Sporting Digest: Goodwill Games
(St Petersburg, Rus)
BASKETBALL: Group A: Russia 69 Italy 66. Group B: France 80 China 73.
DIVING: Women's 3m springboard: 1 V Ilyina (Rus) 525.64pts; 2 Y Pakhalina (Rus) 471.87; 3 Lixia Chen (Ch) 471.06.
GYMNASTICS: Men's team: 1 Russia 171.200; 2 Belarus 167.875; 3 US 165.525. Rhythmic: All-around: 1 A Zaripova (Rus) 39.000pts; 2 Y Serebryanskaya (Ukr) 38.400; 3 O Gontar (Bela) 38.375.
SAILING (First of four days): Men's Finn class (Single-handed dinghy): 1 C Monk (NZ) 2pts; 2 E Oetgen (US) 4; 3 D Orlov (Rus) 6. Mistral (Sailboard): 1 M McCraig (Can) 2; 2 J-M de Chavigny (Fr) 6; 3 P Kowalski (Pol) 7. Women Europe (Single-handed dinghy): 1 A Bowman (Irl) 5; 2 P Lewis (Ber) 7; 3= T Moberg-Parker (Can), S Powarzynski (Ger) 8; 5 S Robertson (GB) 8. Mistral (Sailboard): 1 Neuburger (Virg Is) 3; 2 L Butler (US) 6; 3 J Maihos (Fr) 6.
SPEED SKATING: Men: 500m: 1 M Carnino (It) 45.56sec; 2 S Kobyzev (Rus) 45.81; 3 F Blackburn (Can) 46.94. 1,000m: 1 M Gagnon (Can) 1:38.22; 2 Blackburn 1:38.41; 3 A Gabel (US) 1:39.60. Women: 500m: 1 I Charest (Can) 49.28; 2 N Lambert (Can) 49.31; 3 M Canclini (It) 49.47. 1,000m: 1 Canclini 1:55.54; 2 Y Tikhanina (Rus) 1:55.97; 3 Charest 1:56.14.
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