Sporting Digest: Skiing

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP GIANT SLALOM (Maribor, Slovenia): 1 U Maier (Aut) 2:28.83; 2 V Schneider (Swit) 2:29.08; 3 K Seizinger (Ger) 2:29.31; 4 M Ertl (Ger) 2:29.62; 5 A Wachter (Aut) 2:30.21; 6 D Compagnoni (It) 2:30.23; 7 C Meier (Ger) 2:30.63; 8 H Voelker (US) 2:31.10; 9 M Kjoerstad (Nor) 2:31.38; 10 C Merle (Fr) 2:31.40; 11 S Pretnar (Sloven) 2:31.52; 12 H Gerg (Ger) 2:31.59; 13 L Piccard (Fr) 2:31.84; 14 P Wiberg (Swe) 2:32.04; 15 U Hrovat (Sloven) 2:32.33. Giant Slalom World Cup standings: 1 Wachter 585pts; 2 Compagnoni 515; 3 Schneider 436; 4 Maier 432; 5 M Ertl (Ger) 260; 6 Voelker 229; 7 Wiberg 218; 8 Seizinger 213; 9 Merle 211; 10 C Meier-Hock (Ger) 199. World Cup standings overall (20 events): 1 Wiberg 923; 2 Wachter 884; 3 Schneider 830; 4 Maier Austria 711; 5 Compagnoni 682; 6 Seizinger 665; 7 Ertl 459; 8 R Gotschl (Aut) 347; 9 Kjoerstad 322; 10 B Perez (It) 319; 11 M Gallizio (It) 315; 12 H Zeller-Baehler (Swit) 261; 13 Merle 243; 14 U Hrovat (Sloven) 237; 15 Voelker 229.

MEN'S WORLD CUP DOWNHILL (Wengen, Swit) Leading practice times: 1 A Skaardal (Nor) 2min 29.66sec; 2 M Wasmeier (Ger) 2:29.96; 3 T Moe (US) 2:30.57; 4 K A Aamodt (Nor) 2:31.03; 5 F Heinzer (Swit) 2:31.15; 6= K Rasmussen (US) 2:31.37, M Girardelli (Lux) 2:31.37; 8 K Ghedina (It) 2:31.89; 9 M Lichtenegger (Aut) 2:31.94; 10 H Trinkl (Aut) 2:31.98; 11 L Arnesen (Nor) 2:32.01; 12 M Bell (GB) 2:32.14; 13 A Assinger (Aut) 2:32.28; 14= R Socher (Can) 2:32.30, P Vitalini (It) 2:32.30; 16 D Mahrer (Swit) 2:32.49; 17 H Hoflehner (Aut) 2:32.51; 18 A Linberg (Nor) 2:32.55; 19 P Runggaldier (It) 2:32.78; 20 P Ortlieb (Aut) 2:32.82.