51.   Miller, winner of two slalom races earlier this season, was first out of the starting gate in the night race and no one could match his pace.

52.   Miller also had a disappointing Olympic slalom race.

53.   Only Vreni Schneider, the retired Swiss star, has won more consecutive slalom races in a single season with seven.

54.   Sestriere has held evening slalom races this year and last, the only such events on the World Cup circuit.

55.   SESTRIERE, Italy -- For the first time in World Cup history, two slalom races will be raced in the evening, under floodlight.

56.   She won the alpine combined at Are, Sweden, a paper race based on the best performance in a downhill and slalom race.

57.   Since winning his first slalom in Kitzbuhl, Austria, last season Sykora has made the podium in each of the eight World Cup slalom races since.

58.   She came back from a nearly shattered knee to capture seven straight slalom races this season.

59.   She won five of the nine slalom races this season.

60.   She has swept all seven slalom races this season and is good enough in the downhill to make her a top favorite.