Sport in Short: Skiing

ALPINE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Morioka, Japan): Men's combined downhill: 1 L Alphand (Fr) 1min 32.19sec; 2 K Ghedina (It) 1:32.87; 3 A J Kitt (US) 1:33.50; 4 A Duvillard (Fr) 1:33.74; 5 B Kernen (Swit) 1:34.06; 6 G Mader (Aut) 1:34.29; 7 T Moe (US) 1:34.34; 8= C Ple (Fr) and L Colturi (It) 1:34.36; 10 P Jaerbyn (Swe) 1:34.47. GB: 18 M Bell 1:34.96; 26 G Bell 1:36.02. Women's combined final standings: 1 M Vogt (Ger) 3.39pts; 2 P Street (US) 32.15; 3 A Wachter (Aut) 33.52; 4 B Perez (It) 39.04; 5 E Hansson (Swe) 42.45; 6 S Schuster (Aut) 47.30; 7 L Medzihradska (Slovak) 53.94; 8 U Maier (Aut) 54.35; 9 M Gallizio (It) 54.51; 10 C Bournissen (Swit) 61.80. Combined downhill: 1 Street 1:26.64; 2 Vogt 1:26.87; 3 Bournissen 1:27.33; 4 R Cavagnoud (Fr) 1:27.65; 5 R Hausl (Ger) 1:28.02; 6 Schuster 1:28.15; 7 K Lee-Gartner (Can) 1:28.18; 8 Perez 1:28.25; 9 C Montillet (Fr) 1:28.35; 10 M Gerety (US) 1:28.45. GB: 27 De Pourtales 1:31.42.