21.   Under World Cup rules skiers must stop along the track as soon as they miss or straddle a gate.

22.   World Cup overall leader Anita Wachter of Austria straddled a gate and did not finish.

23.   World Cup leader Ivica Kostelic, whose sister Janica had won three golds and a silver for Croatia, straddled a gate near the end.

24.   He also straddled a gate and crashed out in the giant slalom.

25.   He also straddled a gate and crashed out in the giant-slalom second run.

26.   But he straddled a gate on a steep part of the course to go out.

27.   Olympic super giant and giant slalom champion Deborah Compagnoni of Italy, third after the first run, straddled a gate on the second leg and skied off.