41.   In the combined event, the times of a downhill and slalom runs are added together and the winner is the skier with the fastest total time.

42.   In the combined event, Mario Reiter stopped a week of frustration for Austria by taking the gold.

43.   Knaus missed a gate in the second run of the slalom, costing a chance to finish in the points of the combined event.

44.   Kostner and Compagnoni are both skipping the combined event and Compagnoni does not ski downhill.

45.   Kjus, defending Olympic champion in the combined event, said he has a lot of time to make up on Reiter.

46.   Kostelic has swept all seven slalom races and has won the only previous combined event this season.

47.   Kostelic won the combined event last week and took the silver in the Super-G.

48.   Last month, he finished fourth in the Olympic Alpine combined event.

49.   Last week, Kostelic buried her medal chances in the combined event, dropping out in the first leg of the slalom.

50.   Led by Goetschl, the Austrians enter the combined event holding the top three spots in the discipline standings.