Dec 12, 2002
Results of Women's World Cup Giant Slalom
By The Associated Press
VAL D'ISERE, France - Results Thursday from the Women's Giant Slalom at Val d'Isere, France (combined time over two runs):
1. Karen Putzer, Italy, 2 minutes 22.17 seconds.
2. Sonja Nef, Switzerland, 2:22.53.
3. (tie) Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria, 2:23.05.
4. Alexandra Meisnitzer, Austria, 2:23.05.
5. Janica Kostelic, Croatia, 2:23.10.
VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Karen Putzer of Italy claimed her second Alpine ski World Cup victory in five days when she won a women's giant slalom Thursday.
The 24-year-old, with an advantage of 0.74 seconds from the first run, held her nerve to win in a time of two minutes 22.17 seconds. It was her first World Cup giant slalom victory.
Reigning World Cup giant slalom champion Sonja Nef of Switzerland was second, 0.24 seconds behind. Austrian duo Alexandra Meissnitzer and Michaela Dorfmeister shared third place with an identical time of 2:23.05.
Overall World Cup leader Janica Kostelic of Croatia had to settle for fifth
