BRIEFLY : FRENCH SKIER SHARP; AUSTRIAN MEN SWEEP.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Regine Cavagnoud of France, the new star on the women's ski tour, mastered a bumpy and icy World Cup super-G course Saturday to crush her nearest rival by a whopping 1.03 seconds in Cortina D'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (kōrtē`nä dämpĕd`zō), town (1991 pop. 7,109), in Venetia, NE Italy, in the heart of the Dolomites. It is an international winter sports center with a large tourism industry. , Italy. ``I have never had so much fun,'' the 28-year-old Cavagnoud said. ``I dominated the course completely and had the most amazing sensation.'' In Kitzbuehel, Austria, Hans Knauss led an Austrian sweep of the podium on their very own Streif - the most dangerous and prestigious course in the world - for his first career World Cup downhill victory. In a spectacular display of aggression, the 27-year-old Austrian tamed the wild, fearsome Streif, the same course which ended teammate Patrick Ortlieb's career on Thursday, in 1 minute, 54.18 seconds. MOTOR SPORTS: Scott Sharp Scott Sharp (born February 14, 1968 in Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American race car driver in the Indy Racing League. He is the son of SCCA multiple champion Bob Sharp. Early in his career he was 1991 Trans-Am champion, also taking 7 poles the next season. was the fastest in winter testing and in practice at Walt Disney World Speedway Walt Disney World Speedway is a racing facility located in Bay Lake, Florida on the grounds of the Walt Disney World resort, near Orlando. It was built in 1995 by IMS Events, Inc. , so it was no surprise that he won the pole for the Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series season opener. But it was not easy. In fact, the competition for the top spot in today's Indy 200 went down to the wire as Sharp knocked Raul Boesel Raul de Mesquita Boesel (born December 4 1957 in Curitiba, Brazil) is a former racing driver who raced for the March and Ligier Formula One teams and later raced in Champ Car and the Indy Racing League. off the pole, then stood in the pits and waited as Greg Ray went after him on the one-mile oval. TRACK & FIELD: Dan O'Brien got half of what he came for, winning the long jump and finishing third in the 55-meter hurdles as the San Diego Indoor Games returned after a 12-year hiatus. The reigning Olympic decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. champion and world-record holder won the long jump at 23 feet, 4-3/4 inches. Lawrence Johnson won the pole vault at 19 feet, -1/4 inch, breaking Billy Olson's 1982 meet record of 18-9-1/2. Charles Austin, the 1996 Olympic champion, won the high jump at 7-7, breaking Dwight Stones' 1978 meet record of 7-6-1/2. |
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