Sport in Short: Skiing

MEN'S WORLD CUP (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) Slalom: 1 A Tomba (It) 1min 38.65sec (49.61 49.04); 2= T Stangassinger (Aut) 1:39.19 (49.51 49.68) and K-A Aamodt (Nor) 1:39.19 (49.66 49.53); 4 P Roth (Ger) 1:39.26 (49.05 50.21); 5 T Fogdoe (Swe) 1:39.58 (49.12 50.46); 6 B Gstrein (Aut) 1:39.66 (49.29 50.37); 7 M Girardelli (Lux) 1:39.74 (50.23 49.51); 8 J Kosir (Slov) 1:39.89 (50.44 49.45); 9 T Sykora (Aut) 1:39.91 (50.43 49.48); 10 F-C Jagge (Nor) 1:40.01 (49.40 50.61). Leading slalom standings: 1 Tomba 296pts; 2 Fogdoe 285; 3 Sykora 198; 4 Stangassinger 152. Downhill: 1 F Heinzer (Swit) 1:55.09; 2 P Vitalini (It) 1:55.11; 3 G Mader (Aut) 1:55.26; 4 H Trinkl (Aut) 1:55.32; 5 Girardelli 1:55.37; 6 M Wasmeier (Ger) 1:55.48; 7 H Tauscher (Ger) 1:55.57; 8 D Rey (Fr) 1:55.62; 9 A Duvillard (Fr) 1:55.66; 10 W Besse (Swit) 1:55.84. GB: 73 M Bell 2:00.01; 76 R Duncan 2:00.40. Leading downhill standings: 1 Besse 206pts; 2= A Stock (Aut), Heinzer 164; 4 Girardelli 124; 5 Vitalini 99; 6 J E Thorsen (Nor) 95. Leading overall standings: 1 Girardelli 568pts; 2 Tomba 472; 3 Aamodt 422; 4 Fogdoe 285; 5 Heinzer 258; 6 Kjus 254.

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP (Cortina d'Ampezzo, It) Downhill: 1 R Haeusl (Ger) 1:28.49; 2 H Zurbriggen (Swit) 1:28.64; 3 K Seizinger (Ger) 1:28.67; 4 C Merle (Fr) 1:28.72; 5 S Shuster (Aut) 1:28.86; 6 K Lee- Gartner (Can) 1:28.97; 7 A Wachter (Aut) 1:28.98; 8 M Kogler (Aut) 1:29.03; 9 R Cavagnoud (Fr) 1:29.07; 10 K Pace (Can) 1:29.12. Leading downhill standings: 1 Seizinger 190pts; 2 Zurbriggen 146; 3 Haeusl 136; 4 K Gutensohn (Ger) 130; 5 M Vogt (Ger) 127; 6= C Bournissen (Swit), Lee-Gartner 118. Giant slalom: 1 Merle 2min 31.54sec (first run 1:15.20, second run 1:16.34); 2 Wachter 2:32.20 (1:15.26, 1:16.94); 3 D Compagnoni (It) 2:32.77 (1:15.69, 1:17.08); 4 C R Bellet (Swit) 2:33.46 (1:16.91, 1:16.55); 5 S Eder (Aut) 2:33.64 (1:15.77, 1:17.87); 6 H Zeller (Swit) 2:33.83 (1:16.24, 1:17.59); 7 S Pretnar (Slov) 2:33.93 (1:16.49, 1:17.44); 8 M Ertl (Ger) 2:34.02 (1:15.96, 1:18.06); 9 Zurbriggen 2:34.57 (1:16.55, 1:18.02); 10 C Meier (Ger) 2:34.67 (1:16.92, 1:17.75). Leading giant slalom standings: 1 Wachter 305pts; 2 Merle 280; 3 U Maier (Aut) 152; 4 Eder 134; 5 Ertl 132; 6 S Panzanini (It) 125. Leading overall standings: 1 Wachter 531pts; 2 Merle 423; 3 Seizinger 347.