Seattle short track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno advanced another round in the Dancing with the Stars competition on ABC and still looks like one of the favorites to win the competition with his partner Julianne Hough.
Leeza Gibbons, a 25-year-old looking 50-year-old, was the celebrity eliminated tonight.
From U.S. Ski Team:
Ted Ligety won the Giant Slalom on the final day of the 2007 racing season. The victory at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, was his sixth career gold medal at the U.S. Alpine Championships.
Will Brandenburg of Spokane continued a dominant showing at nationals with another junior title. He finished second overall in the GS. He won the junior title in the Super G and Downhill. A missed gate in the Slalom cost him the junior titles in that event and the combined.
Also of note:
- Bode Miller didn’t make the first run.
- Crystal Mountain’s Scott Macartney didn’t start the second run
Versus (formerly OLN) will televise highlights from the championships Saturday at 3 p.m. (Pacific)
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From U.S. Ski Team:
Olympian Resi Stiegler won her second national championship in as many days by taking today’s giant slalom at the U.S. Alpine Championships in Alaska. Her win ended the women’s racing season. Defending champ Caitlin Ciccone of New Hampshire was second and California’s Julia Mancuso capped the best season by a U.S. woman in 24 years by taking bronze.
Stiegler also took silver in the Women’s combined.
Racing concludes today with the men’s GS.
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From U.S. Ski Team:
Jimmy Cochran won his first U.S. Alpine Nationals in three years with two solid runs in the slalom earlier today. Like his two gold medals three years ago, this win also came at Alyeska Resort in Alaska.
“I don’t know what it is, but I wish they’d hold a World Cup up here,” Cochran said in a statement released by the U.S. Ski Team. “That would be very nice.”
Ted Ligety finished second to claim the combined (Downhill and slalom) title.
Paul McDonald of Bellevue was fourth.
Resi Stiegler won the women’s slalom title which was good enough to get her the combined silver. Kaylin Richardson took the combined gold.
OTHER NOTES:
- Will Brandenburg of Spokane was disqualified in the second run in the slalom after winning junior titles for downhill and Super G.
- Bode Miller was third in the slalom.
- Julia Mancuso was sixth in the women’s race.
- The championships continue tomorrow with the women’s Giants Slalom. The season ends Tuesday with the Men’s GS.
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