Brittany Bowe of the United States set a world record in the women’s 1,000-meter race at the World Cup speedskating event in Salt Lake City. Bowe finished in 1 minute 12.18 seconds. She beat her teammate Heather Bergsma’s week-old record of 1:12:51, set Nov. 14 in Calgary, Alberta.
u25a0 Daniel-Andre Tande of Norway won the first individual ski-jumping event of the new World Cup season in Klingenthal, Germany. Tande, 21, soared 142 meters with his first jump and 140.5 with his second to earn 268.7 points, edging Peter Prevc of Slovenia by 3.1 points. (AP)