Europeans continue reign at Winternational

The Europeans continued their women's World Cup skiing domination in Aspen on Saturday.

Tessa Worley of France placed first with a time of 2:06.81, barely edging out Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany who finished a hundredth of a second behind. A hundredth of a second is also all that separated Rebensburg from teammate, Kathrin Holzl, who came in third with a time of 2:06.83.

Despite the sunny, blue skies above the giant slalom course, a figurative black cloud hung over the Americans on Aspen Mountain where the U.S. women miss the World Cup podium year after year.

Julia Mancuso delivered the best showing. The giant slalom gold medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics was in second place after the first run, trailing Rebensburg by just three hundredths of a second. But she lost time on the bottom half of the course in the second run, looking tentative around the gates.

“She didn't attack much down below,” noted former U.S. Ski Team coach Bob Beattie of Woody Creek.

Mancuso's official result was eighth place at today's Aspen Winternational.

Vail superstar Lindsey Vonn didn't even get a chance in the final. She skied off course at the top of her first run this morning. She will get a chance to redeem herself Sunday in the slalom race at Aspen.

Sarah Schleper, who was born in Glenwood Springs and lives in Vail, finished eighteenth.

Like Vonn, American Leanne Smith failed to finish the first run.

American races Megan McJames and Laurenne Ross did not qualify for the final run.

The win was a bit of déjà vu for Worley. She won the giant slalom in Aspen two years ago.

"I was thinking a little bit about 2008," Worley told Real Aspen in an interview after the final. "But all of the races are different and special. This one was really tough. I'm happy I won."

River Name / Location	Stream flow, ft3/s	Gage height ft
Gore Creek
At Upper Station, Near I-70 Twin Bridges	n/a	4 ft
Booth Creek	n/a	4 ft
Abv Red Sandstone Creek At Vail	190	6 ft
At Mouth Near Minturn	223	7 ft
Beaver Creek
At Avon	21	2 ft
Lake Creek
Near Edwards	79	1 ft
Cross Creek
Near Minturn	100	4 ft
Homestake Creek
At Gold Park	127	5 ft
Eagle River
East Fork Eagle River Near Climax	n/a	2 ft
At Red Cliff	30	3 ft
Near Minturn	234	4 ft
Wastewater Treatment Plant At Avon	671	5 ft
Below Gypsum	826	5 ft
Colorado River
Near Kremmling	404	4 ft
Near Dotsero	1,630	3 ft
Below Glenwood Springs	3,140	5 ft
Near Cameo	3,740	6 ft
Below Grand Valley Div Nr Palisade	2,080	5 ft
Near Colorado-utah State Line	4,120	4 ft
Near Cisco, Ut	4,060	3 ft
At Lees Ferry, Az	12,100	9 ft
Near Grand Canyon, Az	12,200	9 ft
Yuma Main Canal Ww At Yuma, Az	987	10 ft
Roaring Fork River
Abv Lost Man Cr Near Aspen	n/a	n/a ft
Ab Difficult C Nr Aspen	53	1 ft
Near Aspen	78	1 ft
Near Emma	476	6 ft
At Glenwood Springs	1,160	3 ft
Hunter Creek
Near Aspen	56	2 ft
At Aspen	47	4 ft
Frying Pan River
Near Ruedi	113	2 ft
Crystal River
Abv Avalanche Crk, Near Redstone	540	2 ft
Arkansas River
Ef Arkansas R At Us Highway 24, Nr Leadville	47	3 ft
Near Leadville	86	5 ft
Below Empire Gulch Near Malta	156	3 ft
Below Granite	453	4 ft
Near Nathrop	451	4 ft
At Parkdale	464	3 ft