Sporting Digest: Skiing

ALPINE WORLD CUP (Crans-Montana, Swit) Men's Giant slalom 1 J E Thorsen (Nor) 2min 32.83sec; 2 M Kunc (Sloven) 2:32.93; 3 R Salzgeber (Aut) 2:33.44; 4 A Tomba (It) 2:33.73; 5 K-A Aamodt (Nor) 2:33.80; 6 B Gstrein (Aut) 2:33.85; 7 S Locher (Swit) 2:34.05; 8 M Girardelli (Lux) 2:34.19; 9 F Piccard (Fr) 2:34.25; 10 G Mader (Aus) 2:34.34. Giant slalom standings: 1 Aamodt 362pts; 2 C Mayer (Aut) 336; 3 Piccard 314; 4 F Nyberg (Swe) 284; 5= Locher, M von Grunigen (Swit) 280. Leading overall World Cup standings: 1 Aamodt 832; 2 Mader 652; 3 Tomba 564; 4 Girardelli 523; 5 T Stangassinger (Aut) 405. Leading Nations' Cup standings (men and women): 1 Austria 3,650pts; 2 Norway 2,452; 3 Italy 1,817; 4 Switzerland 1,666; 5 France 910.