Kearney wins World Cup moguls to extend streak

NAEBA, Japan (AP) -- American mogul skier Hannah Kearney has had one smooth ride the past year.

Kearney won her 16th straight World Cup moguls event Saturday, extending a record winning streak that began in January 2011 by edging Canada's Audrey Robichaud in the final.

Justine Dufour-Lapointe, also from Canada, was third.

Kearney broke downhill great Ingemar Stenmark's all-discipline record last Sunday for most consecutive FIS World Cup victories.

Stenmark won 14 straight giant slaloms in 1978-80. Kearney's streak began in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Jan. 22, 2011.

Kearney leads Dufour-Lapointe by 352 points in the World Cup standings.

Canada's Mikael Kingsbury won the men's event for his eighth victory of the season. Jeremy Cota of the United States was second followed by Canada's Cedric Rochon.

Kingsbury widened his lead in the World Cup standings to 421 points over Cota with four races left in the season.

Kramer, Wust lead at Allround speedskating worlds

MOSCOW (AP) --Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won the men's 5,000-meter race with a new track record to top the standings dominated by Dutch skaters after two races at the World Allround Speedskating Championships on Saturday.

Defending champion Ireen Wust of the Netherlands leads the women's field without winning either of the first two races at Krylatskoye Ice Stadium oval.

Kramer, the world record-holder in the 5,000 and 10,000, finished the 5,000 in 6 minutes, 14.22 seconds. He shaved 4.21 seconds off the old mark set by countryman Bob de Jong at a World Cup in January 2011.

Jan Blokhuijsen of the Netherlands was second in 6:16.99, while defending all-around champion Ivan Skoberev of Russia was third at 6:19.78.

Kramer, who finished eighth in the 500 opener, leads the standings with 74.123 points after two races. He is followed by compatriots Blokhuijsen with 74.259 points and Koen Verweij with 74.330.

Zbigniew Brodka of Poland was timed at 36.24 seconds to win the men's sprint race. He was just two-hundredths of a second ahead of Verweij. Brodka's fellow Pole Konrad Niedzwiedzki came in third at 36.32.

Wust tops the women's field with 79.818 points after finishing third in the 500 opener and second in the 3,000.

World Cup overall leader Christine Nesbitt, who won the women's 500 but finished sixth in the second race, was second with 79.891 points. The Canadian was followed by Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic at 80.610.

The Czech, who has been unbeatable at 3,000 meters this season, clocked 4 minutes, 01.80 seconds to claim her fourth victory at the distance. She edged Wust by 0.69 seconds at the finish line.

The all-around championships are an endurance test for speedskaters. The champions are determined by their combined results over four races. The women will race the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters Sunday, while the men compete in the 1,500 and the 10,000.

Rush leads Holcomb in 2-man at worlds

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) -- Lyndon Rush of Canada is the leader halfway through the two-man competition at the World Bobsled Championships.

Rush and brakeman Jesse Lumsden laid down a combined time of 1 minute, 51.59 seconds on their two runs down the 20-turn track at Mount Van Hoevenberg. They were just 0.12 seconds ahead of Steven Holcomb and Steve Langton of the United States.

Maximilian Arndt and Kevin Kuske of Germany were in third, 0.21 seconds behind the leaders.

John Napier and Christopher Fogt of the United States were seventh in USA-2, while teammates Nick Cunningham and Dallas Robinson were 10th in USA-3.

Germany's Felix Loch seizes World Cup luge

SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) -- Felix Loch became the first German in 22 years to win the overall World Cup luge title after a victory in Latvia on Saturday.

Loch won despite placing fifth after the first run. He edged defending champion Armin Zoeggeler of Italy by 0.053 seconds. Inars Kivlenieks of Lativa was third.

Loch was assured the overall championship thanks to his commanding lead over teammate David Moeller with one race left in the nine-race series.

Rush leads Holcomb in 2-man at worlds

Japan's Akito Watabe wins Nordic combined event

KLINGENTHAL, Germany (AP) -- Japan's Akito Watabe won a Nordic combined World Cup for the first time this season Saturday.

Watabe finished 28.5 seconds ahead of Olympic champion and World Cup overall leader Jason Lamy Chappuis of France.

Watabe soared 144 meters to win the ski jump and led the 10-kilomter cross-country race from start to finish. Bernhard Gruber of Austria was third, 29.6 seconds behind.

Lamy Chappuis leads the overall standings with 1,031 points. Watabe has 813.

Austria's Martin Koch wins ski jump World Cup

OBERSTDORF, Germany (AP) -- Martin Koch of Austria had the best scores in both heats Saturday to win a ski jumping World Cup ahead of Daiki Ito of Japan.

Koch went 218 meters in the first heat and 221.5 in the second for the longest jump of the day. He totaled 443.4 points to win his third World Cup. He also won on the same hill last year.

Ito had scores of 209 and 209.5 for 433.2 points.

Olympic champion Simon Ammann of Switzerland was third with jumps of 204.5 and 213.5 meters for 429.2 points.

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