Hannah Kearney's record win streak ends at 16

NAEBA, Japan (AP) -- American star Hannah Kearney's all-discipline record for consecutive FIS World Cup victories ended at 16 on Sunday with a semifinal loss in a dual moguls event.

Canada's Audrey Robichaud beat Kearney in the semifinals, then topped Japan's Aiko Uemura in the final. Kearney finished fourth behind Japan's Miki Ito.

Kearney, from Norwich, Vt., broke downhill great Ingemar Stenmark's record of 14 - set in the giant slalom in 1978-80 - last week in China and won again Saturday in Naeba.

Kearney's streak began in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Jan. 22, 2011.

"I was really surprised and wasn't sure what happened," Robichaud said about her semifinal victory. "My coach just told me to push hard out of the gate."

American Patrick Deneen won the men's event, beating World Cup leader Mikael Kingsbury of Canada in the final. Canadian Philippe Marquis was third.

Holcomb wins 2-man gold at worlds

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) -- Steven Holcomb and brakeman Steve Langton won the two-man bobsled Sunday, the first time the U.S. captured this event at the world championships.

Three years ago, Holcomb won the two-man bronze and four-man gold at worlds in Lake Placid on his home track at Mount Van Hoevenberg.

This time, he surged past first-day leader Lyndon Rush of Canada with a near-flawless third run. Holcomb had a four-run time over two days of 3 minutes, 42.88 seconds. He was 0.46 seconds ahead of Rush and brakeman Jesse Lumsden.

Maximilian Arndt and Kevin Kuske of Germany took the bronze, 0.55 behind Holcomb. World Cup champion Beat Hefti and Thomas Lamparter of Switzerland were fifth and John Napier and Christopher Fogt sixth for the U.S.

Wust claims third allround title at worlds

MOSCOW (AP) -- Defending champion Ireen Wust of the Netherlands earned her third career title at the World Allround Speedskating Championships on Sunday after finishing in the top three in all four races.

Wust finished third in Saturday's 500-meter opener and was second in the next three races over the two days to top the standings with 161.050 points.

Long-distance specialist Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic won the women's final 5,000-meter race in 6 minutes, 58.74 seconds at the Krylatskoye Ice Stadium oval to finish second overall with 161.870 points.

Wust was 3.65 seconds behind for second in the race.

Slovenia wins team ski jumping event

OBERSTDORF, Germany (AP) -- Slovenia won a team ski jumping World Cup event Sunday, ahead of Austria and Norway.

The competition was cut short after the first series of jumps because of wind and snow.

Slovenia's Peter Prevc had the longest jump of the day at 225.5 meters, though he lost his balance on the landing. Slovenia had 732.5 points for the four jumps.

Austria had 731.8 points and Norway 715.9.

Geisenberger wins women's World Cup luge event

SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) -- Natalie Geisenberger of Germany won a World Cup women's luge race in Latvia Sunday and closed in on overall leader Tatjana Hufner ahead of the final event of the season.

Geisenberger, who took the lead after the first run, secured the win by clocking 1 minute, 25. 884 seconds. Countrywoman Anke Wischnewski finished second, 0.143 seconds behind. Erin Hamlin of the United States was third, 0.283 seconds back.

The win narrowed the gap between Geisenberger and overall leader Hufner of Germany, who was 10th. With one event remaining in Russia, Hufner tops the standings with 676 points, while Geisenberger is second with 650 and Wischnewski is third with 535.

Later, Italy won the luge team relay in 2 minutes, 17.137 seconds, 0.346 seconds ahead of Austria. Geisenberger and the men's overall World Cup winner Felix Loch helped put Germany in third place, 0.525 seconds behind.

France's Chappuis takes Nordic Combined event

KLINGENTHAL, Germany (AP) -- Jason Lamy Chappuis of France won a Nordic combined event on Sunday to extend his overall World Cup lead.

The ski jumping portion had to be called off because of snow and wind and the officials used the results of a training jump from Friday, where Chappuis was 11th. But the Frenchman worked his way up the field in the 10-kilometer cross-country race to finish 15 seconds ahead of Bernhard Gruber of Austria. Tomas Slavik of the Czech Republic was 16 seconds back.

Chappuis leads the overall standings with 1,163 points, ahead of Akito Watabe of Japan with 925.

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