Austria's Marlies Schild and France's Christel Pascal were tied for secondplace, 0.46 seconds behind.
"I don't want to comment too much. All I can say is, I had such a badrun, it is a surprise I am leading," said Kostelic, who finished second inSaturday's giant slalom.
She already has wontwo slaloms this season. Sweden's AnjaPaerson, second in the World Cup slalom standings last season, did not finishthe first run Sunday.
