1.   A downhill is as different from a gate race as flyfishing for trout is from shark fishing.

2.   But she is not proficient in the gate race and dropped back to eighth place.

3.   Clark beat Goetschl in the downhill but the American has not scored any points in the gate races this season and is unlikely to challenge for the medals.

4.   Gate races will be held at Shiga Kogen on Thursday through Saturday.

5.   Invincible for a year in giant slalom, Compagnoni faltered in her last four gate races before the Nagano Games.

6.   It was thought that a non-Austrian might snap the Austrian winning streak in at least one gate race this weekend.

7.   Kirsten Clark of the United States, who led after the downhill run but is not proficient in the gate race, dropped back to eighth place.

8.   The International ski Federation rescheduled the two gate races at Bormio due to lack of snow in the Slovenian venue, organizers said.

9.   The two gate races feature the return to action of such stars as Alberto Tomba, Michael Von Gruenigen and Christian Mayer.

10.   Val Badia will host the next World Cup gate race Sunday.