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© St. Petersburg Times, published December 7, 2000

Street returns, finishes 34th

After two years away from racing because of leg injuries, a tearful Picabo Street returned to World Cup skiiing Wednesday in Val D'Isere, France, finishing 34th in a super-G won by Regine Cavagnoud of France.

"I'm satisfied with the fact I made it to the finish, and that's all I really expected from myself today," Street said.

Street finished 2.56 seconds behind Cavagnoud, who won her first World Cup super-G title of the season in 1:28.72, ahead of Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria and Carole Montillet of France.

Martina Ertl retained her lead in the overall standings.

Street, 29, was injured after winning the silver medal in the downhill at the 1994 Olympics and the '95 and '96 World Cup titles. She rebounded to win the Olympic super-G in 1998 but was injured a month later. It has taken six operations and more than two years to recover.

"If I can beat time I can be good again, but if time beats me, then my time has passed," said Street, who hopes to compete in the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

MORE SKIING: Thomas Vonn won his second Super Series race in three days, beating Canada's Jean-Philippe Roy by 0.68 seconds in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, Colo. Vonn, of Newburgh, N.Y., had a two-run time of 2:26.51. Canada's Erik Guay was third.

AUTOS: Television ratings for NASCAR, which has a $2.4-billion TV contract for 2001 with several networks, fell 3.6 percent last season. The 10 races averaged 5.3 percent of the 100.8 million U.S. households with TVs. Ratings for NBC's Summer Olympics broadcast fell 36 percent. CBS' men's college basketball final and Fox's World Series coverage fell to record lows. ... Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes and Matt Yocum will cover pit road for Fox's NASCAR broadcasts next season.

BASKETBALL: Jeff Sheppard won a court ruling allowing a team in Roseto, Italy, which already has two Americans, to sign him. The 6-3 guard played on Kentucky's 1998 NCAA title team before stints with the Atlanta Hawks and Toronto Raptors. The ruling may doom the Italian basketball federation's rule limiting teams to two players from outside the European Union.

BOWLING: Mike DeVaney took a 34-pin lead over John May after the third round of the PBA Tour's National Resident Pro Championship in Reno, Nev. DeVaney, of Escondido, Calif., had an 18-game pinfall total of 4,046. Ricky Corona was third at 4,002. The top 16 advanced to match play.

COLLEGES: Florida gymnastics coach Judi Markell said Orley Szmuch of Northridge, Calif., signed a national letter of intent. Szmuch was first on the balance beam, third on the uneven bars, fourth in vault and 12th all-around at the '99 Junior Olympic Nationals. ... The USATF Track and Field Committee picked Miami's Amy Deem to coach the United States Junior National Team that will compete in England and Scotland in August. ... Yale's varsity heavyweight crew has been suspended during an investigation into possible violations of unspecified student regulations.

HOCKEY: A 12-year-old boy died after his uncle said a puck struck him in a half-inch gap between his helmet and shoulder pads. Quinn Connally, a seventh-grader in Adams, Mass., was practicing with the Mass-Conn Braves Youth Hockey Association.

SWIMMING: Luo Xuejuan of China won the 200 breaststroke in 2:23.51, more than 11/2 seconds ahead of Australia's Kelli Waite in the World Cup series in Melbourne. Michael Klim won the 50 butterfly in 23.32 seconds. Grant Hackett won the 200 freestyle in 1:44.78. Canadian Morgan Knabe won the 100 breaststroke in 1:00.37. Australia's Matt Welsh won the 200 backstroke in 1:54.76. American Amy Balcerzak won the 100 medley in 1:02.09.

TENNIS: Thomas Enqvist of Sweden had surgery on his foot and shoulder and is expected to be sidelined at least until March.

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