Winter Olympics

WINTER OLYMPICS
(Salt Lake City)

Men.-

Alpine skiing combined: K. Andre Aamodt (Norway) 3m 17.56s (downhill 1m 38.79s/slalom first.88s/slalom second.89s) 1; B. Miller (US) 3m 17.84s, 2; B. Raich (Austria) 3m 18.26s, 3; R. Schoenfelder (Austria) 3m 18.67s, 4; L. Kjus (Norway) 3m 19.80s, 5.

Ski jumping, high hill: S. Ammann (Switzerland) 281.4pts (first jump 132.5m/140.5pts, second jump 133.0m/140.9) 1; A. Malysz (Poland) 269.7, 2; M. Hautamaeki (Finland) 256.0, 3; S. Hannawald (Germany) 255.3, 4; S. Horngacher (Austria) 247.2, 5.

Biathlon, 10km sprint: O. Einar Bjoerndalen (Norway) 24m 51.3s (0 penalties) 1; S. Fischer (Germany) 25m 20.2s (1) 2; W. Perner (Austria) 25m 44.4s (0) 3; R. Gross (Germany) 25m 44.6s (1) 4; W. Rottmann (Austria) 25m 48.8s (2) 5.

Speed skating, 1000m, first round, heat one: W. de Deyne (Belgium) 1m 30.950s, 1; S. Terao (Japan) 1m 31.025s, 2; M. Jackson (NZ) 1m 32.276s, 3; M. Boiadjiev (Bulgaria) 1m 32.421s, 4.

Qualifiers for next round: de Deyne, Terao, S. Bradbury (Australia), N. Rodigari (Italy), F. Kai (China), M. McNee (Australia), N. Tamura (Japan), L. Flack (Britain), F. Carta (Italy), M. Gagnon (Canada), Kim Dong-sung (Sth Korea), A. Anton Ohno (US), R. Smith (US), M. Turcotte (Canada), Ahn Hyun-soo (Sth Korea), L. Jiajun (China).

Women.-

Luge, singles: S. Otto (Germany) 2m 52.464s (first run 43.356s, second run 43.076s, third run 42.940s, fourth run 43.092) 1; B. Niedernhuber (Germany) 2m 52.785s, 2; S. Kraushaar (Germany) 2m 52.865s, 3; A. Neuner (Austria) 2m 54.162s, 4; B. Wilczak (US) 2m 54.254s, 5. Also: A. Paul (NZ) 2m 56.475s (44.407s, 44.256s, 43.943s, 43.869s) 23.

Biathlon, 7.5km sprint: K. Wilhelm (Germany) 20m 41.4s (0 penalties) 1; U. Disl (Germany) 20m 57.0s (1) 2; M. Forsberg (Sweden) 21m 20.4s (1) 3; L. Grete Poiree (Norway) 21m 24.1s (1) 4; F. Baverel-Robert (France) 21m 27.9s (0) 5.

Speed skating, 1500m: Ko Gi-hyun (Sth Korea) 2m 31.581s, 1; Choi Eun-kyung (Sth Korea) 2m 31.610s, 2; E. Radanova (Bulgaria) 2m 31.723s, 3; Y. Yang (China) 2m 31.791s, 4; A. Kraus (Canada) 3m 05.002s, 5.

Ice hockey preliminary, group A: Canada 7 Russia 0.