Winter Olympics

WINTER OLYMPICS
(Salt Lake City)

Men.-

Speed skating, 1500m: D. Parra (US) 1m 43.95s (world record) 1; J. Uytdehaage (Netherlands) 1m 44.57s, 2; A. Sondral (Norway) 1m 45.26s, 3.

Cross-country sprint, 1.5km: T. Arne Hetland (Norway) 2m 56.9s, 1; P. Schlickenrieder (Germany) 2m 57.0s, 2; C. Zorzi (Italy) 2m 57.2s, 3.

Freestyle skiing, aerials: A. Valenta (Czech Rep) 257.02, 1; J. Pack (US) 251.64, 2; A. Grichin (Belarus) 251.19, 3.

Women.-

Cross-country sprint, 1.5km: J. Tchepalova (Russia) 3m 10.6s, 1; E. Sachenbacher (Germany) 3m 12.2s, 2; A. Moen (Norway) 3m 12.7s, 3.

Two-women bobsled: United States Two (J. Bakken/V. Flowers) 1m 37.76s, 1; Germany One (S. Prokoff/U. Holzner) 1m 38.06s, 2; Germany Two (S-L. Erdmann/N. Herschmann) 1m 38.29s, 3.

Ice hockey, semifinals: United States 4 Sweden 0, Canada 7 Finland 3.

Figure skating, short programme (leading qualifiers): M. Kwan (US) 0.5, 1; I. Slutskaya (Russia) 1.0, 2; S. Cohen (US) 1.5, 3.

Curling, tie-breaker: Britain b Germany 9-5. Semifinal draw: US v Switzerland, Canada v Britain.