Schild Wins Again; Mancuso Falters

Marlies Schild had the best time in both runs on Sunday and totaled 1 minute 36.67 seconds. (Agence Zoom - Getty)

Marlies Schild of Austria won a World Cup slalom for the seventh time this season yesterday in Zwiesel, Germany, to claim first place in the overall standings. Julia Mancuso of the United States finished 24th to fall from second to third in the standings.

Schild, who already has won the slalom season title, had the best time in both runs and totaled 1 minute 36.67 seconds. Anna Ottosson of Sweden and Sarka Zahrobska of the Czech Republic shared second, 2.23 seconds behind.

Schild moved from third to first overall with 1,302 points. Nicole Hosp of Austria finished 11th to drop to second in the standings with 1,287 points. Mancuso has 1,251 points.

The last giant slalom is at the World Cup finals, which start Thursday in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

? MEN'S ALPINE SKIING: Hans Grugger led a 1-2 Austrian finish in a World Cup Super-G race in Kvitfjell, Norway, with discipline leader Bode Miller finishing seventh.

Grugger completed the Olympiabakken course in 1:29.57 for his fourth World Cup victory. Teamate Mario Scheiber trailed by 0.72 of a second. Switzerland's Didier Cuche was third, 0.91 behind, and advanced to second in the standings.

Austria's Benjamin Raich, the defending overall champion, skied out but kept his lead with 1,055 points. Cuche has 963 points. Four races -- downhill, Super-G, giant slalom, slalom -- remain at the World Cup finals.

? BIATHLON: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen edged Raphael Poiree on the final sprint to win a 15-kilometer mass start in Oslo for his record 74th biathlon World Cup victory. Germany's Magdalena Neuner won her second straight women's 12.5-kilometer race.

? SPEEDSKATING: In Kearns, Utah, American Shani Davis closed the season by winning the men's 1,500 meters at the World Single Distances championships, barely missing his own world record.