Sport in Short: Skiing
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP DOWNHILL (Lake Louise, Alberta): 1 C Bournissen (Swit) 1min 35.88sec; 2 K Seizinger (Ger) 1:35.93; 3 M Gerg Leitner (Ger) 1:36.58; 4 K Gutensohn (Ger) 1:36.63; 5 K Pace (Can) 1:36.78; 6 H Zurbriggen (Swit) 1:36.88 7 U Stanggassinger (Ger) 1:36.94; 8 H Lindh (US) 1:37.28; 9 M Ruthven (Can) 1:37.33 10 S Ginther (Aut) 1:37.56. World Cup downhill standings: 1= Gutensohn (Ger) and Seizinger (Ger) 130pts; 3 Bournissen (Swit) 118; 4 M Vogt (Ger) 115; 5 K Lee-Gartner (Can) 78. Overall World Cup standings: 1 A Wachter (Aut) 279 pts; 2 P Wiberg (Swe) 265; 3 U Maier (Aut) 236; 4 Vogt (Ger) 180; 5 Seizinger (Ger) 163.
FREESTYLE WORLD CUP (Piancavallo, Italy): Moguls Men: 1 J-L Brassard (Can); 2 E Grospiron (Fr); 3 B Bertrand (Fr); 4 A Karava (Fin); 5 H E Engelsen (Nor); 6 D Gauthier (Can). Women: 1 T Mittermayer (Ger); 2 R Monod (Fr); 3 S Marciandi (It); 4 S L Hattestad (Nor); 5 C Gilg (Fr); 6 L McIntyre (US). Combined Men: 1 S Shupletsov (Rus); 2 T Worthington (US); 3 H Bonatti (Aut); 4 D Downs (Can). Women: 1 N Orekhova (Rus); 2 M Schmid (Swit); 3 K Porter (US); 4 K Kubenk (Can); 5 K Gill (Aus); 6 J Curry (GB). Overall combined World Cup standings (after two events) Men: 1 Shupletsov 200pts; 2 Bonatti 188; 3 Downs 180; 4 Worthington 96. Women: Schmid 196pts; 2 Orekhova 192; 3 Porter 188; 4 Kubenk 176; 5 Curry 164; 6 Gill 84.
NORDIC COMBINED WORLD CUP (St Moritz, Swit): Leaders after ski jumping section: 1 K Ogiwara (Japan) 226.5 pts; 2 T Kono (Japan) 222.8; 3 M Abe (Japan) 220.5; 4 H-P Pohl (Ger) 210.1; 5 F B Lundberg (Nor) 207.3; 6 A Schaad (Swit) 201.6; 7 F Guy (Fr) 195.2; 8 B E Vik (Nor) 195.1; 9 K Ofner (Aut) 190.6; 10 R Stadelmann (Aut) 190.6.
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