Sport in Short: Skiing

MEN'S WORLD CUP DOWNHILL (Kvitfjell, Nor): 1 A Assinger (Aut) 1min 43.13sec; 2 W Perathoner (It) 1:43.21; 3 H Trinkl (Aut) 1:43.26; 4 W Besse (Swit) 1:43.54; 5= J Polig (It), K Andre Aamodt (Nor), M Girardelli (Lux) 1:43.74; 8 M Wasmeier (Ger) 1:43.75; 9 A Skaardal (Nor) 1:43.90; 10 F Heinzer (Swit) 1:43.93. GB: 48 G Bell 1:46.28; 52 M Bell 1:46.84. Did not finish: R Walker. Leading men's downhill standings: 1 Heinzer 527pts; 2 Skaardal 427; 3 Besse 366; 4 Assinger 360; 5 D Mahrer (Swit) 343; 6 Girardelli 331; 7 P Ortlieb (Aut) 272; 8 Trinkl 264; 9 Perathoner 256; 10 P Rzehak (Aut) 255.

Leading overall World Cup standings: 1 Girardelli 1,253pts; 2 Aamodt 867; 3 Heinzer 755; 4 A Tomba (It) 692; 5 G Mader (Aut) 686; 6 Skaardal 596; 7 Assinger 492; 8 Ortlieb 483; 9 Mahrer 454; 10 T Fogdoe (Swe) 445.

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP GIANT SLALOM (Klovsjo, Sweden): 1 K Seizinger (Ger) 2min 02.71sec (first leg 1:00.71, second leg 1:02.00); 2 H Zeller (Swit) 2:02.82 (1:00.85, 1:01.97); 3 C Marle (Fr) 2:03.09 (1:00.90, 1:02.19); 4 L Magoni (It) 2:03.18 (1:01.32, 1:01.86); 5 S Panzanni (It) 2:03.32 (1:01.29, 1:02.03); 6= C Gedde Dahl (Nor) 2:03.38 (1:01.45, 1:01.93), M Ertl (Ger) 2:03.38 (1:02.06, 1:01.32); 8 B Perez (It) 2:03.40 (1:01.38, 1:02.02); 9 M Gallizio (It) 2:03.41 (1:01.26, 1:02.15); 10 U Maier (Aut) 2:03.43 (1:01.05, 1:02.38). Leading World Cup giant slalom standings: 1 Merle 380pts; 2 A Wachter (Aut) 336; 3 Ertl 252; 4 U Maier (Aut) 223; 5 Panzanini 206; 6 Zeller 200; 7 C Meier (Ger) 199; 8 Seizinger 184; 9 V Schneider (Swit) 136; 10 S Eder (Aut) 134.

Leading overall World Cup standings: 1 Wachter 1,166pts; 2 Seizinger 1,116; 3 Merle 946; 4 M Vogt (Ger) 665; 5 Maier 569; 6 Ertl 555; 7 K Lee-Gartner (Can) 547; 8 Schneider 526; 9 Zeller 522; 10 R Haeusl (Ger) 488.