andre telansky came in for a second halplace finish.inished third.-- the crystal slopes are being polished. the competition's climax is coming as ted liggette can claim his globe. in slovenia, it wwas the turn of the slalom specialists. one had plenty to celebrate. >> his reaction gave nothing away. marcel hersher of austria after winning. >> you don't seem that happy. >> i am overwhelmed. i'm just too dumbfounded to celebrate yet. fascinating to finish second after falling so far behind after the first run. >> he got back two seconds on the second attempt to propel to 8th place. with that the title was as good as he was. felix noidroit was out -- and he was champion before the event concluded. tehre was time for a surprise as evitza -- repeated his tri umph from a decade ago. >> richard -- has won the large hill event in finland. it was the 21-year old's third career win, a fine weekend for germany's ski jumpers. he got 274 points ahead of the norwegian world champion. meanwhile, also german -- finished first with hobson. more internat