Winter Olympics

WINTER OLYMPICS
(Salt Lake City)

Men.-

Nordic combined high hill sprint: S. Lajunen (Finland) 16m 40.1s 1, R. Ackermann (Germany) 16:49.1 2, F. Gottwald (Austria) 17:20.3 3.

10,000m speed skating: J. Uytdehaage (Netherlands) 12m 58.92s 1, G. Romme (Netherlands) 13:10.03 2, L. Saetre (Norway) 13:16.92 3.

Ice hockey semifinal: Canada 7 Belarus 1, US 3 Russia 2.

Curling final: Norway 6 Canada 5. For third: Switzerland 7 Sweden 3. Final standings: Norway 1, Canada 2, Switzerland 3, Sweden 4, Finland 5, Germany 6, Denmark, US, Britain 7=, France 10.

Four-man bobsleigh: Standings after two of four runs: US 1 1m 33.26s (46.65 + 46.61) 1, Switzerland 1 and Germany 2=, Switzerland 2 1:33.64 (46.71 + 46.93) 4, US 2 1:33.65 (46.83 + 46.82) 5. Did not finish: NZ (A. Henderson/S. Harrison/A. Ross/M. Edmond.

Alpine slalom: J-P. Vidal (France) 1m 41.06s 1 (first.01, second.05) 1, S. Amiez (France) 1:41.82 (50.16, 51.66) 2, A. Baxter (Britain) 1:42.32 (50.16, 52.16) 3. Did not finish: T. Haywood (NZ), J. Teat (NZ).

50km Classical cross-country: J. Muehlegg (Spain) 2h 6m 05.9s 1, M. Ivanov (Russia) 2:06:20.8 2, A. Veerpalu (Estonia) 2:06:44.5 3.

Women.-

Giant slalom: J. Kostelic (Croatia) 2:30.01 (1:16.00 + 1:14.01) 1, A. Paerson (Sweden) 2:31.33 (1:16.87 + 1:14.46) 2, S. Nef (Switzerland) 2:31.67 (1:16.94 + 1:14.73) 3.