Tamara McKinney, the only American woman to win a World Cup Alpine overall title, beat Germany's Marina Kiehl in the finals on Saturday to win the season Jeep/Eagle Tour of Champions title.
McKinney, the 1983 World Cup champion, beat seven other former women champions in the three-event series which stopped earlier at Heavenly Valley, Calif., and Deer Valley, Utah. On Saturday, she beat Germany's Marina Kiehl in the final to complete the three events with 70 points and $25,000. Kiehl was second with 55 points and $13,500.Franz Klammer, the 1976 Olympic downhill gold medalist and a five-time World Cup downhill champion, won Saturday's race in the men's division, beating fellow Austrian Franz Weber in the final. Weber won the overall championship with 60 points and $14,500, with Norway's Jarle Halsnes in second with 50 points and $15,500.