Val D Isere France

While the XVIth Olympic Winter Games play on in Albertville and its environs, the citizens of this remote Alpine skiing outpost are catching their breath and restocking for the next wave of visitors Sunday, when the men's super-G is scheduled. The other sports--ice hockey, figure skating, bobsledding, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, etc.--might as well be taking place on another planet.

Lindsey Von n capped a successful weekend with a third-place finish in a super-G that helped her reclaim the sole lead of the overall World Cup standings less than two months before the Vancouver Olympics. After her victory in Friday's super combined, Vonn made mistakes Sunday in the upper part of the Oreiller-Killy course at Val d'Isere, France, but finished strong to gain a spot on the podium. Franzi Aufdenblatten posted her first World Cup victory, leading Nadia Styger to a 1-2 Swiss finish with Vonn 0.26 of a second off the pace.

Lindsey Von n capped a successful weekend with a third-place finish in a super-G that helped her reclaim the sole lead of the overall World Cup standings less than two months before the Vancouver Olympics. After her victory in Friday's super combined, Vonn made mistakes Sunday in the upper part of the Oreiller-Killy course at Val d'Isere, France, but finished strong to gain a spot on the podium. Franzi Aufdenblatten posted her first World Cup victory, leading Nadia Styger to a 1-2 Swiss finish with Vonn 0.26 of a second off the pace.

While the XVIth Olympic Winter Games play on in Albertville and its environs, the citizens of this remote Alpine skiing outpost are catching their breath and restocking for the next wave of visitors Sunday, when the men's super-G is scheduled. The other sports--ice hockey, figure skating, bobsledding, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, etc.--might as well be taking place on another planet.

For the second day in a row, the World Cup men's downhill at Val D'Isere, France, on the course to be used for 1992 Olympics, was postponed because of bad weather.