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Saturday, December 13, 1997 French sweep snowboard slalomWHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) -- Nicolas Conte won the men's race and Karine Ruby the women's event Friday as France swept two snowboard World Cup slaloms.Conte, the current World Cup leader, won the men's event with a two-run time of 2 minutes, 28.40 seconds. Ruby won the women's race in 2:44.38. WHISTLER, B.C. (CP) -- Results Friday of the World Cup snowboard giant slalom: MEN 1. Nicolas Conte, France, Two minutes 28.40 seconds; 2. Thomas Prugger, Italy, 2:30.08; 3. Mark Fawcett, Saint John, N.B., 2:30.81; 4. Christopher Klug, U.S., 2:32.19; 5. Mike Jacoby, U.S., 2:32.59; 6. Peter Pechhacker, Austria, 2:32.96; 7. Thomas Lyman, U.S., 2:33.12; 8. Matthieu Bozzetto, France, 2:33.49; 9. Stefan Kaltschuetz, Austria, 2:33.63; 10. Ross Rebagliatti, Canada, 2;33.79. ------ WOMEN 1. Karine Ruby, France, 2:44.38; 2. Betsy Shaw, U.S., 2:49.04; 3. Isabelle Blanc, France, 2:50.83; 4. Ursula Fingerlos, Austria, 2:51.79; 5. Manuela Riegler, Austria, 2:51.94; 6. Isabell Zedlacher, Austria, 2:52.41; 7. Lidia Trettel, Italy, 2:52.81; 8. Birgit Herbert, Austria, 2:53.10; 9. Christine Rauter, Austria, 2:53.76; 10. Shinobu Ueshima, Japan, 2:54.40. |