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Seizinger bags 2nd Olympic gold with Alpine combined win
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9:30- Start
Katja Seizinger posted only the fifth fastest total time in the slalom leg of the women's Olympic Alpine combined competition Tuesday but it was enough to lead a German sweep of the medals.
Seizinger, who led after Monday's downhill, claimed her second gold medal at the 18th Winter Games in central Japan as she put together a composite time of 2 minutes, 40.74 seconds, beating compatriots Martina Ertl and Hilde Gerg by less than a second.
The current World Cup overall leader also defended her title in the regular downhill race Monday, which was held prior to the downhill leg of the combined event.
The 25-year-old Seizinger clocked the fifth best time of 37.14 seconds in her first run down the Happo-one slope in Hakuba to maintain the lead and posted the third fastest 35.08 in the second race for the victory.
Ertl, fourth place after the downhill, led the slalom leg with a combined time of 1:11.16 to win the silver medal with a total time of 2:40.92, while Gerg took the bronze in 2:41.50.
It was the fourth sweep of medals by any one country in Alpine skiing at the winter Olympics and the second time for female skiers since the Austrians finished 1-2-3 in the women's downhill at the 1964 Innsbruck Games.
Stefanie Schuster of Austria ended in fourth place, followed by Italy's Morena Gallizio.
Japan's Junko Yamakawa finished in 16th place in 2:50.36.
Sweden's defending champion Pernilla Wiberg and 1997 world titlist Renate Goetschl of Austria, who stood in second and third places after the downhill leg, bowed out of the competition as they both went off course in the first slalom run. (Kyodo News)
Final results of Alpine skiing women's combined Tuesday in the 18th Olympic Winter Games at Happo-one, Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture:
Slalom (two runs)
1. Martina Ertl, Germany 1 minute, 11.16 seconds
2. Hilde Gerg, Germany 1:11.58
3. Morena Gallizio, Italy 1:11.92
4. Stefanie Schuster, Austria 1:12.15
5. Katja Seizinger, Germany 1:12.22
6. Monika Bergmann, Germany 1:12.49
7. Alexandra Shaffer, U.S. 1:12.71
8. Florence Masnada, France 1:12.97
9. Janica Kostelic, Croatia 1:13.52
10. Caroline Lalive, U.S. 1:13.71
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12. Junko Yamakawa, Japan 1:15.38
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Final standings
1. Katja Seizinger, Germany 2 minutes, 40.74 seconds
2. Martina Ertl, Germany 2:40.92
3. Hilde Gerg, Germany 2:41.50
4. Stefanie Schuster, Austria 2:42.25
5. Morena Gallizio, Italy 2:42.52
6. Florence Masnada, France 2:42.84
7. Caroline Lalive, U.S. 2:44.76
8. Janica Kostelic, Croatia 2:45.23
9. Alexandra Shaffer, U.S. 2:45.24
10. Catherine Borghi, Switzerland 2:45.33
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16. Junko Yamakawa, Japan 2:50.36
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Copyright 1998 The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun