Lolo Jones led an American sweep of the podium while breaking the
19-year record in the 60-meter hurdles at the Russian Winter indoor
meet.
Nearing the verdict on his Tour de France doping case after a 17-month
wait, Alberto Contador finished 98th in the Mallorca Challenge race on
Sunday.
World champion Kirani James of Grenada ran the fastest time this year to
win the men's 400 meters Saturday at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
Tom Boonen of Belgium won the opening stage of the Tour of Qatar on
Sunday, finishing four seconds ahead of Adam Blythe of Britain.
Daniela Iraschko of Austria won her second straight women's World Cup ski jump title Sunday. The
world champion, who also placed first in a shortened event Saturday,
earned 238.4 points to beat World Cup leader Sarah Hendrickson of the
United States by 5.2 points.
Maxim Vylegzhanin led a Russian 1-2 sweep in a cross-country World Cup
skiathlon race Sunday for his first victory of the season, while Therese
Johaug secured her first individual win of the year in the women's
race.
Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen raced past Andreas Birnbacher of Germany in
the finishing stretch to win the men's 15-kilometer mass start in front
of a cheering home crowd at a biathlon World Cup event on Sunday.
Cycling teams at the Tour of Qatar welcomed the end of a U.S. federal
investigation into Lance Armstrong, saying Sunday they were hopeful the
seven-time Tour de France champion could finally move on with his life.
Julia Mancuso won a super-G on Sunday for her first World Cup victory of
the season, while fellow American Lindsey Vonn skied off the course and
did not finish.