Skiing: World Cup super giant slalom cancelled due to heavy snow

The season's opening men's World Cup super giant slalom was cancelled yesterday due to heavy overnight snowfall and poor visibility at Whistler Mountain, British Columbia. Saturday's men's downhill was also cancelled.

ALPINE WORLD CUP (Vail, Colorado, US) Women's downhill: 1 R Goetschl (Aut) 1min 47.71sec; 2 K Seizinger (Ger) 1:48.53; 3 I Kostner (It) 1:48.91; 4 A Meissnitzer (Aut) 1:49.13; 5 M Gerety (US) 1:49.26; 6 M Vogt (Ger) 1:49.28; 7 S Schuster (Aut) 1:49.38; 8 I H Marken (Nor) 1:49.41; 9 F Masnada (Fr) 1:49.51; 10 R Hausl (Ger) 1:49.53. Overall standings: 1 Seizinger 180pts; 2 Goetschl 132; 3 C Montillet (Fr) 86; 4 P Wiberg (Swe) 75; 5 H Zurbriggen (Swit) 69; 6 R Haeusl (Ger) 66; 7 Meissnitzer 65; 8 Kostner 60; 9 Markein 58; 10= Gerety 51, W Zelenskaja (Rus) 51, F Masnada (Fr) 51.

Super G: 1 S Gladishiva (Rus) 1min 17.76sec; 2 Wiberg 1:17.97; 3 C Montillet (Fr) 1:18.11; 4 H Gerg (Ger) 1:18.15; 5 Kostner 1:18.19; 6 Zelenskaja 1:18.21; 7 M Brigger-Summermatter (Swit) 1:18.23; 8 Masnada 1:18.31; 9 Seizinger 1:18.32; 10= M Ertl (Ger), S Schuster (Aut) 1:18.48. Overall standings: 1 Wiberg 180; 2 Gerg 130; 3 Gladishiva 114; 4 Zelenskaja 100; 5 Masnada 82; 6 Seizinger 74; 7 Kostner 65; 8 Montillet 60; 9 Ertl 58; 10 A Wachter (Aut) 49.

World Cup overall (after six events): 1 Seizinger 414pts; 2 Wiberg (Swe) 353; 3 Gerg 276; 4 Wachter (Aut) 180; 5 Kostner 157; 6 Zurbriggen 153; 7 Zelenskaja 151; 8= Goetschl, Montillet 146; 10 Gladishiva 137.

Nation's Cup standings: 1 Austria 1,973pt; 2 Germany 1,135; 3 Switzerland 972; 4 Italy 887; 5 France 853; 6 Norway 746; 7 Sweden 673; 8 Slovenia 432; 9 Russia 288; 10 US 164.

FREESTYLE WORLD CUP (Tignes, Fr) Aerials competition: Men: 1 A Blanc (Fr) 238.36pts; 2 S Foucras (Fr) 223.60; 3 J Bean (Can) 209.96; 4 E Bergoust (US) 207.15; 5 C Rijavec (Aut) 204.17; 6 A Mikhailov (Rus) 202.59; 7 A Valenta (Cz Rep) 194.02; 8 A Capicik (Can) 193.82. Women: 1 V Brenner (Can) 170.42; 2 K Kuster (Swit) 160.55; 3 E Leu (Swit) 160.36; 4 C Olivier (Can) 157.10; 5 J Cooper (Aus) 156.52; 6 M Lindgren (Swe) 154.82; 7 Dan Cuo (Ch) 154.61.

WORLD CUP (Kuusamo, Finland): Large hill ski-jumping: Men: 1 P Peterka (Sloven) 278.1 points (137, 127.5 metres); 2 L Ottesen (Nor) 263.6 (132.5, 124.5); 3 T Okabe (Japan) 245.6 (130.5, 116.5); 4 A-P Nikkola (Fin) 242.4 (116, 129.5); 5 J Ahonen (Fin) 241.6 (121, 123.5). Overall (after four events): 1 D Thoma (Ger) 239 points; 2 K Brenden (Nor) 238; 3 T Okabe (Japan) 206.