Tomba Increases Run of Slalom Wins to Six

Alberto Tomba of Italy won his sixth consecutive World Cup slalom race this season, defeating Jure Kosir of Slovenia by .82 seconds in Kitzbuehel, Austria, on Sunday.

Tomba had the best time on both runs for a total of 1 minute, 37.26 seconds. He had a 49.32-second first run to lead by .06 seconds over Kosir before extending his margin with a second run of 47.94.

Tomba has won eight races this season and 41 in his career.

“I wanted to win because there were a lot of Italian fans here,” he said. “I wanted to give them a present.”

Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg won the combined event.

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Martina Ertl gave Germany its first women’s World Cup slalom victory in more than seven years.

Ertl made it to the end of the Gudiberg course in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, with a combined time of 1:22.54.

Deborah Compagnoni of Italy, winner of a giant slalom last week in Austria, was second in 1:22.67.

An ankle injury cost Elvis Stojko his title at the Canadian national figure skating championships, but he will be allowed on the team to defend his world crown anyway.

The Canadian Figure Skating Assn. issued a medical bye so Stojko will be on the team to defend his world championship. The championships are scheduled for March 7-12.

Roberto Cecon of Italy won for the second consecutive day in World Cup large hill ski jumping at Engelberg, Switzerland. . . . The Russian team won the women’s 5-kilometer World Cup relay ski race, while Finland won the 10- kilometer men’s event at Nove Mesto, Czech Republic.

Sailing

Young America won its first America’s Cup race by defeating the all-women America 3by 37 seconds in the defenders trials.

It was the second consecutive loss for America 3.

The America’s Cup scoreboard is tied with one point each for Dennis Conner’s Stars & Stripes, America 3and Young America.

On the challengers course, Team New Zealand defeated France America 95. The other New Zealand team, Tag Heuer Challenge, beat Japan’s Nippon Challenge and Syd Fischer’s Sydney 95 beat Spain.

Tennis

Thomas Enqvist of Sweden defeated American Chuck Adams, 6-2, 6-1, in the final of the New Zealand Open at Auckland. . . . Paul Haarhuis of the Netherlands defeated Radomir Vasek of the Czech Republic, 7-5, 7-5, to win the Indonesian Open at Jakarta.

Baseball

In an effort to restart strike talks, the baseball owners’ negotiating team will meet Thursday in Washington with special mediator W.J. Usery.

“It’s just a meeting to look everyone in the eye and say, ‘You’ve got to get this settled for the good of the country,’ ” a management official said.

The sides haven’t met since Dec. 22.

The Montreal Expos won’t make a qualifying contract offer to Larry Walker, diminishing the slim chance the Canadian-born outfielder will remain with the team.

Miscellany

Three policemen were injured by the explosion of a large firecracker launched in the stands at a soccer match between Juventus of Turin and AS Roma, a report said.

Stricter tests for performance-enhancing drugs will be used during China’s National Winter Games, a national sports official said as the competition began in the city of Jilin.

NASCAR Winston Cup stars Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace and Ken Schrader will compete in the 1995 International Race of Champions series.