31.   Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria, the defending downhill champion, was ninth but stayed atop the World Cup overall standings.

32.   Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria, the reigning world downhill champion, wound up ninth but kept her lead in the World Cup overall standings.

33.   Olympic downhill champion Bill Johnson, who crashed on a Montana mountain last spring, has returned to Oregon to continue recuperating from a brain injury.

34.   Olympic downhill champion Katja Seizinger is one of the top women skiers busy in the back-to-back races.

35.   Olympic downhill champion Katja Seizinger of Germany took third place, only two hundredths of a second behind the leading duo.

36.   Olympic downhill champion Katja Seizinger of Germany was a disappointed fifth.

37.   Olympic downhill champion Tommy Moe of the United States and Austrian Anita Wachter are both sidelined with knee injuries.

38.   Olympic downhill champion Jean-Luc Cretier was taken home by ambulance Sunday, the day after suffering a season-ending knee injury.

39.   Olympic downhill champion Tommy Moe and his American teammate A.J. Kitt are expected to be among the protagonists in France.

40.   Olympic downhill champion Tommy Moe is sidelined with a bad knee injury.