Sporting Digest: Skiing

MEN'S WORLD CUP DOWNHILL (Kvitfjell, Norway): 1 A Duvillard (Fr) 1min 42.32sec; 2 W Perathoner (It) 1:42.68; 3 A Skaardal (Nor) 1:42.72; 4 P Rzehak (Aut) 1:42.74; 5 B Kernen (Swit) 1:42.96; 6 A Assinger (Aut) 1:43.16; 7 C Ple (Fr) 1:43.25; 8 R Socher (Can) 1:43.26; 9 H Hoflehner (Aut) 1:43.36; 10 L Cattaneo (It) 1:43.38. GB: 48 G Bell 1:45.50; 52 M Bell 1:46.08; 57 R Walker 1:49.29. World Cup downhill standings: 1 F Heinzer (Swit) 501pts; 2 Skaardal 398; 3 D Mahrer (Swit) 321; 4 W Besse (Swit) 316; 5 M Girardelli (Lux) 286. Overall World Cup standings: 1 Girardelli 1,208pts; 2 K A Aamodt (Nor) 822; 3 Heinzer 729; 4 A Tomba (It) 692; 5 G Mader (Aut) 686.

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SLALOM (Vemdalen, Swe): 1 V Schneider (Swit) 1min 43.36sec; 2 P Chauvet (Fr) 1:43.69; 3 A Coberger (NZ) 1:44.01; 4 U Hrovat (Slov) 1:44.03; 5 A Wachter (Aut) 1:44.26; 6= K Kollerer (Aut) and J Parisien (US) 1:44.49; 8 M Gallizio (It) 1:44.53; 9 B Filliol (Fr) 1:44.58; 10 M Vogt (Ger) 1:44.82. World Cup slalom standings: 1 Coberger 434pts; 2 Schneider 390; 3 Chauvet 366; 4 Wachter 248; 5 Parisien 230. Overall World Cup standings: 1 Wachter 1,155pts; 2 K Seizinger (Ger) 1,016; 3 C Merle (Fr) 886; 4 Vogt 665; 5 U Maier (Ger) 543.