KEARNS, Utah — Shani Davis claimed his second title in three days, winning the 1,000 meters in the final long-track speedskating World Cup before the Vancouver Olympics.
The American skated the distance in 1 minute, 6.67 seconds Sunday at the Utah Olympic Oval, again beating rival Chad Hedrick, who was fifth.
Davis won the 1,500 on Friday, lowering his own world record. He has clinched Olympic berths in the 500, 1,000, 1,500 and 5,000. However, he is only firmly committed to his favorite events, the 1,000 and 1,500, and the team pursuit — the first time he’s publicly confirmed he would participate in the event.
Lee Kyou-Hyuk of South Korea, who won Saturday’s 500, was second in 1:07.07. Mika Poutala of Finland took third in 1:07.24.
Christine Nesbitt of Canada matched Davis’ feat on the women’s side, claiming the 1,000 to go with her title in the 1,500 a day earlier. She won in 1:13.36.
U.S.’s Holcomb wins again
WINTERBERG, Germany — Steven Holcomb of the U.S. drove to his third straight World Cup four-man bobsled victory of the season, further cementing himself as the Olympic favorite.
Holcomb and his reigning world championship team of Justin Ol- sen, Steve Mesler and Curt Toma- sevicz finished two runs in a combined 1:50.70. That was 0.10 of a second ahead of the German sled piloted by defending Olympic champion Andre Lange.
• Luge world champion Erin Hamlin added a World Cup medal to her collection, and Tony Benshoof is heading to the Olympics for the third time.
Hamlin was third in a World Cup race in Lillehammer, Norway, for her highest series finish while Benshoof locked up his trip to Vancouver with a ninth-place finish in the men’s race, finishing 1.043 seconds.
• Todd Lodwick of Steamboat Springs raced his way through a blizzard to win his second straight Continental Cup nordic combined race in Soldier Hollow, Utah.
• Norway’s John Kristian Dahl won the men’s cross country skiing World Cup sprint in Davos, Switzerland, and Petra Majdic of Slovenia took the women’s race.
Virginia college soccer champ
CARY, N.C. — Virginia beat Akron 3-2 on penalty kicks after a scoreless game to win the NCAA men’s College Cup.
The Cavaliers won the championship when Blair Gavin, who made the clinching penalty kick to help Akron eliminate North Carolina in Friday’s semifinals, sent the final shot high over the crossbar.
The second-seeded Cavaliers (19-3-3) claimed their sixth College Cup championship. The top-seeded Zips (23-1-1) were making their second College Cup appearance.
Footnotes.
Tom Smallwood got a major title with his first PBA Tour win, upsetting Wes Malott 244-228 at the PBA World Championship in Wichita.
• Missouri women’s basketball coach Cindy Stein apologized to the “whole Mizzou nation” after the arrest of her two leading scorers on suspicion of misdemeanor assault on a male cheerleader.
