11.   Michael Walchhofer of Austria, who was second in Kitzbuehel and had been considered a medal threat, straddled a gate and crashed out in the first run.

12.   Norwegian Ole Christian Furuseth, who had stunned the crowd beating the closest rivals by nearly one second, was later disqualified for straddling a gate.

13.   Second after the first leg, Tomba straddled a gate near the top in the second run, then left grumbling about course conditions.

14.   Sykora nearly straddled two gates in the bottom part of the course losing decisive time to Jagge, who gave Norway the first season victory.

15.   The Austrian skier almost straddled two gates in the lower part of the course, losing decisive time to Jagge but not the second place in the official standings.

16.   The first three had also finished in the same order in the first heat and were favored to win after veteran Italian Alberto Tomba straddled a gate.

17.   The crowd groaned as American Bode Miller, the other pre-race favorite, straddled a gate of the bottom half and slid down the hill.

18.   The crowd groaned as he straddled a gate of the bottom half and slid down the hill.

19.   Tomba, sixth in the first run, straddled a gate in the second and fell to the disappointment of thousands of home fans.

20.   To the disappointment of hundreds of partisan fans, Italian superstar Alberto Tomba straddled gates in two runs and was eliminated.