Semmering: Schild leads Borssen in slalom first run

SEMMERING, Austria — Marlies Schild won the first run of a women's World Cup slalom Friday.  
    The Austrian skier, who has won all three previous slalom races this season, posted a time of 55.78 seconds down the 550-meter (601.7-yard) Hirschenkogel course.
    Sweden's Therese Borssen was second, 0.82 behind.

SEMMERING, Austria — Marlies Schild won the first run of a women's World Cup slalom Friday.  
    The Austrian skier, who has won all three previous slalom races this season, posted a time of 55.78 seconds down the 550-meter (601.7-yard) Hirschenkogel course.
    Sweden's Therese Borssen was second, 0.82 behind.
    Kathrin Zettel, winner of Thursday's giant slalom, came in third and trailed Schild by 1.35.
    Austria's Nicole Hosp, who overtook Schild in the World Cup standings Thursday, did not finish after losing control on the icy and bumpy course.
    American skiers Lindsey Kildow and Julia Mancuso finished well behind the winner. Kildow trailed Schild by 3.29 seconds, Mancuso by 6.54. Kildow, the only American to qualify for the final run, finished in 59.07, good for 10th place.
    Two-time overall World Cup champion Anja Paerson of Sweden did not start because of problems with her left knee after Thursday's giant slalom, in which she finished sixth.

— The Associated Press