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B4 The Ottawa Citizen, Monday, January 29, 1996 Sportsmonday FREESTYLE SKIING Austrian aerialisi near-perf ect in victory I E23S3 season. He was second in Tignes, France in the first event "It was funny though, because I didn't have the best practice, but after my last jump in practice I knew I could have a really good performance. "I was standing at the top and thought to myself 'it's good before you go to know that you're going to do It's a nice feeling that you know you're going to do well." Veteran Lloyd Langlois of Magog was in position for a medal after a solid opening jump, but ended up sixth after failing to cleanly execute his triple-twisting-triple. He scored 203.45. "I had a bit too much speed on my second and missed it," Langlois said.

"I was a bit lucky to even be able to do it completely "But I'm happy," Langlois added. "I'm feeling much better and I think I'm going to start to be stronger in Europe." Magog's Nicolas Fontaine, who won a bronze in a makeup aerials event Friday, finished eighth Sunday. Matt Christensen of Richmond Hill, was 15th. Swirling winds played havoc for jumpers, particularly down the in-run. Rijavec did the best job of adjusting and it paid off handsomely "After one hour of training, nobody really wanted to jump today," Rijavec said.

"It was windy and it was cold, but when the first guy goes then you don't have a choice. "The problem with the wind was that it wasn't constant." It was Rijavec's first win following a bittersweet victory in Lake Placid, N. earlier this month. "It makes a lot of difference if you win because you fought for it than if you win by accident," said Rijavec, whose 244.32 in an event at Blackcomb last year is the highest score in World Cup history "In Lake Placid, I won because I was the best of the worst. Here, I really fought for it and I had two really good jump.

I gave everything I had." The Montreal Gazette By Randy Phillips SouthamStar Network MONT TREMBLANT, Que. It was hardly the best day at the office for Canadian aerialists at the Westroc Freestyle World Cup. For openers, lack of training and available time forced officials to scrub the "women's event Sunday, denying Veronica Brenner of Sharon, a shot at her fifth win of the season. The men did jump, fly, twist and flip in tricky wind conditions, but a rocksteady Austrian, a quiet Frenchman and a wide-eyed American kept Canadians from climbing the medal podium in an event that's historically been their bread and butter. "Not the best of days," national team head coach Peter Judge muttered in the finish area as he herded his teammates to make a quick exit in order to catch a flight to Europe and next week's stop in Austria.

"It's a shame Veronica didn't get the opportunity to go today Our guys, well, we just missed putting it together." Austrian Christian Rijavec won for the second time this season on the strength of a near-perfect triple somersault with three twists for which he was .92 shy of the maximum score of 121 points. Rijavec's total for the required two jumps was a whopping 237.38. The silver went to Alexis Blanc of France at 231.22 and Britt Swartley of the United States was at 221.49 for the bronze and his first World Cup medal. Canada came close to a medal in aerials on two counts, actually First, Pier-refonds native David Belhumeur, a combined specialist, placed fourth with a 215.55 total. Secondly, Swartley is Brenner's girlfriend.

Belhumeur did leave here with a medal. He was second in men's combined, however: He and American Jon-ny Moseley were the only two competitors in the event. "I knew I was capable of two good jumps today," said Belhumeur after posting his second-best result of the CURLING Merklinger rink bows to Bodogh in Ontario final By Bob Ferguson Citizen sports writer They gave it a good shot, but a third Ontario women's curling title wasn't in the cards for Anne Merklinger, Theresa Breen, Patti McKnight and Audrey Frey of the Rideau Curling Club as they bowed 8-6 to Marilyn Bodogh and her St. Catharines rink in 11 ends Sunday at Sault Ste. Marie.

Bodogh, former Canadian junior champion Kim Gellard, Corie Bev-eridge and Jane Hooper-Perroud, had finished tied with Merklinger at 7-2 in the round-robin portion of the competition, but were relegated to second since the Rideau rink had beaten them in the tournament's opening round. This meant the former world champion had to battle defending Ontario ti-tlist Alison Goring of Toronto Bayview in Sunday morning's semifinal while Merklinger moved directly to the final. The semifinal was a blowout with Bodogh outscoring Goring 8-1 in a game conceded after six ends. The final was a well played with the teams exchanging singles until the fifth end when Merklinger stole a single to go ahead 3-2. The pendulum swung in Bodogh 's favor in the sixth when Merklinger was a shade heavy on a freeze bid and St.

Catharines counted three to take a 5-3 advantage. Again they exchanged singles for two ends and Merklinger, who pulled within one in the ninth, stole one in 10 to force the match to an extra end. Bodogh executed a high-weight hit and roll with her last rock to eliminate a near-perfect freeze by Merklinger and count two for the win. It marks the third time Bodogh will represent the province in the Scott Tournament of Hearts nationals which are slated for Thunder Bay Feb. 17-25.

"It was a good final," said Rideau second McKnight in a telephone interview. "I would have been happier with a win, but we made them work for it." Nokia Cup Wayne Middaugh of Toronto St. George's defeated two-time world champion Ed Werenich of Toronto Avonlea 8-2 Sunday afternoon to claim the A side of the Nokia Cup Eastern Challenge round in Gananoque. This means Middaugh will play the side victor this morning at 9:30 for the right to join the field for the Ontario men's curling championship in Pickering Feb. 6-11.

Should Middaugh lose that match, a second game would be played at 2:30 p.m. The side winner was Werenich, who sidelined champion Mike Harris of Toronto Tarn Heather 11-8. CP photo TOPSY-TURVY WORLD: It was that kind of competition for Montreal's David Belhumeur, who finished fourth in world event SLALOM Former Austrian junior wins first World Cup race as a Kiwi SERRE CHEVALIER, France (AP) The Austrian team might want to think about getting Claudia Riegler back. The 19-year-old New Zealander, a former Austrian skier, won her first women's World Cup slalom on Sunday in only her second year on the circuit. Third after the first run, Riegler stormed down the Olympique Luc Alp-hand course in the second run to finish first with a two-run combined time of one minute 31.27 seconds.

RINGETTE 'r-', V-4 run, vaulting her onto the podium in third, with a time of 1:31.79. Edith Rozsa of Whistler, B.C., was 21st in 1:35.44. On Saturday, the women's downhill at Sestriere, Italy, was cancelled when the women protested over the safety of the course. The men's slalom, held in the evening, went ahead as scheduled. Mario Reiter led a 1-2-3 sweep by the Austrians.

Eric Villiard of Ste-Adele, was 21st. SPEEDSKATING Quebecer scores big BORMIO, Italy (CP) Jean-Francois Monette of Boucherville, won the men's overall gold medal Sunday in his international debut at the world junior short-track speed skating championships. "I don't think I'm going to sleep much tonight," said Monette, 17, who placed first with 16 points and also won gold in the 500 and 1,500 on Saturday and another bronze in Sunday's 1,500 final. 1- I 11 ri ifv'VH 1 few I would win," said Riegler, former junior Austrian slalom champion. "Now I race for New Zealand, I feel Kiwi and that's the way things are.

For training reasons, I might consider going back to Austria, but I'm not sure," she said. Riegler was followed by Switzerland's Karin Roten, who offered herself a nice birthday present with a second place finish. Sweden's Pernilla Wiberg, 12th after the first leg, skied a brilliant second BOBSLED Lori team accelerates to third in standings ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (CP) Chris Lori of Windsor, overcame slow start times with near-perfect driving to place fifth in a four-man World Cup bobsled final Sunday The result boosted the 12-year veteran to third-place overall this season in World Cup four-man standings. Christoph Langen of Germany who won the overall World Cup two-man title Saturday, edged teammate Wolfgang Hoppe by six-hundredths of a second for his second straight win on the St.

Moritz track. Langen ended up second behind Hoppe in the overall four-man World Cup standings. "I don't think I've ever driven better on this course in a four-man sled," said Lori, whose team included Sheridon Baptiste of Ottawa, Ben Hindle of Lethbridge, and Duff Gibson of Calgary DRIVE SflFELY. DON'T SPEND TOO RECKLESSLY, EITHER. While t'vry I'Nfi olwi Mrl nnlnii rtinii'H toilh n'ulr impurt air I km, iliml front air hug uikI 4-whwI AKS, thcre'ii Mimrltiiitfi fUr try to irolf-l: tin- iiih'xrily nf your lniilfti'1.

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Annelise Coberg-er won a World Cup slalom in 1992. Riegler left the Austrian team when then-coach Herwig Demschar, now head coach of the American women's team, demanded that Austrian skiers practise all four disciplines. Her mother being a New Zealander, Riegler was able to obtain a Kiwi passport and race for the South Pacific country "I knew the day I got start No. 8 I iTPA 'ijjf -til vd cluding the game winner as Metcalfe claimed the Tween title with a 4-3 decision over West CarletonKanata. Kim Nesbitt tallied twice as Gloucester romped to a 6-1 win over Ottawa in the Belle A final.

The contest saw experimentation with the 30-second shot clock, similar to that used in some basketball games, to deter time-consuming offensive delays inside the opponent's blueline. While not yet a rule of the game, it appeared to find approval among most teams. West Carleton deprived Pierrefonds of a fourth title as it scored a 9-8 overtime Petite title victory Kristen Keys scored three, including the winner. Stephanie Moreau netted for for the Montrealcrs. Katie Lugg's second marker of the game proved the winner as Ottawa defeated GatineauHull 7-4 for the Petite A crown, Katie Raven scored a trio for the winners and Stefenie Gauthler a pair for the losers.

Shcrlyn Poland triggered three goals, including the winner as Oshawa beat Gloucester 9-2 for the Intermediate women's championship. Rod Maclvor, Citizen VICTORY HUDDLE: GatineauHull players celebrate triumph in Tween A championship game against Nepean Pierrefonds teams big winners in international debut Sang Jun-Lee of South Korea was second at 10 points, while Jonathan Guilmette of Montreal, last year's runner-up, tied for fourth. At Baselgia di Pine, Italy, Neal Marshall of Coquitlam, B.C., who leads the World Cup standings after placing second Saturday was ninth. Gianni Romme of the Netherlands won the gold in six minutes 47.42 seconds. 1 1 1 SHOW HOURS Friday Feb.

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