1.   And Nowen won four times on the way to collecting the season slalom title, becoming the only non-German speaker to win a World Cup title.

2.   Austrian Thomas Sykora, successfully defended his World Cup slalom title, finishing just a few points of teammate Thomas Stangassinger.

3.   Austrian Thomas Sykora successfully defended his World Cup slalom title, finishing just four points ahead of teammate Thomas Stangassinger Sunday.

4.   But his four slalom titles still rank second on the all-time World Cup list, behind eight by Ingemar Stenmark, the retired Swedish ace.

5.   Elfi Eder of Austria, already assured of the slalom title, fell and was eliminated.

6.   Following her first ever World Cup victory, Lara Magoni on Sunday captured her first slalom title at the Italian Alpine Championships.

7.   Following her first ever World Cup victory, Lara Magoni on Sunday captured her first slalom title at the Italian Alpine ski Championships.

8.   He is now virtually assured of the slalom World Cup slalom title and is well on course for the overall title.

9.   He already won the slalom title.

10.   He is now virtually assured of the slalom World Cup slalom title and well on course for the overall title.