Sporting Digest: Skiing

WORLD CUP (Whistler, British Columbia) Men's Downhill: 1 A Skaardal (Nor) 2min 11.30sec; 2 H Trinkl (Aut) 2:11.69; 3 T Moe (US) 2:11.73; 4 F Heinzer (Swit) 2:11.77; 5 C Mullen (Can) 2:11.78; 6 W Besse (Swit) 2:11.95; 7= M Girardelli (Lux) 2:11.98, L Alphand (Fr) 2:11.98; 9 D Mahrer (Swit) 2:12.03; 10 R Boyd (Can) 2:12.09; 11 P Ortlieb (Aut) 2:12.31; 12 C Ple (Fr) 2:12.46; 13 F Cavegn (Swit) 2:12.48; 14 E Podivinsky (Can) 2:12.51; 15 P Runggaldier (It) 2:12.56. GB: 50 G Bell 2:15.03; 59 M Bell 2:15.64; 68 A Freshwater 2:18.43. Leading downhill positions: 1 Girardelli 520pts; 2 Trinkl 456; 3 Mullen 429; 4 Ortlieb 428; 5 Skaardal 399. Men's super-giant slalom: 1 Moe 1:31.22; 2 Girardelli 1:31.93; 3 W Perathoner (It) 1:32.05; 4 L Kjus (Nor) 1:32.25; 5= Mullen, Aamodt 1:32.30; 7 K Rasmussen (US) 1:32.38; 8= G Mader (Aut), J E Thorsen (Nor) 1:32.45; 10 A Skaardal 1:32.52. GB: 58= M Bell 1:35.4; 64 G Bell 1:36.45. Leading super-giant slalom positions: 1 Girardelli 249pts; 2 Moe 202; 3= Mader, Thorsen 180; 5 Skaardal 166. Overall positions: 1 Aamodt 1,218pts; 2 Girardelli 945; 3 A Tomba (It) 804; 4 Mader 737; 5 Skaardal 605; 6 Trinkl 601; 7 Moe 550; 8 Kjus 547; 9 Thorsen 509; 10 Mullen 487. Nation's Cup standings: Nations' Cup standings: 1 Austria 8,126pts; 2 Italy 5,779; 3 Switzerland 5,507; 4 Norway 4,815; 5 Germany 4,472; 6 France 3,487; 7 Sweden 2,612; 8 Solvenia 2,442; 9 US 2,385; 10 Canada 2,037.

FREESTYLE WORLD CUP FINALS (Meiringen- Hasliberg, Swit) Aerials: Women: 1 C Brand (Swit) 172.61pts; 2 C Olivier (Can) 159.71; 3 L Tcherjazova (Uzb) 154.61. Final Aerial standings: 1 Tcherjazova 792pts; 2 Brand 720; 3 N Stone (US) 688. Final Overall standings: 1 Porter 156pts; 2 Orekhova 154.50; 3 K Kubenk (Can) 140.

WORLD JUNIOR ALPINE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Lake Placid, NY) Super giant slalom: Boys: 1 B Melquiond (Fr) 1min 24.40sec; 2 A Filischkin (Rus) 1:25.15; 3 F Covili (Fr) 1:25.39; 4 R Valla (Fr) 1:25.97; 5 F Carey (US) 1:26.02.