Sport in short: Skiing

PERNILLA WIBERG, the Olympic giant slalom champion, will miss the rest of the season after tearing her right Achilles tendon when she fell during the first run of yesterday's race in Maribor.

WORLD CUP Women's Giant Slalom (Maribor, Slov): 1 V Schneider (Swit) 1min 39.11sec; 2 A Coberger (NZ) 1:40.42; 3 D Compagnoni (It) 1:41.01; 4= K Andersson (Swe), J Parisien (US) 1:41.25; 6 I Salvenmoser (Aut) 1:41.35. Overall Giant Slalom Standings: 1 Coberger 220pts; 2 P Wiberg (Swe) 180; 3= Schneider, Parisien 150; 5 P Kronberger (Aut) 96; 6 Andersson 95. Overall World Cup Standings: 1 A Wachter (Aut) 415; 2 Wiberg 319; 3 U Maier (Aut) 280; 4 C Merle (Fr) 273; 5 Schneider 270; 6 K Seizinger (Ger) 263.

FOUR HILLS TOURNAMENT (Bischofshofen, Aut) Final event: 1 A Goldberger (Aut) 237.10pts; 2 N Kasai (Japan) 235.10; 3 D Mollard (Fr) 227.30; 4 V Hakala (Fin) 221.80; 5 J Sakala (Cz Rep) 221.10; 6 J Weissflog (Ger) 217.50. Overall results: 1 Goldberger 920.8; 2 Kasai 898.7; 3 Sakala 854.6; 4 M Harada (Japan) 828.4; 5 Hakala 823.6; 6 C Duffner (Ger) 818.9. Overall World Cup standings: 1 W Rathmayr (Aut) 139; 2 Goldberger 117; 3 Kasai 86.

BRITISH JUNIOR DOWNHILL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Altenmarkt, Aut): Men: 1 T Spacil (Aut) 1min 22.39secs; 2 E Kogler (Aut) 1:24.03; 3 P Pertl (Aut) 1:24.87; 5 D Cook (GB) 1:25.50. Women: 1 L Robertson (GB) 1:32.04; 2 K Morris (GB) 1:34.88; 3 S Sharp (GB) 1:36.93.