WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) Ivica Kostelic-won the World Cup super combined event-Friday to extend his lead in the overall standings with third victory in 12 days. Bode Miller is top u.s. sixth place.
Kostelic dominated the slalom in the afternoon, runs after placing Sixth in the downhill, Combined two leg time of 2 minutes 40.44 seconds. Carlo Janka of Switzerland is the second-0.58 seconds back. Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway was third.
American Ted Ligety uses second-best slalom, begins and ends at the ninth place.
With 100 race points for victory Kostelic precedence 109-point of Svindal in the standings.
Kostelic of 14th World Cup win came after victories in the parallel slalom event this month in Munich and slalom in Adelboden, Switzerland.
"I'm just riding this wave I caught in Munich and the passage of the race of the race," says Kostelic, who excels in Wengen slalom slope. "These last two weeks have been most successful in my career."
Miller, who edges Kostelic for Olympic super combined gold medal-last February, 1.68. The u.s. Got its best score of the season in the traditional World Cup race.
Ligety is the second fast slalom, run in snowy conditions, it describes as "horrendous" after days of rain and warm climates.
"Course is simply a bottomless topa?," says Ligety, who finished 23rd in the downhill. Ligety fifth overall classification remained.
Humid, spring snow perfectly appropriate Kostelic, who himself has developed training in may, when other racers are offseason breaks.
"I ski well of soft snow," says Kostelic, who was fifth after the downhill.
Near the dotaciata brand of season Kostelic is well poised to claim the title first overall World Cup. His sister is a complete Janica champion women three times in 2001, 03, ' 06.
Janka was Ashore overall champion and represented his best result this season.
"Strip is too strong. I am completely happy with my day, down and slalom, "said the 24-year-old Swiss, which will be defended its classic Lauberhorn downhill on Saturday.
Daniel Albrecht starts speed race for the first time after his horrific crash in the downhill training, two years in Kitzbuehel, Austria. He injured his brain and lungs and in medical, induced coma for three weeks.
Albrecht, who has participated in three giant slaloms this season, ran a two-thirds of the abridged Lauberhorn time before missing door down.
"I said yesterday," do the race, but do so easily and it runs training, "says the 27-year-old Swiss who was world champion for 2007 in the super-combined."The feeling is not so bad. "
Approximately 19,000 fans lined the course for the first of the three Lauberhorn race weekend, which includes the slalom on Sunday.
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