Austria's Schild crowned Snow Queen

ZAGREB (AFP) — Austria's Marlies Schild won the women's World Cup slalom race ahead of compatriot Kathrin Zettel and local favourite Janica Kostelic.

Schild won both legs to win the "Snow Queen Trophy" and came home in 1min 53:63sec to record her sixth World Cup win, her fifth in the slalom. The Austrian finished 0.32sec ahead of Zettel and 0.67sec clear of Kostelic.

Triple Olympic champion Kostelic, roared on by more than 20,000 people lining the piste, had earlier held the overall lead despite skiing the second run with only one pole after a mistake before ...