Goetschl wins record 10th race at Cortina

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) _ Renate Goetschl of Austria won a World Cup downhill Saturday, stretching her record of wins at Cortina to 10. <br/><br/>Goetschl now has five downhill victories and

Saturday, January 20th 2007, 9:09 am

By: News On 6

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) _ Renate Goetschl of Austria won a World Cup downhill Saturday, stretching her record of wins at Cortina to 10.

Goetschl now has five downhill victories and five super-G wins at Cortina. The closest any other skier has come for wins at one resort was Ingemar Stenmark's eight wins at Madonna Di Campiglio.

Goetschl skied the 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) Olympia delle Tofane course in 1 minute, 31.14 seconds, 0.17 seconds faster than second-place Julia Mancuso of the United States.

It was a fourth straight podium finish for Mancuso, who won Friday's super-G here.

Marie Marchand-Arvier of France finished third, 0.60 seconds behind, for the best result of her career by far. Marchand-Arvier, 21, had previously never finished higher than 11th in a World Cup race.

Lindsey Kildow fell during her run and did not finish. She was unhurt.

``My butt's going to be sore, that's all'' Kildow said.

Skies were cloudy and the snow was soft for the second straight day due to high temperatures. At the finish area, it was 7 degrees Celsius.

Kildow lost her lead in the downhill standings.

Goetschl now leads with 425 points, followed by Mancuso with 346 and Kildow with 340.

Marlies Schild and Nicole Hosp, the two Austrians who lead the overall World Cup standings, did not enter the downhill. They specialize in the technical events and will be favored in Sunday's giant slalom.

Mancuso improved her third-place standing in the overall ranks. Schild leads with 881 points, Hosp has 828 and Mancuso now has 714.

Two-time overall champion Anja Paerson finished fifth.