Winter sports roundup: Blardone takes World Cup giant slalom

Lamy Chappuis was seventh after the jumps going into the cross country Sunday and finished in 27 minutes, 41.9 seconds to beat Italy's Alessandro Pittin by 3.9 seconds.

Joergen Graabak of Norway was third, and Bernhard Gruber of Austria finished fourth.

In the overall standings, Lamy Chappuis leads with 554 points, 173 clear of Tino Edelmann of Germany.

FOUR-MAN BOBSLED: At Winterberg, Germany, Thomas Florschuetz piloted Germany 1 to victory for his first World Cup win in four-man bobsled on Sunday, a day after claiming the two-man event.

Florschuetz's crew of Gino Gerhardi, Kevin Kuske and Thomas Blaschek finished in 1 minute 50.52 seconds to edge the Russian crew of Alexsandr Zubkov by 0.02 seconds.

Olympic champion Steven Holcomb's crew matched Florschuetz for the fastest second run but placed sixth in the first run to leave the Americans fourth overall.

SLALOM: At Courchevel, France, Marlies Schild dominated her rivals and the treacherous Courchevel course on Sunday to win her second straight slalom race of the season, setting her up perfectly for a hat trick bid on home snow next week in Austria.

Schild won by more than a second in Aspen, Colo., last month, and this time her margin of victory was even greater. She finished 1.87 ahead of Finland's Tanja Poutiainen and a massive 2.19 clear of Austria's Kathrin Zettel.