Sporting Digest: Skiing

MEN'S DOWNHILL (Kvitfjell, Nor, tomorrow) Leading practice times: 1 L Alphand (France) 1min 44.75sec; 2 P Vitalini (It) 1:44.88; 3 P Ortlieb (Aut) 1:45.06; 4 A Assinger (Aut) 1:45.09; 5 N Burtin (Fr) 1:45.13; 6 H Trinkl (Aut) 1:45.37; 7 A J Kitt (US) 1:45.46; 8 R Socher (Can) 1:45.56; 9= G Mader (Aut) and D Mahrer (Swit) 1:45.62.