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Winter Sports scoreboard

February 17, 2008
WORLD CUP SKI JUMPING
At Willingen, Germany
1, Norway (Bjorn Einar Romoren, Anders Bardal, Tom Hilde, Anders Jacobsen), 1,052.4 points. 2, Finland (Janne Happonen, Harri Olli, Matti Hautamaki, Janne Ahonen), 1035.4. 3, Austria (Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Thomas Morgenstern), 999.4. 4, Russia, 947.3. 5, Deutschland, 893.2. 6, Slovenia, 887.1.
World Cup Standings: 1, Austria, 5,136 points. 2, Norway, 3,590. 3, Finland, 2,406. 4, Switzerland, 1,423 5, Germany, 1,223. 6, Slovenia, 1,066.
WORLD CUP FREESTYLE SKIING
At Inawashiro, Japan
Moguls (Top Finishers)
Men: 1, Dale Begg-Smith, Australia, 23.03 points. 2, Osamu Ueno, Japan, 22.28. 3, David Babic, United States, 22.28; Guilbaut Colas, France, 22.28. 5, Nathan Roberts, United States, 20.52.
Women: 1, Aiko Uemura, Japan, 22.59. 2, Nikola Sudova, Czech Republic, 21.44. 3, Emiko Torito, United States, 21.43. Also: 5, Jillian Rachell Vogtli, United States, 19.91.
WORLD CUP NORDIC COMBINED
At Liberec, Czech Republic
Mass Start
(9.5K cross-country; ski jumping placings in parentheses)
Top finishers: 1, Petter Tande, Norway, 250.8 points (4-5). 2, Anssi Koivuranta, Finland, 245.9 (10-3). 3, Ronny Ackermann, Germany, 238.3 (5-9). Also: 6, Bill Demong, United States, 234.6 (1-14).
World Cup Standings: 1, Ronny Ackermann, Germany, 1,016 points. 2, Bill Demong, United States, 781. 3, Jason Lamy Chappuis, France, 728.
WORLD CUP CROSS COUNTRY
At Liberec, Czech Republic
Men's 11.4K Freestyle
Top finishers: 1, Jean Marc Gaillard, France, 28 minutes, 1.3 seconds. 2, Lukas Bauer, Czech Republic, 28:13.4. 3, Christian Hoffmann, Austria, 28.23.1.
Overall Standings: 1, Lukas Bauer, Czech Republic, 996 points. 2, Rene Sommerfeldt, Germany, 643. 3, Tor Arne Hetland, Norway, 576.
Women's 7.6K Freestyle
Top finishers: 1, Astrid Jacobsen, Norway, 20 minutes, 54.6 seconds. 2, Justyna Kowalczyk, Poland, 20:55.0. 3, Charlotte Kalla, Sweden, 21:01.6.
Overall Standings: 1, Virpi Kuitunen, Finland, 979 points. 2, Charlotte Kalla, Sweden, 890. 3, Astrid Jacobsen, Norway, 870.
SPEEDSKATING WORLD CUP
At Inzell, Germany
Men's Top Finishers
500: 1, Joji Kato, Japan, 35.48 seconds. 2, Jeremy Wotherspoon, Canada, 35.61. 3, Keiichiro Nagashima, Japan, 35.82. Overall Standings: 1, Lee Kang-Seok, South Korea, 712 points. 2, Jeremy Wotherspoon, Canada, 680. 3, Dmitry Lobkov, Russia, 560.
1,000: 1, Shani Davis, United States, 1 minute, 10.58 seconds. 2, Denny Morrison, Canada, 1:11.03. 3, Jan Bos, Netherlands, 1:11.26. Overall Standings: 1, Shani Davis, United States, 590. 2, Denny Morrison, Canada, 536. 3, Jan Bos, Netherlands, 435.
Women's Top Finishers
500: 1, Jenny Wolf, Germany, 38.66 seconds. 2, Annette Gerritsen, Netherlands, 39.54. 3, Sayuri Yoshii, Japan, 39.61. Overall Standings: 1, Jenny Wolf, Germany, 1,060. 2, Annette Gerritsen, Netherlands, 668. 3, Wang Beixing, China, 520.
1,000: 1, Anni Friesinger, Germany, 1:17.81. 2, Ireen Wust, Netherlands, 1:18.79. 3, Shannon Rempel, Canada, 1:19.24. Overall Standings: 1, Anni Friesinger, Germany, 760. 2, Chiara Simionato, Italy, 440. 3, Ireen Wust, Netherlands, 432.
WORLD CUP LUGE
At Sigulda, Latvia
Men's Doubles (Top Finishers)
1. Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber, Italy, 1:24.987 (42.417-42.570).
2. Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger, Austria, 1:25,001 (42.454-42.547).
3. Andre Florschutz and Torsten Wustlich, Germany, 1:25.152 (42.494-42.658).
Final Overall Standings: 1, Patric Leitner and Alexander, Germany, 655 points. 2, Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber, Italy, 635. 3, Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger, Austria, 528. Also: 8, Christian Niccum and Dan Joye, United States. 369. 10, Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin, United States, 260.
Women's Singles (Top Finishers)
1, Tatjana Hufner, Germany, 1:25.943 (42.860-43.083). 2, Anna Orlova, Latvia, 1:25.972 (42.968-43.004). 3, Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, Germany, 1:26.019 (42.959-43.060).
Final Overall Standings: 1, Tatjana Hufner, Germany, 736 points. 2, Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, Germany, 650. 3, Natalie Geisenberger, Germany, 518. Also: 7, Erin Hamlin, United States, 347.
BIATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Ostersund, Sweden
Men's 4x7.5K relay (Top finishers)
1, Russia (Ivan Tcherezov, Nikolay Kruglov, Dmitri Yaroshenko, Maxim Tchoudov), 1 hour, 21 minutes, 00.7 seconds (0+5).
2, Norway (Emil Hegle Svendsen, Rune Brattsveen, Halvard Hanevold, Ole Einar Bjorndalen), 49.2 seconds behind (0+7).
3, Germany (Michael Rosch, Aleksander Wolf, Andreas Birnbacher, Michael Greis), 1:42.5 (2+14).
Also: 15, United States, 5:38.5 (4+13).
Final World Cup Relay Standings: 1, Norway, 196 points. 2, Russia, 192. 3, Germany, 175. 4, Sweden, 148. 5, Austria, 147.
Women's Mass Start, 12.5K
(Top finishers)
1, Magdalena Neuner, Germany, 39:41.3 (4 missed targets). 2, Tora Berger, Norway, 3 seconds behind (1). 3, Yekaterina Yuryeva, Russia, 29.5 (2).
World Cup Standings: 1, Andrea Henkel, Germany, 567 points. 2, Sandrine Bailly, France, 542. 3, Martina Glagow, Germany, 532.
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