranger, Austria, 219.

4. Reinfried Herbst, Austria, 216.

5. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 169.

6. Manfred Moelgg, Italy, 150.

7. Mattias Hargin, Sweden, 147.

8. Marcel Hirscher, Austria, 126.

9. Andre Myhrer, Sweden, 117.

10. Giorgio Rocca, Italy, 116.

11. Mario Matt, Austria, 108.

12. Julien Lizeroux, France, 103.

13. Bode Miller, United States, 95.

14. Patrick Thaler, Italy, 82.

15. Johan Brolenius, Sweden, 81.

Also

19. Ted Ligety, United States, 69.

36. Jimmy Cochran, United States, 18.

38. Tim Jitloff, United States, 16.

46. Cody Marshall, United States, 10.

Overall World Cup Standings

(After 20 events)

1. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 638 points.

2. Jean-Baptiste Grange, France, 576.

3. Ivica Kostelic, Croatia, 546.

4. Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway, 518.

5. Carlo Janka, Switzerland, 488.

6. Didier Defago, Switzerland, 455.

7. Didier Cuche, Switzerland, 429.

8. Daniel Albrecht, Switzerland, 427.

9. Bode Miller, United States, 385.

10. Peter Fill, Italy, 378.

11. Michael Walchhofer, Austria, 355.

12. Ted Ligety, United States, 346.

13. Christof Innerhofer, Italy, 296.

14. Marcel Hirscher, Austria, 272.

15. Hermann Maier, Austria, 268.

Also

18. Marco Sullivan, United States, 241.

43. TJ Lanning, United States, 95.

59. Steven Nyman, United States, 71.

72. Erik Fisher, United States, 50.

78. Scott Macartney, United States, 43.

82. Tim Jitloff, United States, 34.

96. Jimmy Cochran, United States, 18.

109. Jake Zamansky, United States, 11.

111. Cody Marshall, United States, 10.

120. Andrew Weibrecht, United States, 7.

WENGEN, Switzerland — Manfred Pranger of Austria won a World Cup slalom race Sunday for his first victory in four years, while Bode Miler lost control and did not finish.

Miller, the defending overall champion, skied out in the second run of the slalom after finishing 23rd in the first. He stretched his season-long winless streak to 20 races.

Pranger led after the first run and finished the second in 52.26 seconds for a combined time of 1 minute, 40.36 seconds. Reinfried Herbst of Austria was second, 0.34 behind, and Ivica Kostelic of Croatia was third.

Jean Baptiste-Grange of France, who finished sixth, kept his lead in the World Cup slalom standings. Benjamin Raich of Austria was fifth and kept his lead in the overall standings.

Pranger won his third World Cup. He earn two in a three-day span in January 2005 before his career was derailed by a series of injuries.

"I definitely remember how it feels to win," Pranger said. "This great feeling is what makes you want to come back."

He said his teammate Herbst encouraged him during recovery from a serious knee injury in 2007. Herbst, the Olympic silver medalist in slalom, also has returned from knee injuries.

"You can't be jealous of Manni's victory," Herbst said. "I think he deserves it. He works very hard for what he gets."

The pair said they hoped to restore the host nation's pride a day after a "debacle" Saturday in the classic Lauberhorn downhill at Wengen, when the best finish by an Austrian was 18th.

Austria had four of the top five in Sunday's slalom. American Ted Ligety was 12th after finishing eighth in the first run.

Raich leads the overall standings with 638 points, with Grange second at 576. Kostelic's podium finish has him third overall, trailing Raich by 92.

"This is my fifth time here at Wengen on the podium," Kostelic said. "I really love this course because it's very classic. Skiing history was made here."

Grange holds a 349-305 edge over Kostelic in the slalom standings. Pranger and Herbst are next, ahead of another home race at Kitzbuehel next weekend.

"It's great to go there as a winner," Pranger said. "It's always a difficult course but everything is good there."

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