Sporting Digest: Skiing

MEN'S WORLD CUP GIANT SLALOM (Val d'Isere): 1 C Mayer (Aut) 2min 29.96sec (1:14.60/1:15.36); 2 T Barnerssoi (Ger) 2:30.16 (1:13.76/1:16.40); 3 M von Gruenigen (Swit) 2:30.22 (1:14.80/1:15.42); 4 F Piccard (Fr) 2:30.26 (1:14.25/1:16.01); 5 J E Thorsen (Nor) 2:30.32 (1:14.64/1:15.68); 6 H Knaus (Aut) 2:30.33 (1:14.92/1:15.41); 7 K- A Aamodt (Nor) 2:30.52 (1:15.19/1:15.33); 8 G Koenigsrainer (It) 2:30.67 (1:15.09/ 1:15.58); 9 B Gstrein (Aut) 2:30.72 (1:14.97/1:15.75); 10 S Locher (Swit) 2:31.09 (1:15.46/1:15.63); 11 R Kroell (Aut) 2:31.11 (1:15.10/1:16.01); 12 M Wasmeier (Ger) 2:31.16 (1:14.98/1:16.18); 13 R Salzgeber (Aut) 2:31.18 (1:15.04/1:16.14); 14 M Belfrond (It) 2:31.24 (1:15.24/1:16.00); 15 F Nyberg (Swe) 2:31.27 (1:15.48/1:15.79); 16 L Pesando (It) 2:31.84 (1:15.30/1:16.54); 17 A Tomba (It) 2:31.88 (1:15.32/1:16.56); 18 H Mayer (Aut) 2:31.95 (1:15.52/1:16.43); 19 H Strand-Nilsen (Nor) 2:32.11 (1:15.95/ 1:16.16); 20 T Grandi (Can) 2:32.40 (1:16.09/1:16.31). World Cup giant slalom leading standings: 1 F Piccard (Fr) 200pts; 2 K-A Aamodt (Nor) 156; 3 G Mader (Aut) 145; 4 M Von Gruenigen (Swit) 140; 5 C Mayer (Aut) 126; 6 T Barnerssoi (Ger) 125; 7 S Locher (Swit) 97; 8 F Nyberg (Swe) 96; 9 A Tomba (It) 94; 10 J E Thorsen (Nor) 77. Leading overall World Cup standings: 1 K-A Aamodt (Nor) 321pts; 2 G Mader (Aut) 316; 3 F Piccard (Fr) 229; 4 A Tomba (It) 194; 5 T Stangassinger (Aut) 180.