Tomba Is Back

Tue., Dec. 17, 1996

Compiled From Wire Services

World and Olympic ski champion Alberto Tomba, nearly fit two months after a bad training spill, announced his return to action in today’s World Cup slalom in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy.

The season debut of the 29-year-old star will come at one of his favorite tracks - the steep Miramonti course - where Tomba has a World Cup record of three wins and three runner-up places.

Tomba hinted he would skip the tough giant slalom race Sunday.

In yet another commanding showing by Austria’s ski team, Hans Knauss captured the men’s World Cup season-opener in the super-G at Val d’Isere, France.

He won in 1 minute, 23.26 seconds for his first victory of the season. Knauss was just three-hundredths of a second ahead of teammate Guenther Mader on another bright sunny day on a hard, icy track. Austria has taken first and second in four of the seven men’s World Cup races this season, including the top four in Sunday’s downhill.

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