Sporting Digest: Gymnastics

SHANNON MILLER, of the United States, saw off the challenge of Romania's Lavinia Milosovici to win her second successive women's combined title at the World Championships in Brisbane yesterday.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Brisbane) Women's combined event: Leading final positions: 1 S Miller (US) 39.274pts; 2 L Milosovici (Rom) 39.236; 3 D Kochetkova (Rus) 39.125; 4 G Gogean (Rom) 39.061; 5 D Dawes (US) 38.968; 6 L Podkopayeva (Ukr) 38.942; 7 Huilan Mo (Ch) 38.924; 8 N Hategan (Rom) 38.836; 9 S Chorkina (Rus) 38.805; 10 Y Piskun (Bela) 38.767.