KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia - Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria won a World Cup slalom on Sunday after pre-race favourites Marlies Schild and Maria Hoefl-Riesch skied out on the first run.

DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria won a World Cup slalom on Sunday after pre-race favorites Marlies Schild and Maria Hoefl-Riesch skied out on the first run. World Cup leader Lindsey Vonn finished seventh. Kirchgasser finished in 1 minute, 47.25 seconds, more than sixth tenths of a second faster than Finland's Tanja Poutiainen. Veronika ...

Winter sports: Lindsey Vonn seventh in World Cup slalom The Associated Press Published Jan 22, 2012 11:15PM MDT Kranjska Gora, Slovenia • Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria won a World Cup slalom on Sunday after pre-race favorites Marlies Schild and Maria Hoefl-Riesch skied out on the first run. Kirchgasser led after the first leg and increased her advantage in the second, finishing in 1 minute, 47 ...

Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria won a World Cup slalom on Sunday after pre-race favorites Marlies Schild and Maria Hoefl-Riesch skied out on the first run.

Pre-race favorites Marlies Schild and Maria Hoefl-Riesch were among 26 competitors who did not finish the first run.

Marlies Schild of Austria won her sixth World Cup slalom of the season Saturday after overall leader Lindsey Vonn and defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out in the opening run on the windy Pyrenees course.

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Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday (times GMT):

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — France's Tessa Worley won a World Cup giant slalom on Saturday after first-run leader Elisabeth Goergl of Austria crashed at the bottom of the second run.