11.   Shifting the combined slalom to Shiga Kogen would violate international ski federation rules, which mandate both parts of the combined event be run on the same slope.

12.   The combined slalom half of the combined event, which also includes a downhill.

13.   The combined slalom is just half of an event that also includes a downhill, set for Thursday.

14.   The combined slalom tentatively was rescheduled for Tuesday.

15.   In the combined slalom, Ertl was whacked with a gate pole and ended up with a black eye.

16.   But protests from environmentalists forced a change at Hakuba, leaving only the combined slalom leg at Shiga Kogen.

17.   Wiberg skied out of the second run of the World Championship slalom and out of the combined slalom.

18.   Wachter is a slip of a racer who goes into the combined slalom title with good medal prospects and the hardest part of the competition already behind her.

19.   The only event which organisers have been able to hold since the poor weather arrived was the combined slalom on Thursday night, dominated by Italian Morena Gallizio.