Lloyd Langlois of Canada, who crashed in the morning practice, shook off dizzy spells to win a men's aerials event in a World Cup freestyle ski competition on Saturday.
Langlois, 34, had a two-jump total of 226.44 points for his first World Cup victory since the opening meet of the 1994-95 season and eighth of his career.Christian Rijavec of Austria was second with 219.95 points. Jean-Damien Climonet of France placed third at 215.63.
"I thought about withdrawing after my crash, but I had time to get myself back together before the competition started," said Langlois, a two-time world champion.
"The wind was very tricky today so I really tried to use my experience to my advantage. The big adjustment I made in the competition was slowing down my takeoff on the ramp."
Sebastien Foucras of France still leads the World Cup aerials standings with 384 points. Langlois is second with 328 followed by Canadian teammates Andy Capicik with 300 and Fontaine with 288.
In women's aerials, Kirstie Marshall of Australia won with 176.90 points. Michele Rohrbach of Switzerland was second with 175.46 and Caroline Olivier of Canada third with 165.68.
Marshall said unpredictable wind made the jumping even more dangerous.
"The wind was terrible," Marshall said. "In practice, it was pretty scary. I was all over the place, on my head, on my back, getting turned around on my jumps.
"Nobody knew what to expect because it was so inconsistent. You can't control it but you can't ignore it, either."
Veronica Brenner of Canada, who won the first three aerials events this season, withdrew after she missed her first jump and was out of contention. She still leads the overall standings with 300 points, followed by Michele Rohrbach of Switzerland with 288 and Olivier with 272.
Italian wins downhill
CHAMONIX, France - Kristian Ghedina of Italy edged Atle Skaardal of Norway by .01 second to take a men's World Cup downhill Saturday.
Ghedina was timed in 2 minutes, 1.56 seconds. Third, at 2:01.67 was Werner Franz of the strong Austrian squad.
It was the eighth time in World Cup history that a men's downhill was won by the slimmest margin. The last time in Veysonnaz, Switzerland, last January.
With his sixth career victory, Ghedina became the best Italian downhiller in history, breaking a tie with Herman Plank.
After two days of fog hampering training, it was a bright, sunny day with good conditions on the 2.07-mile Arlberg Kandahar course.
Alphand, winner of two of the previous four downhills this season, finished with a time of 2:02.03, coming in fifth.
Germans 1-2 in biathlon
RUHPOLDING, Germany - Petra Behle and Ushi Disl led Germany to a 1-2 finish in the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint Saturday at a World Cup biathlon competition.
Behle, a seven-time world champion, won in 23 minutes, 8.1 seconds. Disl, second in the overall World Cup standings last season, followed in 23:11.4. Olga Romasko of Russia was third in 23:16.7.
In the men's 10 kilometres, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway won in 24:22.7. Pavel Rostovtsev of Russia was second in 24:41.4.
American wins speed skate event
MILWAUKEE - Chris Witty won a women's 1,000-meter speedskating race and Casey FitzRandolph had two top three finishes Saturday in World Cup Sprint competition.
On the Olympic oval where the U.S. team does most of its training, Witty, the 1996 World Sprint champion from West Allis, Wis., took the 1,000 in 1 minute, 20.19 seconds and tied for third in the 500 at the Pettit National Ice Center. FitzRandolph, of Verona, Wis., finished second in the 500 and third in the 1,000.
Grunde Njos of Norway won the men's 500 in 36.62 and Manabu Horii of Japan took the 1,000 in 1:12.99.
In the women's 1,000-meter, Sabine Volker of Germany was second in 1:20.35 and Rebecca Sundstrom of Glen Ellyn, Ill., third in 1:20.80.
Ex-Ute takes title
BEND, Ore. - Marcus Nash of Fryeburg, Maine, enjoying the best season of his brief career, has collected his first national cross-country ski title and snapped John Bauer's string of six consecutive championships.
Nash, skiing at the start of the so-called Red Group, designating the best skiers in the field of 100-plus racers at Mount Bachelor Nordic Center, set a pace no one could match Friday. The 1994 Olympian, a former All-America for the University of Utah, finished the 15-kilometer freestyle race in 34 minutes, 7.9 seconds.
Carl Swenson, a '94 Olympic teammate of Nash and ex-ski captain at Dartmouth College, was second in 34:48.1 and Scott Loomis of Park City took third in 34:57.8 as the temperature hovered around freezing, creating slick conditions for the skiers.
Bauer, of Champlin, Minn., won all four races in last year's nationals and the two classic technique races earlier this week. On Friday, he finished sixth after having already assured himself a spot in the nordic World Championships next month in Norway.
In the women's 10-kilometer race, Laura Wilson of Montpelier, Vt., picked up the third championship of her career in 28:54.6. Ingrid Butts of Park City, who retired from international racing after the 1994 Olympics, was second in 29:12.9, four seconds ahead of Nina Kemppel of Anchorage, Alaska.