2/12/2002

Eberharter wins super-G at Lake Louise

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) _ Stephan Eberharter won for the third time in four men's World Cup races this season, capping his weekend by finishing first in Sunday's super-G. Eberharter had a time of 1 minute, 23.39 seconds on the 2,410-meter course on Whitehorn Mountain Austrian teammate Josef    Strobl was  second in    1:23.57 following a fourth-place finish in the downhill and Didier Cuche was third in 1:23.76.

 

"I feel really comfortable," Eberharter said. "I'm 33 years old and I have nothing to prove. Maybe that's why things are going so well at the moment. I can take things easy." Eberharter and Strobl opted for downhill skis instead of super-G skis. "The downhill skis are much harder to turn, and if it's straight they're faster," Strobl said. Eberharter, last year's World Cup overall champion, also won a giant slalom last month at Solden, Austria, and a downhill Saturday at Lake Louise."This is a very good start," he said. "If I can continue with that, then I'm happy."