European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 04, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse It monday february 4. 1991 = the stars and stripes a a a Page 25austria s Nierlich wins . Again by Rob Gloster ii p a r 4 a t n a i invt rom a. I8gb�abssa�sbba�a�babffltoaklhh by Rob Gloster Saalbach Hinte Glemm Austria apr Rudolf Nierlich successfully defended his world title in the men s giant slalom sunday but the Victory was clouded by a controversy Over his racing a sult. A a a a a Nierlich officially was declared the Winner after the race july rejected a protest by four teams that sought the austrians disqualification because an International world skiing ski federation approved Seal was missing from the skiers outfit after the first run. All competitors Are required to display the Small Metal Seal on their overalls to show the suit has been approved by the Fis. The suit was confiscated by Fis officials who said the race results Coulise overturned after tests on the outfit Effle vision was not expected for 14 Days a it is official. Nierlich is the Winner a said Hannes Fuerst eur general Secre fair of the world championships organizing committee. A but the suit must still be tested and it is theoretical that a change could be Nierlich who also won the giant slalom at the 1989 world championships held on to his title when first run Leader Alberto Tomba of Italy fell near the top of the course. Urs Kaehn of Switzerland won the Silver medal and Johan Wallacr of Sweden took the Bronze in the final event of the two week world Alpine skiing championships. Luxembourg a pre race favorite Marc Girardelli who won the slalom Here last week finished fifth behind Ole Christian Furuseth of Norway. The protest against Nierlich was filed by the italian French Swiss and Norw Gian teams. It was unclear when Nierlich lost the Seal though he said he. A must have lost it during the the race jury voted to allow Nierlich to make the second run after he changed into another set of overalls. But Tomba whose bid for his first world title ended when he fell at the eighth Gate on the second run said he was bitter that Nierlich was allowed to Partick swede prevails Gold coast Australia. Apr Helen Alfredson of Sweden overtook australian Sherrin Smyers on the final two holes sunday and won the $234,000 Hishiki Queensland open women a Golf championship. Alfredson 25, the reigning women a British open Champion shot a one Over Par final round of 73 but won after Smy ers bogeyed the last two holes. Smyers narrowly missed a Chip shot on the 18th Hole that would have forced a playoff. A a for one moment f Ihram not Tim vip it Smyers said. A it was so Alfredson a 25-yur-Oid resident of los Angeles had rounds of 71-75-73�? 219, while Smyers shot 72-76-72-220 Over the narrow Par-72, 5,338-meter 5,866-� Jard Robina Woods course. Japan a Chikayo Yamazaki Tim shed two shots off the Pace at 221, with Queensland a Corinne Dinah one further Back at 222. A a Chen Liying of Taiwan and Japan a Yuko Moriguchi tied for fifth at 223. Dinah said the tournament organizers had made it difficult for players to shoot Low scores. Quot a Isa v \ v s n of s Quot v. To a w 4 v h j s of v i �,.yi it 1 i i Austria a Rudi Nierlich speeds around a Gate in route to winning the menus giant slalom sunday at Saalbach Hinter Glumm Austria Pate in the second heat. A if he were an italian he would have been disqualified for sure a Tomba said. Even after surviving the protest Nier itch nearly knocked himself out of the race on the second run. A a a the 24-year-old Carpenter who now has three wild titles hit a Gate near the Bottom of a the second heat and barely managed to stay on his skis. He finished with a winning aggregate time of 2 minutes 29.94 seconds. A i made the mistake of picking a line that was too direct. I was on my sets and went straight for the Gate. 1 Hank god i managed to gel out of that predicament a said Nierlich who won the slalom and giant slalom at the 1989 championships in Vail Colo. Kaolin s time was 2 30.29, and Wallacr finished in 2 30.73. Nice Lichy a Victory was the fifth for Austria at the 10-race championships and the 11th medal for the Host team. The Swiss finished with six medals while no other nation had More than three. Tomba the reigning olympic Champion in the giant slalom had the fastest time on the first run with 1 16.46. Kaehn fifth fastest on the first run had the Best time of 1 12.70 on the second heat. Jeremy Nobis an american who had Gabriela Sabatini celebrates her pan Pacific Victory Over Martina Navratilova. The ,10th-Best time on the first run had a very fast clocking at the intermediate split on the second run but stumbled near the Bottom and failed to finish. Rob Parisien was the lop . Finisher placing 25th with a total Lime of 2 36.94. The Only other american finisher was Kyle Ricche in 27th place at 2 38.34. Nathaniel Bryan of the . Was disqualified Eric Wilhard Avo placed 28th in 2.38.90, was the top Canadian. The us. And Canadian teams both finished these championships without a medal. Sabatini triumphs Tokyo apr Gabriela Sabatini Defeated Martina Navratilova 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 sunday to win the Toray pan Pacific open Tennis tournament. Sabatini seeded fifth overcame erratic serving in the first set to overpower her More accurate opponent. A it s a wonderful feeling a said Sabatini who had Defeated Steffi Graf the worlds top ranked female player in the quarterfinals a a in be been playing Well Here All Navratilova coming Back from a three in nah for injury or. Both Knees breezed through the first five games of the match As Sabatini struggled to adjust her serve. Quot i3ut Sabatini aced Navratilova on her opening serve of the second set and went on to win the next three games. Though Navratilova broke sabatinis serve in the third sets first game the 34-year-old Veteran seemed to run out of steam three games later allowing her service to be broken in the sixth and eighth games. Third seed Navratilova had won All but three of her past matches against Sabatini who is ranked fourth in the world. Sabatini won $70,000
