Schild finished the run with a time of 56.73 seconds. Kathrin Zettel and Nicole Hosp of Austria finished second and third in 56.85 seconds and 57.06 seconds respectively. Kristina Koznick of the United States was fourth (57.13 seconds), followed by Anja Paerson of Sweden (57.17), and Tanja Poutiainen (57.35). Kostelic was seventh with a time of 57.51 seconds, Fleiss was eleventh with 58.42 seconds, and Jelusic 16th with a time of 58.72 seconds.
ZagrebZAGREB, Jan 5 (Hina) - Marlies Schild of Austria was in the lead afterthe first leg of the "Snow Queen" World Cup slalom on Mount Medvednicaoverlooking Zagreb on Thursday, while the best Croatian woman skierJanica Kostelic
finished the first run seventh. Nika Fleiss and AnaJelusic of Croatia secured a second run.
ZAGREB, Jan 5 (Hina) - Marlies Schild of Austria was in the lead
after the first leg of the "Snow Queen" World Cup slalom on Mount Medvednica
overlooking Zagreb on Thursday, while the best Croatian woman skier Janica
Kostelic finished the first run seventh. Nika Fleiss and Ana Jelusic of Croatia
secured a second run.