Sport in Short: Skiing

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP DOWNHILL (Haus, Aut): 1 C Bournissen (Swit) 1min 42.64sec; 2 V Zelenskaya (Rus) 1:42.70; 3 S Ginther (Aut) 1:42.86; 4 K Seizinger (Ger) 1:43.13; 5 H Zeller (Swit) 1:43.21; 6 R Renoth (Ger) 1:43.56; 7 M Ertl (Ger) 1:43.64; 8 K Lee-Gartner (Can) 1:43.69; 9 M Vogt (Ger) 1:43.76; 10= C Merle (Fr) and A Haas (Aut) 1:43.81; 12= S Schuster (Aut), T Lebedeva (Rus) 1:43.82; 14 R Cavagnoud (Fr) 1:43.86; 15 L Remmem (Nor) 1:43.87. Overall standings: 1 A Wachter (Aut) 749pts; 2 Merle 609; 3 Seizinger 583; 4 U Maier (Aut) 420; 5 Vogt 379; 6 V Schneider (Switz) 370; 7 Bournissen 354; 8 Lee-Gartner 320; 9 P Wiberg (Swe) 319; 10 A Coberger (NZ) 300. Downhill standings: 1 Seizinger 340; 2 Bournissen 258; 3 R Hausl (Ger) 190; 4 Lee- Gartner 179; 5 Merle 175.

MEN'S WORLD CUP DOWNHILL (Veysonnaz, Swit): Leading second practice times: 1 F Heinzer (Swit) 1min 59.60sec; 2 D Mahrer (Swit) 1:59.71; 3 C Mullen (Can) 1:59.84; 4 D Rey (Fr) 1:59.89; 5 C Ple (Fr) 2:00.11; 6 K Ghedina (It) 2:00.18; 7 U Lehmann (Swit) 2:00.47; 8 A J Kitt (US) 2:00.52; 9 F Cavegn (Swit) 2:00.53; 10 P Vitalini (It) 2:00.63.