1.   As happy as he was with his approach on Sunday, he has not stayed upright in his last two slalom races.

2.   His momentum continued, winning three consecutive slalom races.

3.   In the World Cup slalom race here Sunday, the fierce competitor of last year was not yet in stride.

4.   Miller finally broke through in late November when he finished second in a World Cup slalom race in Aspen, Colo.

5.   Not only did Kostelic win his first World Cup slalom race but he became the first man to do it from such an impossibly high start position.

6.   Skiers will compete in the downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and an alpine combined event that includes a downhill and two slalom races.

7.   The defending World Cup overall and slalom champion slipped and fell for the second time in as many slalom races this week for DNFs.

8.   The site of the slalom races was a Serb military installation, and the Zetra Figure Skating Center had been reduced to rubble.

9.   The two slalom races of the combined are scheduled for Tuesday.

10.   Organizers decided to go ahead with plans for a slalom race on Sunday.