PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – The International Ski Federation on Monday reversed the disqualification of Austrian skier Rainer Schoenfelder at last month’s World Cup slalom.

Schoenfelder was second fastest in the men’s slalom at Park City on Nov. 23, but was disqualified.

Schoenfelder claimed a course worker who had fallen next to a gate distracted him and caused him to go off the course. Race officials let him take the run over after an initial ruling, but after the final run officials received 10 protests and reviewed video footage and eyewitness accounts a second time. The repeated run was thrown out because Schoenfelder did not immediately stop and say the downed worker, who had a broken hip, caused his slip-up, course referee Gunther Hujara said.

Schoenfelder’s combined time had been two-hundredths of a second behind Finland’s Kalle Palander. The Austrian Ski Federation immediately appealed the decision.

, which listed Schoenfelder as not finishing the first run.

Monday federation reversal is open to further appeal, but U.S. Alpine director Jesse Hunt said the U.S. Ski Team would not fight the order to reinstate Schoenfelder.

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