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Prommegger, Kummer win WCup parallel giant slaloms

The Columbian
Published: March 9, 2012, 4:00pm

LA MOLINA, Spain (AP) — Andreas Prommegger of Austria and Patrizia Kummer of Switzerland won snowboard World Cup parallel giant slaloms on Saturday to lead the discipline standings with one race left.

Prommegger sliced through the Pista Stadi course to defeat Simon Schoch of Switzerland by 1.83 seconds for his third win and seventh podium of the season.

Prommegger tops the standings with 6,550 points, while Roland Fischnaller of Italy slipped into second with 5,930 after failing to reach the quarterfinals.

Kummer edged Amelie Kober of Germany by 0.08 seconds after the two boarders finished the first run in the exact same time. Her fifth victory of the season gave her 6,040 points. Kober moved into second with 5,180.

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