Biathlon | Bobsled | Cross-country | Giant slalom | Luge | Speedskating

Biathlon
At Ostersund, Sweden -- (missed targets in parentheses)
Men -- 12.5-kilometer pursuit
1. Ole Einar Bjorndalen, Norway, 34 minutes, 34.5 seconds (2).
2. Ricco Gross, Germany, 59.6 seconds behind (1).
3. Frode Andresen, Norway, 1:15.8 (4).
4. Sergei Tshepikov, Russia, 1:18.2 (3).
5. Raphael Poiree, France, 1:19.0 (6).
6. Viktor Maigourov, Russia, 1:20.8 (1).
7. Tomasz Sikora, Poland, 1:21.6 (3).
8. Oleg Ryzhenkov, Belarus, 1:26.4 (3).
9. Stian Eckhoff, Norway, 1:42.6 (2).
10. Vincent Defrasne, France, 1:48.2 (3).
11. Lars Berger, Norway, 1:51.1 (4).
12. Sven Fischer, Germany, 1:51.3 (5).
13. Zdenek Vitek, Czech Republic, 1:58.2 (4).
14. Rene Laurent Vuillermoz, Italy, 2:02.9 (4).
15. Andrej Deryzemlja, Ukraine, 2:06.1 (5).
16. Daneil Mesotitsch, Austria, 2:06.1 (1).
17. Ruslan Lysenko, Ukraine, 2:14.0 (3).
18. Nikolaj Krouglov, Russia, 2:14.1 (1).
19. Michael Greis, Germany, 2:19.9 (4).
20. Sergej Rozjkov, Russia, 2:23.4 (6).
21. Dag Bjorndalen, Norway, 2:25.3 (2).
22. Halvard Hanevold, Norway, 2:39.5 (5).
23. Ilmars Bricis, Latvia, 2:40.1 (5).
24. Wilfried Pallhuber, Italy, 2:46.8 (3).
25. Alexander Wolf, Germany, 2:48.9 (3).
26. Vladimir Dratshev, Belarus, 2:49.8 (4).
27. Pavel Rostovtsev, Russia, 2:50.6 (3).
28. Peter Sendel, Germany, 2:55.1 (3).
29. Julien Robert, France, 3:04.2 (4).
30. Marko Dolenc, Slovenia, 3:06.2 (6).

Overall standings
After four events
1, Ole Einar Bjorndalen, 178 points.
2, Rapahel Poiree, France, 169.
3, Frode Andresen, Norway, 149.
4, Sergei Tshepikov, Russia, 107.
5, Tomasz Sikora, Poland, 94.
6, Ricco Gross, Germany, 92.
7, Oleg Ryzhenkov, Belarus, 92.
8, Ilmars Bricis, Latvia, 92.
9, Sven Fischer, Germany, 88.
10, Egil Gjelland, Norway, 83.

Pursuit standings
After two events
1, Bjorndalen, 100 points.
2, Poiree, 83.
3, Gross, 74.
4, Tshepikov, 70.
5, Andresen, 53.
6, Sikora, 52.

Women's 10-kilometer pursuit (missed targets in parentheses)
1. Katja Beer, Germany, 32:20.4 (0).
2. Linda Tjorhom, Norway, 50.1 (2).
3. Sanna-Leena Perunka, Finland, 55.1 (0).
4. Sandrine Bally, France, 1:00.3 (2).
5. Olena Zubrilova, Belarus, 1:08.6 (1).
6. Martina Glagow, Germany, 1:10.8 (1).
7. Albina Akhatova, Russia, 1:13.1 (0).
8. Corinne Niogret, France, 1:13.2 (1).
9. Olga Pyleva, Russia, 1:25.8 (4).
10. Jekaterina Dafovska, Bulgaria, 1:26.2 (4).
11. Sylvie Becaert, France, 1:27.6 (5).
12. Olga Zaitseva, Russia, 1:27.8 (3).
13. Andrea Henkel, Germany, 1:29.3 (3).
14. Katerina Holubcova, Czech Republic, 1:32.9 (1).
15. Svetlana Ishmouratova, Russia, 1:35.6 (4).
16. Uschi Disl, Germany, 1:52.8 (6).
17. Gunn Margit Andreassen, Norway, 1:54.8 (2).
18. Anna Bogali, Russia, 1:55.1 (4).
19. Pavlina Filipova, Bulgaria, 2:02.2 (4).
20. Kati Wilhelm, Germany, 2:13.4 (2),
21. Simone Denkinger, Germany, 2:35.8 (4).
22. Andreja Mali, Slovenia, 2:37.3 (5).
23. Andreja Grasic, Slovenia, 2:38.5 (1).
24. Svetlana Tshernousova, Russia, 2:38.7 (5).
25. Magdalena Gwizdon, Poland, 2:57.5 (1).
26. Sona Mihokova, Slovakia, 3:14.6 (4).
27. Jirina Malguina, Russia, 3:15.7 (3).
28. Saskia Santer, Italy, 3:33.3 (7).
29. Katrin Apel, Germany, 3:38.5 (5).
30. Lucija Larisi, Slovenia, 3:47.4 (5).

Overall standings
After four events
1. Katja Beer, Germany, 167 points.
2. Sylvie Becaert, France, 150.
3. Olga Pyleva, Russia, 145.
4. Olga Zaitseva, Russia, 132.
5. Jekaterina Dafovska, Bulgaria, 129.
6. Olena Zubrilova, Belarus, 110.
7. Kati Wilhelm, Germany, 98.
8. Svetlana Ishmouratova, Russia, 98.
9. Sanna-Leena Perunka, Finland, 98.
10. Linda Tjorhom, Norway, 96.

Pursuit standings
After two events
1. Beer 93. 2. Zubrilova 71. 3. Zaitseva 68. 4. Pyleva 65. 5. Becaert 64. 6. Wilhelm 61.

Bobsled
Men
At Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Four-man
1. Latvia One (Sandis Prusis, Marcis Rullis, Janis Silarajs, Janis Ozols), 1:46.08.
2. Germany One (Andre Lange, Rene Hoppe, Enrico Kuhn, Udo Lehmann), 1:46.61.
3. Germany Two (Rene Spies, Franz Sagmeister, Rafael Gruszecki, Jens Nohka), 1:46.65.
4. Switzerland Two (Ralph Ruegg, Hans Jurg Nufer, Beat Hefti, Elmar Schaufelberger), 1:46.86.
5. Switzerland One (Martin Annen, Steve Anderhub, Urs Hefti, Cedric Grand), 1:47.07.
6. U.S.A. One (Todd Hays, Bill Schuffenhauer, Randy Jones, Steve Mesler), 1:47.08.
7. France One (Bruno Mingeon, Alex van Houtte, Cristophe Fouquet, Alexandre Arbez), 1:47.12.

World Cup standings (After three of seven stages)
1. Lange, 97 points.
2. Prusis, 91.
3. Spies, 81.
4. Annen, 76
tie. Ralph Ruegg, 76.
6. Wolfgang Stampfer, Austria, 72.
7. Hays, 71.
8. Mingeon, 68.
9. Ivo Ruegg, 63.
10. Alexandr Zoubkov, Russia, 59.

Women
At Lake Placid, N.Y.
Single -- combined time of two runs
1. Sandra Prokoff-Nicole Herschmann, Germany, 1:57.11.
2. Susi Erdmann-Tanja Hees, Germany, 1:57.32.
3. Francoise Burdet-Karin Hagmann, Switzerland, 1:58.20.
4. Cathleen Martini-Sandra Germain, Germany, 1:58.34.
5. Gerda Weissensteiner-Jennifer Isacco, Italy, 1:59.00.
6. Victoria Tokosia-Natalia Ivashchenko, Russia, 1:59.90.
7. Shauna Rhobock-Erin Pac, United States, 1:59.93.
8. Christina Smith-Maria Gallo, Canada, 2:00.49.
9. Sara Sprung-Breanne Lynn Tenclay, United States, 2:02.29

Cross-country
At Cogne, Italy
Men -- sprint final
1. Tor Arne Hetland, Norway.
2. Lauri Pyykonen, Finland.
3. Jens Arne Svartedal, Norway.
4. Dirk Klessen, Germany.
Also
5. Vassili Rotchev, Russia.
6. Fredrik Oestberg, Sweden.
7. Anders Hoegberg, Sweden.
8. Janusz Krezelok, Poland.

World Cup standings
(After seven of 21 events)
1. Tor Arne Hetland, Norway, 310 points.
2. Mathias Fredriksson, Sweden, 238.
3. Rene Sommerfeldt, Germany, 215.
4. Vincent Vittoz, France, 212.
5. Vassili Rotchev, Russia, 211.
6. Lukas Bauer, Czech Republic, 185.
7. Fulvio Valbusa, Italy, 146.
8. Peter Larsson, Sweden, 145.
9. Pietro Piller Cottrer, Italy, 144.
10. Frode Estil, Norway, 137.

Women -- sprint final
1. Bente Skari, Norway.
2. Marit Bjoergen, Norway.
3. Hilde Pedersen, Norway.
4. Manuela Henkel, Germany.
Also
5. Petra Majdic, Slovenia.
6. Anita Moen, Norway.
7. Marit Roaldseth, Norway.
8. Kirsi Vaelimaa, Finland.

World Cup standings
(After seven of 21 events)
1. Bente Skari, Norway, 442.
2. Kristina Smigun, Estonia, 364.
3, Marit Bjoergen, Norway, 325.
4. Anita Moen, Norway, 279.
5. Gabriella Paruzzi, Italy, 266.
6. Claudia Kuenzel, Germany, 223.
7. Hilde Pedersen, Norway, 207.
8. Evi Sachenbacher, Germany, 191.
9. Vibeke Skofterud, Norway, 144.
10. Maj Helen Sorkmo, Norway, 135.

Giant slalom
At Val D'Isere, France -- (Run times in parentheses)
1. Michael Von Gruenigen, Switzerland, 2 minutes, 22.46 seconds (1:12.83-1:13.63).
2. Bode Miller, United States, 2:26.57 (1:12.63-1:13.94).
3. Christoph Gruber, Austria, 2:26.89 (1:14.33-1:12.56).
4. Joel Chenal, France, 2:26.91 (1:13.18-1:13.73)
5. Arnold Rieder, Italy, 2:27.09 (1:13.67-1:13.42).
6. Peter Fill, Italy, 2:27.10 (1:14.09-1:13.01).
7. Frederic Covili, France, 2:27.14 (1:13.19-1:13.95).
8. Hans Knauss, Austria, 2:27.17 (1:13.58-1:13.59).
9. Alessandro Roberto, Italy, 2:27.21 (1:14.21-1:13.00).
10. Andreas Schifferer, Austria, 2:27.24 (1:14.15-1:13.09).
10. Didier Defago, Switzerland, 2:27.24 (1:14.31-1:12.93).
12. Jeff Picard, France, 2:27.30 (1:13.71-1:13.59).
13. Bjarne Solbakken, Norway, 2:27.34 (1:13.69-1:13.65).
14. Thomas Grandi, Canada, 2:27.40 (1:14.27-1:13.13).
15. Fredrik Nyberg, Sweden, 2:27.42 (1:13.15-1:14.27).
16. Vincent Millet, France, 2:27.45 (1:13.41-1:14.04).
17. Alberto Schieppati, Italy, 2:27.46 (1:13.98-1:13.48).
18. Kjetil Andre Aamodt, Norway, 2:27.50 (1:14.36-1:13.14).
19. Ambrosi Hoffman, Switzerland, 2:27.52 (1:14.00-1:13.52).
20. Massimiliano Blardone, Italy, 2:27.56 (1:13.66-1:13.90).
21. Heinz Schilchegger, Austria, 2:27.59 (1:14.25-1:13.34).
22. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 2:27.68 (1:13.26-1:14.42).
23. Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway, 2:27.72 (1:13.81-1:13.91).
24. Ivica Kostelic, Croatia, 2:27.84 (1:14.09-1:13.75).
25. Andreas Ertl, Germany, 2:28.15 (1:14.10-1:14.05).
26. Gauthier de Tessieres, France, 2:28.25 (1:13.60-1:14.65).
27. Didier Cuche, Switzerland, 2:28.31 (1:14.19-1:14.12).
28. Uros Pavlovcic, Slovenia, 2:28.48 (1:14.26-1.14.22).

Giant slalom standings
(After three races)
1. Michael Von Gruenigen, Switerland, 260.
2. Frederic Covili, France, 145.
3. Stephan Eberharter, Austria, 132.
4. Bode Miller, United States, 125.
5. Massimiliano Blardone, Italy, 97.
6. Fredrik Nyberg, Sweden, 96.
7. Christoph Gruber, Austria, 95.
8. Christian Mayer, Austria, 90.
9. Didier Defago, Switerland, 79.
10. Arnold Rieder, Italy, 77.
Also
17. Thomas Grandi, Canada, 48.
18. Erik Schlopy, United States, 45.
38. Jean-Philippe Roy, Canada, 7.
44. Thomas Vonn, United States, 4.

Overall World Cup standings
1. Stephan Eberharter, Austria, 548 points.
2. Kjetil Andre Aamodt, Norway, 302.
3. Didier Cuche, Switzerland, 286.
4. Bode Miller, United States, 281.
5. Michael Von Gruenigen, Switerland, 260.
6. Didier Defago, Switerland, 238.
7. Hannes Trinkl, Austria, 216.
8. Andreas Schifferer, Austria, 198.
9. Marco Buechel, Liechtenstein, 165.
9. Josef Strobl, Austria, 165.
11. Frederic Covili, France, 145.
Also
27. Daron Rahlves, United States, 77.
32. Thomas Grandi, Canada, 64.
35. Erik Schlopy, Park City, Utah, 58.
35. Marco Sullivan, United States, 58.
49. Chip Knight, United States, 36.
56. Thomas Vonn, United States, 24.
64. Jakub Fiala, United States, 18.
78. Tom Rothrock, United States, 10.
82. Dane Spencer, United States, 9.
88. Jean-Philippe Roy, Canada, 7.
102. Erik Guay, Canada, 3.

Luge
At Altenberg, Germany
Men -- Singles (heat times in parantheses
1. Markus Kleinheinz, Austria, 1 minute 50.663 seconds (55.362-55.301 seconds).
2. Armin Zoeggeler, Italy, 1:50.986 (55.312-55.674).
3. Georg Hackl, Germany, 1:51.278 (55.571-55.707).
4. Albert Demtchenko, Russia, 1:51.310 (55.626-55.684).
5. Jaroslav Slavik, Slovakia, 1:51.366 (55.674-55.692).
6. Reinhold Rainer, Italy, 1: 51.375 (55.612-55.763).
7. Karsten Albert, Germany, 1:51.409 (55. 646-55.763).
8. Rainer Margreiter, Austria, 1:51.414 (55.644-55. 770).
9. David Moeller, Germany, 1:51.435 (55.581-55.854).
10. Wilfried Huber, Italy, 1:51.575 (55.640-55.935).

Overall standings
(After 4 of 7 events)
1. Kleinheinz, 355 points.
2. Zoeggeler, 297.
3. Hackl, 290.
4. Demtchenko, 264.
5. Margreiter, 207.
6. Moeller, 195.
7. Albert, 168.
8. Adam Heidt, United States, 147.
9. Denis Geppert, Germany, 137.
10. Martins Rubenis, Latvia, 133.

Speedskating
At Beijing
Men
500
1, Jeremy Wotherspoon, Canada, 35.72 seconds. 2, Fengtong Yu, China, 35.830. 3, Tomonori Kawata, Japan, 35.88. 4, Erben Wennemars, Netherlands, 35.89. 5, Jan Bos, Netherlands, 35.04. 6 (tie) Lee Kyu-hyuk, South Korea, and Kip Carpenter, United States, 36.05. 8, Dmitry Lobkov, Russia, 36.07. 9, Gerard van Velde, Netherlands, 36.09. 10, Janne Hanninen, Finland, 36.09. Also: 11, Joey Cheek, 36.14. 16, Nick Pearson, 36.35.

World Cup standings
1, Wotherspoon, 400 points. 2, Hiroyasu Shimizu, Japan, 244. 3, Kawata, 230. 4, Joji Kato, Japan, 218. 5, Bos, 190. 6, Wennemars, 178. 7, van Velde, 158. 8, Lobkov, 148. 9, Kyu-Hyuk, 145. 10, Hanninen, 126. Also: 12, Carpenter, 115. 14, Cheek, 69. 20, Nick Pearson, 42. 34, Lucas Mills, United States, 11.

1,000
1, Jan Bos, Netherlands, 1:10.51. 2, Gerard van Velde, Netherlands, 1:10.95. 3, Erben Wennemars, Netherlands, 1:10.96. 4, Nick Pearson, United States, 1:11.05. 5, Jeremy Wotherspoon, Canada, 1:11.33. 6, Lee Kyu-hyuk, South Korea, 1:11.38. 7, Joey Cheek, United States, 1:11.46. 8, Janne Hanninen, Finland, 1:11.53. 9, Jae-Bong Choi, South Korea, 1:11.72. 10, Kip Carpenter, United States, 1:11.97.

World Cup standings
1, Wennemars, 330. 2, Bos, 320. 3, van Velde, 280. 4, Wotherspoon, 240. 5, Pearson, 238. 6, Lee, 169. 7, Cheek, 142. 8, Carpenter, 139. 9, Hanninen, 135. 10, Choi, 124.

Women
500
1, Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt, Germany, 38.75. 2, Svetlana Zhurova, Russia, 38.95. 3, Manli Wang, China, 38.97. 4, Sayuri Osuga, Japan, 38.99. 5, Jenny Wolf, Germany, 39.07. 6, Shihomi Shinya, Japan, 39.14. 7, Yukari Watanabe, Japan, 39.22. 8, Catriona Le May Doan, Canada, 39.23. 9, Marianne Timmer, Netherlands, 39.38. 10, Andrea Nuyt, Netherlands 39.40. Also: 14, Chris Witty, 39.59. 15, Becky Sundstrom, 39.93.

World Cup standings
1, Garbrecht-Enfeldt, 340. 2, Osuga, 270. 3, Wang, 250. 4, Le Day Doan, 246. 5, Shinya, 240. 6, Zhurova, 202. 7, Wolf, 174. 8, Watanabe, 137. 9, Panela Zollner, Germany, 119. 10, Timmer, 118. Also: 15, Becky Sundstrom, 58. 16, Witty, 57. 31, Elli Ochowicz, 9.

1,000
1, Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt, Germany, 1:17.01. 2, Chris Witty, United States, 1:18.32. 3, Svetlana Zhurova, Russia, 1:18.74. 4, Aki Tonoike, Japan, 1:18.90. 5, Anzhelika Kotyuga, Belarus, 1:19.10. 6, Shihomi Shinya, Japan, 1:19.27. 7, Marianne Timmer, Netherlands, 1:19. 36. 8, Andrea Nuyt, Netherlands, 1:19.45. 9, Sayuri Osuga, Japan, 1;19. 46. 10, Catriona Le May Doan, Canada, 1:19.69. Also: 20, Becky Sundstrom, 1:21.20.

World Cup standings
1, Garbrecht-Enfeldt, 400. 2, Witty, 266. 3, Tonoike, 236. 4, Shihomi Shinya, Japan, 186. 5, Le May Doan, 179. 6, Shurova, Russia, 167. 7, Osuga, 154. 8, Sundstrom, 140. 9, Anzhelika Kotyuga, Belarus, 136. 10, Zollner, 136. Also: 22, Elli Ochowicz, 38.