Tomba Continues Streak

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Alberto Tomba, approaching his top form again, won his third consecutive World Cup slalom race at Flachau, Austria.

Tomba, the runner-up in Saturday’s giant slalom, was timed in 1 minute, 41.05 seconds, for the slalom.

Mario Reiter of Austria, who led Tomba by .36 seconds after the first run, finished second at 1:41.25.

After 12 years on the ski circuit, Kristina Andersson of Sweden finally earned her first World Cup victory in the slalom at Maribor, Slovenia.

Andersson was not the fastest in either run, but put together two solid times for a total of 1 minute, 45.36 seconds. She beat Austria’s Elfi Eder - the winner of three slaloms this season - by .06 seconds.