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Show , , : i n McKinney, Roffe cop trophies, Nelson announces retirement As Utahns were preparing for the arrival of the World Cup in Park City, America's female World Cup skiers were perfecting their skills with victories in world-class competition. competi-tion. Tamara McKinney and Diann Roffe earned women's World Cup titles and shared headlines with Cindy Nelson, a 14-year veteran who announced her retirement from World Cup skiing. On Saturday McKinney captured the women's giant slalom at Waterville, New Hampshire, her fifth consecutive win at Waterville, and her 16th World Cup title, tying her with Phil Mahre for the most U.S. individual World Cup victories. McKinney was followed by Maria Rosa Quarto of Italy, who finished second, and Annie Kronbichler of Austria, who finished third. For the Americans, Karen Lancaster held on 1. ,4 for 22 nd, Heidi Bowes was 24 th, and Tori Pillinger of Park City finished 28th. In Saturday's men's World Cup downhill action in Panorama, Canada, Can-ada, Switzerland's Peter Mueller notched his second consecutive downhill win as he defeated teammate Daniel Mahrer for the prize. Helmut Hoeflehner of Austria was third. Doug Lewis led the American men with an 18th place finish. Mike Brown was next in 24 th, while Bill Johnson was 27 th, Andy Chambers 28th, Alan Lauba 37th, Paul Mahre 38th, Steve Hegg 44th, Tris Cochrane 49th, Andy Luhn 56th and Barry Thys 61st. Diann Roffe, the world's top-ranked top-ranked 17-year old, earned the first World Cup title of her career with a victory last Thursday in the women's giant slalom at Lake Placid. She bested by 16-hundreths of a second Mateja Svet of Yugoslavia, who finished runner-up. Marina Kiehl of West German was third. For the U.S. women, McKinney finished 10th, Karen Lancaster scored her first World Cup points of the year and finished 12 th, and Eva Twardokens finished 15th. Cindy Nelson was 20th, Heidi Bowes 37th, Lynda McGehee 39th, Amy Livran 54th, and Park City's Tori Pillinger 56th. Sunday was an emotional day on the women's ski circuit in New Hampshire, as Cindy Nelson announced an-nounced her retirement and bade farewell to 14 years of World Cup skiing. Her retirement overshadowed the giant slalom victory of Switzerland's Vreni Schneider, to deny Diann Roffe a second straight giant slalom win by 20-hundreths of a second. Traudl Haecher of West Germany was third. The American women enjoyed a good day, placing four skiers in the top ten. Twardokens was fifth, McKinney ninth and Debbie Armstrong Arm-strong 10th. Other American finishers fin-ishers included Lancaster in 19 th, Nelson in 21st, Bowes in 33rd, livran in 37th, McGehee in 52nd, Sigrid Katzenberger in 60th, Heidi Volker in 61st, and Tori Pillinger in 63rd. Sunday also saw the men close out their giant slalom season in Panorama, as Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland captured the crown. Robert Erlacher of Italy was second and Thomas Buergler of Switzerland was third. American skiers did not fare well.' Paul Mahre was 32nd, Mike Brown 44th, Andy Chambers 48th, Doug Lewis 53rd, BillJohnson 56th, Alan Lauba 57th, and Andy Luhn 61st. |
