Healthy - and his father said he was uninjured by his fall - Girardelli remains a force for next Sunday's super giant slalom.

She has been on the circuit since 1983, specializing in the giant slalom and, more recently, the super giant slalom.

In the World Cup, he won four of the five season titles: over all, downhill, super giant slalom and giant slalom.

Zurbriggen is the man to beat in the downhill, the super giant slalom and the combined.

It was the 30-year-old German's second gold medal of the Olympics, after coming from nowhere, or 35th place in downhill, to win the super giant slalom.

The men's super giant slalom is basically a glorified downhill with more gates, run on the women's downhill course.

The festival begins in earnest today, weather permitting (and it has been far from permissive this season), when the women's super giant slalom will be contested.

Edith Thys finished highest, ninth in the super giant slalom.

She came in 14th in the super giant slalom after starting in 36th place.

Aamodt, Sunday's gold-medal winner in super giant slalom, took the bronze.