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Winter sports results
January 26, 2008
WINTER X GAMES
At Aspen, Colo.
Skiing Superpipe Women's Final
1, Sarah Burke, Canada, 92.00. 2, Mirjam Jaeger, Switzerland, 81.33. 3, Jen Hudak, Park City, Utah, 78.33. 4, Jess Cumming, Wilton, Ct., 78.00. 5, Virginie Faivre, Switzerland, 77.66.
6, Grete Eliassen, Salt Lake City, 74.00. 7, Gina Gmeiner, Park City, Utah, 69.33. 8, Stephanie Sirianni, Australia, 62.00. 9, Em Lonsdale, Great Britain, 58.66. 10, Roz Groenewoud, Canada, 54.66.
11, Angeli VanLaanen, Bellingham, Wa., 36.66. 12, Kristi Leskinen, Uniontown, Pa., 20.00.
Snowboard SuperPipe Final
1. Gretchen Bleiler, Aspen, Colo., 93.33. 2. Torah Bright, Australia, 92.66. 3. Kelly Clark, Mount Snow, Vt., 90.00. 4. Hannah Teeter, Belmont, Vt., 77.33. 5. Soko Yamaoka, Japan, 74.33. 6. Lizzy Beerman, Weston, Vt., 67.33.
WORLD SPRINT SPEED SKATING
At Hamar, Norway
(All race distances in meters)
Men Top Finishers
500: 1, Jeremy Wotherspoon, Canada, 34.55 seconds. 2, Keiichiro Nagashima, Japan, 34.74. 3, Pekka Koskela, Finland, 34.77. Also: 9, Kip Carpenter, U.S., 35.02. Standings: 1, Kang-Seok Lee, South Korea, 662 points. 2, Kyou-Hyuk Lee, South Korea, 510. 3, Jeremy Wotherspoon, Canada, 500. Also: 6, Tucker Fredricks, U.S., 417.
Women's Top Finishers
500: 1, Jenny Wolf, Germany, 37.52 seconds 2, Sang-Hwa Lee, South Korea, 38.07 3, Marianne Timmer, Netherlands, 38.23. Standings: 1, Jenny Wolf, Germany, 860 points. 2, Beixing Wang, China, 520. 3, Annette Gerritsen, Netherlands,518.
1,500: 1, Ireen Wust, Netherlands, 1 minute, 54.65 seconds. 2, Paulien van Deutekom, Netherlands, 1:56.84. 3, Christine Nesbitt, Canada, 1:57.14. Standings: 1, Christine Nesbitt, Canada, 420 points. 2, Kristina Groves, Canada, 350. 3, Anni Friesinger, Germany, 280.
WORLD CUP SKELETON
At St, Moritz, Switzerland
Top Finishers
(Heat times in parentheses)
Men: 1, Kristan Bromley, Britain, 2 minute, 20.22 seconds (1:09.89-1:10.33). 2, Zach Lund, United States, .35 seconds behind (1:10.53-1:10.04). 3, Eric Bernotas, United States, .45 (1:10.37-1:10.30). 4, Jon Montgomery, United States, .77 (1:10.72-1:10.27).
Women: 1, Katie Uhlaender, United States, 2 minutes, 22.61 seconds (1:11.56-1:11.05). 2, Carla Pavan, Canada, .67 seconds behind, (1:12.20-1:11.08). 3, Melissa Hollingsworth, United States, 1.20 (1:12.47-1:11.34).
LUGE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
At Oberhof, Germany
Top Finishers
(Heat times in parentheses)
Women Singles: 1, Tatjana Huefner, Germany, one minute, 26.007 (43.019, 42.988). 2, Natalie Geisenberger, Germany, 1:26.047 (43.114, 42.933). 3, Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, Germany, 1:26.149 (43.139, 43.010). Also: 8, Erin Hamlin, United States, 1:27.015 (43.633, 43.382).
WORLD CUP SKI JUMPING
At Zakopane, Poland
1, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austria, 276.5 points (134 and 131 meters). 2, Anders Jacobsen, Norway, 270.4 (136.5, 129). 3, Thomas Morgenstern, Austria, 264.9 (126, 132). 4, Wolfgang Loitzl, Austria, 264.2 (131, 128). 5, Harri Olli, Finland, 262.8 (126, 132.5). 6, Tom Hilde, Norway, 262.4 (132, 126).
7, Anders Bardal, Norway, 262.3 (136.5, 122). 8, Simon Ammann, Switzerland, 260.4 (126.5, 131.5). 9, Andreas Kuettel, Switzerland, 259.2 (125, 131.5). 10, Janne Happonen, Finland, 253.7 (127, 127). 11, Adam Malysz, Poland, 251.5(126, 126.5).
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