WENGEN, Switzerland - Naoki Yuasa showed his best race form of the Alpine ski season on Saturday, one month before his event at the world championships. Albert Wilson Dolphins Jersey .The slalom specialist from Japan had the third-fastest time in the second leg of a World Cup race, just 0.02 seconds slower than the run that propelled Felix Neureuther of Germany to victory 40 minutes later.Still, Yuasa believes he can improve during an intense month in slalom before the Feb. 2-15 worlds at Vail-Beaver Creek, Colorado.It is a very, very tough race for me, Yuasa told The Associated Press after his quick second trip down the storied slope at Wengen. But Im trying my best.Yuasas best was good enough for a 23rd-place finish. A 30th-fastest run in the morning only just qualified him for the afternoon action, though gave him first use of a course made difficult by steady falls of soft, wet snow.Now, this moment, my condition is not so perfect, the 31-year-old Yuasa said.To prepare for his medal event scheduled on Feb. 15, he has two more World Cups, both at classic Austrian venues which draw big, noisy crowds.Kitzbuehel next Sunday is followed by Yuasas favourite, under floodlights at Schladming, where he has three previous top-10 finishes.That is my best race. I like the night race with many people there, said Yuasa, who was chasing World Cup points as a priority over medals.My first target is to go back to the top 15, he said.Scoring eight race points on Saturday lifted Yuasa to 27th in the standings, now above two-time World Cup slalom champion Ivica Kostelic of Croatia.His best result this season was 14th at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, where he earned a career-best third place two seasons ago.Yuasa acknowledged a longer-term career incentive was the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.Because the Olympics are in Pyeongchang, the World Cup will return to Japan after a 10-year gap when the circuit swings through Asia for test events on Olympic slopes.A slalom is scheduled on Feb. 14, 2016 at Naeba, which last hosted World Cup races in 1975.Yuasa was in the lineup when Japan last staged a World Cup slalom in March 2006. He placed 18th and teammate Akira Sasaki was sixth at Shigakogen. Frank Gore Dolphins Jersey . The win puts the final playoff berth in Group A in question. If the Czechs beat Slovakia on Tuesday, they will go through. If they lose, Germany will get the last quarter-final berth. Miami Dolphins Jerseys . The 29-year-old from Port Colborne, Ont., who trains out of San Diego, will fight bantamweight champion (Rowdy) Ronda Rousey on July 5 in the co-main event of UFC 175 in Las Vegas. http://www.dolphinsteamauthenticshop.com/c-84-dolphins-robert-quinn-jersey.aspx . - After three days of light, make that very light, workouts, Team Irvin and Team Carter are ready for tonights Pro Bowl.Carter got the nickname Hurricane for his lightning-fast fists and gained a reputation early in his boxing career that made him one of the top contenders for the world middleweight crown. In December 1963, in a non-title bout, he beat then-welterweight world champion Emile Griffith in a first round KO. He had a shot at the title, but lost a15-round split decision to reigning champion Joey Giardello in 1964, he was widely regarded as a good bet to win his next title bout. The rest of his story has become very well known. In the midst of training for his next shot at the world middleweight title he was arrested for triple murder, a crime he never committed. The story behind his arrest attracted the attention and support of many, including Bob Dylan, who visited Carter in prison, wrote the song "Hurricane" (included on his 1976 album, Desire), and played it at every stop of his Rolling Thunder Revue tour. Custom Miami Dolphins Jerseys. . On November 7, 1985, A judge released a decision to free Carter, stating that "The extensive record clearly demonstrates that [the] petitioners convictions were predicated upon an appeal to racism rather than reason, and concealment rather than disclosure." After his release Carter moved to Toronto. He continued to work as an advocate for the wrongly accused. A movie by Norman Jewison titled The Hurricane came out in 1999 and starred Denzel Washington in the title role. Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale NFL Camo Jerseys NFL Jerseys From China China NFL Gear Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Jerseys Stitched NFL Jerseys ' ' '