BURAAS Hans-Petter (NOR) 20,03,1975. Gjettum/Oslo, esidence: Monaco 190cm / 90kg Club: Bærum Skiklubb SKI: Rossignol BOOTS: Rossignol BINDING: Rossignol Schladming 98 SL/2nd Kitzbuhel 98 SL/2nd Schladming 99 SL/7th Nagano Olympic Slalom/ Gold Nagano Olympic. Buraas(1st) & Furuseth(2nd) Kitzbuhel 01 SL/3rd Sestriere 01 SL/1st Park City 03 Schladming 03 SL/3rd World Cup Ranking General 1995/-, 1996/144th, 1997/120th, 1998 /19th, 1999/46th, 2000/31st, 2001/18th, 2002/-, 2003/32nd, 2005/128th, 2006/87th, Special 1998 SL/3rd, 1999/16th, 2000 SL/9th, 2001 SL/5th. 2003 SL/7th. 2005 SL/50th. 2006 SL/30th. World Championships 1999 Vail/Beaver Creek SL/DNF. 2001 St.Anton SL/DNF. 2003 St.Moritz SL/DSQ Olympic Games 1998 Nagano SL/1st, World Cup -1 w. (1 SL) 1. SL: Sestriere 01, 2. SL: Kitzbuhel 98, Crans Montana 98. Park City 99, Schladming 01, 3. SL: Sestriere 98, Schladming 98, Kitzbuhel 01, Bormio 03, Schladming 03, 4. SL: Veysonnaz 98, Kitzbuhel 98. Adelboden 00, Bormio 00, Park City 01, Shigakogen 01-I, Sestriere 03-KO, 5. SL: Beaver Creek 00, Schladming 00, Wengen 03, 6. SL: Park City 98, 7. SL: Schladming 99, 8. SL: Kranjska Gora 03, 9. SL: Wengen 99, Todnau 00, The new Norwegian star is on the podium again, behind the great Austrian champion Thomas Sykora Third in Sestriere, third in Schladming, fourth in Veysonnaz and now second in Kitzbuehel: it's Hans-Petter Buraas, the 23 years-old skier from Gjettum, a little village in Norway. Today his dream of winning a World Cup race was coming true. He was first after the first run, 17/100 ahead of Sykora; He skied well, showing that he is the man to beat this year. But the young athlete, despite his brilliant race, wasn't able to beat the great Sykora, who clocked the best final time. Thomas Stangassinger, 15th after the first run, thanks to an impressive remount, got the third place in the final ranking. Nimble, reactive, central, he kept the line well and clocked the best run time. Italy's Alberto Tomba wasn't enough aggressive in the second run, losing the possibility of getting another podium before the Olympic Games in Nagano. The Japanese Kimura, after the third place conquered in the last slalom, the first one of his career, showed dynamism and power, and remounted from the 14th position to the 5th, showing his good shape. Jure Kosir, in perfect shape, skied aggressively, showing his technical and psychological skills and got an impressive fourth place; this is a good pass for Nagano, even if somebody thinks that the protagonist of the Olympic Games is going to be the young Hans-Petter Buraas. Patrick Lang Biorama Basel