Wildschoenau, Austria (Tuesday, January 27, 2004) - Disabled World Cup rookie Laurie Stephens (LW-12/1; Wenham, MA) stretched the unbeaten U.S. women mono-skiers' January winning streak to seven race as she took a first-run lead Tuesday and rolled to victory by more than a second in a giant slalom.

In the final race before the Disabled Alpine World Championships get underway in Wildschoenau, Stephens had the lone American podium finish. She's won the women's mono-skier category in all four World Cup giant slaloms this season.

The University of New Hampshire sophomore, who was born with spinal bifida, had an adjusted time of 2:38.00. Stephani Victor (LW-12/2; Park City, UT) finished fourth in 2:44.25. The only other U.S. top-5 came from Csilla Kristof (LW-6/8; Las Vegas), who was fifth in the women's standup class.

DISABLED ALPINE WORLD CUP
Wildschoenau, AUT – Jan. 27
Giant Slalom (All times adjusted)

Women

Mono-skiers
1. Laurie Stephens, LW-12/1, Wenham, Mass., 2:38.00
2. Kuniko Obinata, LW-12/2, Japan, 2:39.24
3. Kimberley Joines, LW-12/1, Canada, 2:43.32
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4. Stephani Victor, LW-12/2, Park City, Utah, 2:44.25
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DNF-2: Lacey Heward, LW-11, Boise, Idaho

Standups
1. Solene Jambaque, LW-9/2, France, 2:29.51
2. Iveta Chlebakova, LW-6/8, Slovakia, 2:30.45
3. Danja Haslacher, LW-2, Austria, 2:31.53
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5. Csilla Kristof, LW-6/8, Las Vegas, 2:35.33
7. Allison Jones, LW-2, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2:38.50
9. Sandy Dukat, LW-2, Chicago, 2:47.21

Men

Mono-skiers
1. Andreas Schiestl, LW-11, Austria, 2:18.06
2. Martin Braxenthaler, LW-10, Germany, 2:18.96
3. Harald Eder, LW-11, Austria, 2:20.20
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7. Kevin Bramble, LW-12/1, Truckee, Calif., 2:25.03
10. Tyler Walker, LW-12/2, Franconia, N.H., 2:26.93
17. Nick Catanzarite, LW-10, Winter Park, Colo., 2:33.44
22. Chris Devlin-Young, LW-12/1, Campton, N.H., 2:41.08
26. Daniel Metivier, LW-12/1, Park City, Utah, 2:45.66
27. Joe Tompkins, LW-11, Juneau, Alaska, 2:49.40

Standups
1. Romain Riboud, LW-9/2, France, 2:20.27
2. Hans Burns, LW-4, Switzerland, 2:20.63
3. Walter Lackner, LW-6/8, Austria, 2:21.02
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9. Clay Fox, LW-4, Gillette, Wyo., 2:24.06
23. Ralph Green, LW-2, Fraser, Colo., 2:35.16
24. Chris Canfield, LW-2, Breckenridge, Colo., 2:35.95
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DNF-2: George Sansonetis, LW-9/2, Fraser, Colo.; Monte Meier, LW-2, Hastings, Minn.