Austria's Nicole Hosp won the women's World Cup slalom race in the Rockies on Sunday to take over at the top of the standings.
Hosp completed the two runs in one minute 34.60 seconds with Finland's Tanja Poutiainen 1.19 seconds behind and Austrian Kathrin Zettel third.
The victory allows Olympic slalom silver-medalist Hosp to replace compatriot Marlies Schild at the top of the World Cup slalom standings. Schild failed to finish the second run.
Poutiainen had taken an advantage of 0.03 seconds over Hosp into the second leg but the Austrian produced a blistering run in difficult, soft snow to ensure victory.
Hosp, who was second in slalom at Aspen in 2006, has now won 10 World Cup races in her career.
Sweden's triple world champion Anja Paerson was one of eleven racers not to finish the first run.
Source: China Daily
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