Alpine skiing

The giant ladies of Zwiesel cancelled, Karbon sacred Denise Karbon won without skiing the overall standings of the World Cup giant Saturday after the cancellation of the race at Zwiesel scheduled because of rain and strong wind gusts Karbon totaled 181 points ahead of Austrian Elisabeth Goergl while only one Giant to compete this season, in Bormio. The Italian could not be reached and offered his country's first Crystal Globe in giant since the success of Deborah Compagnoni in 1997. "We are going to celebrate that tonight at the hotel," said Karbon on the website of the Gazzetta dello Sport. "I heard the news a few minutes ago and I really had a strange feeling because I was really compete this race. But the conditions were really horrible." Karbon is 10th in the overall standings of the World Cup with 619 points, well behind the leader Lindsey Vonn, who keeps 54 points ahead of Austrian Nicole Hosp.