Winter Olympics

WINTER OLYMPICS
(Salt Lake City)

Men.-

Speed skating, 500m: C. FitzRandolph (US) 1m 09.23s, 1; H. Shimizu (Japan) 1m 09.26s, 2; K. Carpenter (US) 1m 09.47s, 3; G. van Velde (Netherlands) 1m 09.49s, 4; Kyu-Hyuk Lee (Korea) 1m 09.59s, 5.

Cross-country, 15km: A. Veerpalu (Estonia) 37m 07.4s, 1; F. Estil (Norway) 37m 43.4s, 2; J. Mae (Estonia) 37m 50.8s, 3; A. Aukland (Norway) 38m 08.3s, 4; P. Elofsson (Sweden) 38m 10.8s, 5.

Freestyle moguls: J. Lahtela (Finland) 27.97pts, 1; T. Mayer (US) 27.59, 2; R. Gay (France) 26.91, 3; J. Moseley (US) 26.78, 4; T. Luusua (Finland) 26.67, 5.

Figure skating, singles short programme: A. Yagudin (Russia) 0.5pts, 1; T. Honda (Japan) 1.0, 2; T. Goebel (US) 1.5, 3; E. Plushenko (Russia) 2.0, 4; A. Abt (Russia) 2.5, 5.

Ice hockey, group A: Germany 4 Latvia 1, Austria 3 Slovakia 2.

Curling, round-robin: Sweden 7 Britain 2, Switzerland 10 Denmark 6, Canada 9 Finland 4, Norway 9 France 2.

Women.-

Alpine skiing downhill: C. Montillet (France) 1m 39.56s, 1; I. Kostner (Italy) 1m 40.01s, 2; R. Goetschl (Austria) 1m 40.39s, 3; H. Gerg (Germany) 1m 40.49s, 4; C. Rey Bellet (Switzerland) 1m 40.54s, 5.

Cross-country, 10km: B. Skari (Norway) 28m 05.6s, 1; O. Danilova (Russia) at 2.5s, 2; J. Tchepalova (Russia) at 4.3s, 3; L. Lazutina (Russia) at 16.0s, 4; S. Belmondo (Italy) at 40.2s, 5.

Luge, singles (first two of four runs): S. Otto (Germany) 1m 26.432s, 1; B. Niedernhuber (Germany) 1m 26.480s, 2; S. Kraushaar (Germany) 1m 26.518s, 3; B. Wilczak (US) 1m 26.990s, 4; A. Neuner (Austria) 1m 27.123s, 5. Also: A. Paul (NZ) 1m 28.663s, 25.

Ice hockey, group B: Finland 4 China 0, US 10 Germany 0.

Curling, round-robin: Canada 6 Norway 5, Sweden 7 Britain 4, Switzerland 7 Russia 6, US 8 Japan 7.