OFTERSCHWANG, Germany (AFP) - Austria's Marlies Schild won the women's World Cup slalom here on Sunday ahead of Sweden's Therese Borssen and compatriot Nicole Hosp.

Schild, who was fastest in the first run, finished 0.42sec ahead of Borssen and then 0.51sec in front of Hosp for her fourth victory of the season.

It was Schild's 19th victory in the World Cup and last season she finished second in the overall World Cup standings.

Hosp managed to consolidate her lead in both the overall title race and the World Cup slalom standings.

Hosp's third spot, together with the retirement of big rival Lindsey Vonn in the first leg, means she has 899 points in the overall standings, 126 more than the American.

Hosp said she was happy with her lead but that the season still had a long way to go. "I have a big lead on Lindsey Vonn overall but such a lead can soon disappear," Hosp said.

"The most important thing for me is to put together a run of good results and to score points. I'm going to try and be consistent in all the disciplines."

Schild said afterwards: "I virtually had a perfect first leg though I was still not sure of victory even though I had a big lead. You can't tackle the second leg with the attitude that victory is already achieved but, in the end, I was very happy with my performance today."

Second-placed Borssen said she too was very happy with the outcome. "I felt as though I had won today," she said. "Mainly because I had missed the podium twice this season (4th at Aspen and Spindleruv Mlyn). I really attacked during the second leg because I didn't want to finish fourth again."