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Friesinger's younger sister, Agnes Friesinger, was a member of the German squad that won the team pursuit in 3:04.22. Daniela Anschutz and Sabine Voelker were the other members of the team.

Canadians Kristina Groves, Clara Hughes and Christine Nesbitt finished second, 1.93 behind. Japan's Eriko Ishino, Hiromi Otsu and Maki Tabata finished third.

Meantime, Olympic organizers promise to address complaints about construction dust, dirty ice and changing conditions at the new speedskating oval.

The 28 teams that took part in the three-day World Cup event praised the look of the arena, but problems remain. The most pressing issue concerns lingering dust that has infiltrated the ice.

Officials were debating whether to melt the ice and create an entirely new surface, or cut it down by perhaps an inch and clean it.

A Japanese skater wore a face mask in training to avoid inhaling dust.

SKIING: In Val d'Isere, France, Austria's Michael Walchhofer won for the second time in two days, capturing a World Cup super-combined event when Switzerland's Didier Defago was disqualified for using improper skis.

Austria's Rainer Schoenfelder was second, while World Cup champion Bode Miller finished third to extend his lead in the overall standings. Ted Ligety, Miller's U.S. teammate, was 10th.

The super-combined is split into a shortened downhill run of 1.83 miles, followed by a slalom. Defago was fourth after the downhill behind winner Erik Guay of Canada.

Walchhofer's combined time of 2:43.15 put him 0.17 of a second ahead of Schoenfelder and 0.41 ahead of Miller.