1.   Going back to the end of last season, Tomba has won six straight slaloms.

2.   He had seven straight slalom wins this season.

3.   Janica won eight straight slalom races to clinch the World Cup overall title last year, becoming the second-youngest woman to win the overall title.

4.   It was the third straight race she failed to finish after winning four straight slaloms earlier this season.

5.   Looking unbeatable between the gates, Croatian teen-ager Janica Kostelic on Wednesday won her fourth straight slalom race this season on the World Cup circuit.

6.   Nowen, who captured four straight slaloms this winter, was fourth on her home slope Thursday night.

7.   Ruby, the defending World Cup champion, denied Riegler a second straight slalom victory.

8.   She came back from a nearly shattered knee to capture seven straight slalom races this season.

9.   This season, coming back from a knee injury, she won eight straight slalom races before her streak ended Saturday.