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Saturday, November 15, 1997 Greenwood wins giant slalom snowboard eventTIGNES, France (AP) -- Former world champion Jeff Greenwood of Granby, Conn., took charge on the second run Friday and won the first men's giant slalom of the 1998 snowboard seasonGreewood, second in the first run, posted a two-run time of 2 minutes, 6.96 seconds to win by more than eight-tenths of a second over Nicholas Conte of France. World champion Thomas Prugger of Italy was third in 2:08.07. Chris Klug of Aspen, Colo., was third in the morning run but had problems on his second ride and dropped to seventh place. Snowboarding will make its Olympic debut in Nagano, Japan, in February with giant slalom and halfpipe contests for men and women. Snowboarding Results TIGNES, France (AP) -- Leading riders Friday in the men's giant slalom as the FIS World Cup snowboard: 1, Jeff Greenwood, Granby, Conn., 2 minutes, 6.96 second 2, Nicholas Conte, France, 2:07.77 3, Thomas Prugger, Italy, 2:08.07 4, Martin Freinademetz, Austria, 2:08.56 5, Thomas Kestenholtz, Switzerland, 2:08.79 Other North Americans 7, Chris Klug, Aspen, Colo., 2:09.18 11, Jeff Archibald, Salt Lake City, 2:10.06 21, Rob Berney, Whitefish, Mont., 2:12.08 26, Mike Jacoby, Hood River, Ore., 2:12.85 |